Garcia plays better with lighter balls. The death stare is in full effect! he stared down the entire USA bench!
Yeah, they really didn't. They kind of teased about the whole "I'm the best player alive" thing, but after that they said how good he was offensively. No big deal at all.
Did Marv Albert say Cisco is meeting with the Rockets after this game? Possibly to sign his contract? Wanna make sure I hear this correctly.
Don't know if sarcastic or..... To be fair it was more of making fun than blasting him but it was still ridiculous. They try and give him a half hearted compliment and the other broadcaster completely negates it and they all start laughing
They definitely did at one point. They talked about his stat line, mentioned he had 2 steals, and one of the announcers said he was playing good defense. Then another announcer mentioned that steals could be from gambling, not necessarily from playing great defense. At which point another announcer said "its definitely not from great defense." But idk. Maybe i didn't hear them correctly.
no that's exactly how it went. I think it was Marv Albert? that said dismissed him being playing good D when the other announcer mentioned the effort Harden was showing on that end. Curry and Lillard can get **** on D and their won't be a peep.
I can't see how Harden can look so locked in on defense on USA and then come in this season and go back to not caring. I really think he's gonna bring it this season.
Yeah, I thought it was Marv Albert that made the comment about it definitely not being good defense. I believe Grant Hill was trying to stick up for Harden, but after that comment by Marv they all started to laugh.
How are we haters if we're sticking up for harden? Are we announcer haters? Anyway nobody thinks he's a elite defender but for team usa he has been a good defender and they completely dismiss that and clown him for bad defense when he's finally playing good d
I'm not exactly sure who you're referring to with "haters" but most of us are sticking up for Harden, defending him from the announcers. I personally think he is playing great, on both ends of the floor. He appears to be putting in almost the same amount of effort on defense as he is on offense. He's made some nice passes, tried the pick and roll with Davis multiple times, scored a large chunk of team USA's points, and even has a few steals. I'm not hating on Harden, i'm cheering him on. I can't wait to see if he can play like this for an entire season.
Hardens playing great defense and gets lots of criticism every single mistake. Curry is letting his man score at will. nobody bats an eye.
I pretty much called this months ago. A better commitment to defense would largely go unnoticed because any mistake will continue to be amplified. The smart writers will give him credit if he actually does it, but your average announcer will be slow to realize that things have changed. He has no one to blame but himself, let's just hope he continues this effort and intensity into next season.
