Will James Harden be left off an All-NBA team this year?

Everyone is biased period, anyone saying otherwise is lying.

But my guess is Lebron is on there because the lack of competition while the guards slots are always like "Who you gonna leave out" in this case it should be Irving. I'd put Harden in there over Kyrie but that's just me.

And I'd put Randle on 2nd and put Lebron on 3rd oh and also put CP3 first team over Dame. In fact, CP3 should 100% be MVP in my mind. He literally went there and made them a contender and this is after going to OKC and taking a lottery bound team to the playoffs so yeah I'd have him on first team.

 

Personally, I don't think any of the Nets played enough to warrant being on the teams this year. But everyone in the league knows these guys are All-Nba players so i actually don't think it matters much to them at this point. If they were banged up, they sat out for lengthy periods. And longer than usual had they been in different situations. They're focused on winning a ship and likely will.

 

That's what I'm saying, there are more elite guards than forwards in the NBA so it's harder to make All-NBA as a guard.

As for the rest of it...I don't think it's a conspiracy. Beal and CP3 deserve to be there this year man. Beal finished 2nd in scoring and did so pretty damn efficiently and CP3 took what was a fringe playoff team and made them compete for a #1 seed...it's not that controversial or shouldn't be that those two guys are on the team.

James is going to get less personal accolades because of who he plays with. That's how it usually goes. You didn't see Durant win MVPs on GSW and he also wasn't getting All-NBA first honors either. Just how it goes. The more impact you have (and you have more perceived impact on worse teams) the more people will give you praise for it.

Harden has to share his glory with Kyrie and Durant now. That's just how it goes. That's the 'sacrifice' that a lot of these players mention when it comes to winning championships.

 

For those that don't have Insider, did Lowe mention why he left Harden off his all-NBA lists?

 

Harden played 36 games -- 8 throw-away games for Houston and 28 games for the Nets.

No other explanation is required.

 

Kyrie made Lowe's 3rd team, which is baffling. He (nor the Nets) would not have had the season they had, if it hadn't been for Harden. Harden took over ballhandling duties and held it down while Durant was injured and Kyrie was being mercurial.

If it was me, I'd put Harden on the 2nd team, replacing Butler, and move Butler to the 3rd team, replacing Kyrie.

 

The biggest issue with that Luka is sneaked on as Small Forward, which is very questionable.

The player that maybe Harden should have replaced is Jimmy Butler. I can understand Beal and Paul being on the team.

 

Harden only played in 44/72 games this year. At the end of the day that's just not enough. I love Harden too but sorry, at the end of the day the best ability is availability. These awards need to be based on actual value provided not on extrapolated theoretical value. Most people would still agree that KD is a top 5 player but he's an even more extreme case of missing games. And if you're gonna bring up LeBron as a counter argument, my answer is that he shouldn't be in either and 2 wrongs don't make a right.

 

It was 8 for Houston and 36 for the Nets, according to Basketball Reference. And of those 8 'throw-away' games, he still averaged 25/10/5. I don't think he quit quit until the last two games against the Lakers.

So he played 44 games this year, regardless of circumstance. For reference, LeBron played 45 games this year for the Lakers, and he's 2nd team.

 

That's what I'm saying. You don't correct the mistake of having LeBron by putting Harden in as well. There's some BS in this world that we just have to accept and LeBron media bias is one of them. Even with that it's not like he didn't take a hit. Most people would still say that LeBron is the best player in the world but in the end his goons are gonna have to settle for 2nd or 3rd team.

 

You hate to see it.