Paul Pierce: Harden is the best player in the world today

So much salt in that tweet...its either Pierce is a hater bc he doesn't like Lebron, or Giannis is much better, even thou he hasn't done anything yet. I didn't know he hasn't even won a playoff series. The guy has been pretty damn good this year thou. I wonder if anyone has won the MVP before even winning a playoff series before.

 

Getting a championship is the single most important thing to any fan and player. No question. But to judge someone’s greatness on a ring is fairly stupid. Durant isn’t better than Harden just because he has a ring. He joined one of the greatest teams of all time to get it. He’s the best player on that team and a massive contributor to their success but you replace him with Harden and they still win a championship. What if Durant spent 15 years on the Pistons? Harden’s been on a finals team and 2 conference championship series. To say he hasn’t been successful is completely false. Ultimately team success is a result of a combination of many many things. Rings are amazing but it’s way way too simplistic to say player A is better than player B because of it.

 

I only called him that because that is what he is for the warriors. He doesnt have to be the man in oakland so he plays his role. And he is elite. Harden does everything. Durant isnt the playmaker that harden is in my opinion.

 

Bro but u just hating tho. He is the best player in that team hands down. N it's not like a curry where u haven't even him without those guys. He still made it to the finals not being on gsw....so why u ignoring that..true fans love the game. Like I said I love harden but if harden was my brother I would still say Durant was better. That's just how I am. I'm a competitor, I want people to be honest. If u give it ur all n someone just is better it's nothing wrong with that. U just keep trying to get better. I'm not gonna lie to myself. U play for the challenge

 

I respect your opinion.

 

I dont know wether other people on that show are that dumb(looking at the comments with same logic i think yes) or they dont want to understand what Pierce is saying but while he brings Hardens solo-draggin of the team this season and that Curry didnt do that to this day they laugh and bring up his mvps lol

 

This is the argument for KD being better than Harden? and if you don't agree you're a homer? That's incredible.

James Harden is the type of player KD tries to join. He is a historically offensive player, a tier above KD because he can score just as much while dishing out 8 assists running the offense. He does the winning. He doesn't need to join a winner and play the scoring role.

 

So u gonna ignore the fact he made it to the finals with okc being the man

 

That was years ago. KD would have been the best player in the league at that point if LeBron James had never been born.

But this discussion is about right NOW, and none of the arguments you've put forth on why KD should be considered hold any water.

 

Hell yeah Paul!!!!!

 

So your arguement is Durant has got worst lmao. Fact is he took a team to the finals not name gsw. So u cant use he cant carry a team cause he has. What u can say is he cant win a chip without curry them....that's legit. But harden hasn't got us to a finals yet so he cant win that point.

 

The 2015 Championship they won is the luckiest one as far as I can recall. Holiday was hurt the first round, then Conley in the second round, then Bev and D-Mo(our starting point guard and power forward) in the third round, then Kyrie and Love in the finals. I am not saying Pels and Grizzlies could beat them without injury, but at least it could make them work Harder. And I believe we would have a good chance to win if we were healthy, the first two games were really close. They definitely lose to the Cavs if Kyrie could play.

And Curry in 2016 Finals did a bigger choke job than any of Harden's playoff series as a Rocket. They were blowing out Cavs by 20 points in G1 and G2 when Curry scored 11 and 18 simply because of their depth and the dominance of Draymond. And when the Cavs figured their role players out and they needed their superstar to do something, Curry failed miserably. Draymond played much better than Curry in that series, Harden never had any teammates who can outplay him in a series after he became a Rocket(maybe the Blazers series in 2014, that was Harden's worst performance in his career).

I am not even a Curry hater. In fact, I think there is no doubt that over the past 5 years, he, Harden and Lebron were the top 3 most impactful offensive players in the league. But he has been surrounded by a lot of elite players for most of his careers, and his lack of physicality makes him very unsuccessful in making those go to plays. When the defense communicates properly and takes out the open looks Curry gets a lot in the regular season, his effectiveness declines considerably because he is not very good at beating the defender 1 on 1. I really want to see how he performs without a lot of all star teammates.

 

Once again, this isn't about career. It's only about who is the better player right now. And it's no contest that Harden has been better THIS year.

Not being able to see that doesn't make you a realist, it makes you oblivious.

 

Durant himself does not believe what you are selling.

If he did, he would not have run to the Warriors to buy rings.

 

Don’t read the comments. YouTube comments are full of the dumbest people alive

 

there's not a single player who can carries a team like what Harden does. period.
no lebrick, no kd, no PG, no stephenie None!

 

Ok lol

 

Wait I already said he has had the better year n is the mvp...better player n better year are to dif things...