I hate to bring up a player from the past, but it should be safe to say that Tracy McGrady was a far superior performer in the playoffs than Harden has been the past 2 seasons.
He's been complete garbage but then again short of 1 half of dwight everyone else has. This team just crumbled under a weak head coach
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>FIRST LOOK: Here's LaMarcus Aldridge's shot chart over the last 2 games. <a href="http://t.co/ah2lYB8mgE">pic.twitter.com/ah2lYB8mgE</a></p>— SportsNation (@SportsNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsNation/statuses/459186218207436800">April 24, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Someone please gif Harden's crossover dribble on his foot turnover that gave the Blazers a 3 on 1 while he just pouted and stood there.
Trade him. Normally that would be heavily laden with sarcasm, but now... Not. What good is a "superstar" who gets you to the playoffs and then completely disappears when he gets there? I've never seen anything like this. We've all seen him play, we all know how bada$$ he can be, and then suddenly he's worse than the scrub on the end of the bench? WFT?!? Golden Trade Bait? Shoot for Melo and Love with Harden as bait? I dunno, just throwing it out there... But how do you convince either to come here after this performance?
Seriously Harden, Go F yourself...regular season superstar, 2012 finals flop, last yr one good playoff game out of 6 and now 2 absolute stinkers....and that's not all, you look nervous and afraid, like it's your first peewee game
and people criticized me for questioning harden's offensive playing style and how it translates in the playoffs
Its one thing if you struggle offensively, but if you dont show up on the defensive end, you might as well keep the end of the bench warm.
this is what McGrady does in the Playoffs <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4WHcxbJVX4M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>In 2014 playoffs, only 2 players to attempt at least 19 shots and shoot less than 33 percent are James Harden (Gm 1) & James Harden (Gm 2)</p>— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/459186615714197504" data-datetime="2014-04-23T23:26:35+00:00">April 23, 2014</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>