Houston management and coach: Why is Hardens ballhogging and zero D tolerated?

[MultiTroll]

I'm not excusing Dwert, but Hardens dribble chuck and no requirement to play D has got to be a court and locker room cancer.

Why tolerated?

[Stevie Johnson]

Harden is a joke. His game is a joke. His existence is a joke.

Fucking faggot.

[Caltex2]

Imagine if the Rockets actually played like they cared. The Warriors would be dispatching them in the conference finals instead of the first round.

[TheGreatYacht]

Har_en added 10 minutes worth of "defensive highlights" tonight :lol

[Tully365]

These things that happen routinely on other teams-- Harden's D, Westbrook's 3 pt attempts, DeMarcus Cousins taking possessions off-- would never be tolerated by Popovich...

[HarlemHeat37]

These things that happen routinely on other teams-- Harden's D, Westbrook's 3 pt attempts, DeMarcus Cousins taking possessions off-- would never be tolerated by Popovich...

He tolerated some of that during the Clippers series:rolleyes

[baseline bum]

Imagine if the Rockets actually played like they cared. The Warriors would be dispatching them in the conference finals instead of the first round.

No they wouldn't, Houston fluked into the WCF last year.

[Caltex2]

More like the Clippers choked. Then again, the Rockets choked Game 1 of that series, so it evened out. Regardless, this would actually be a series if the Rockets cared.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

More like the Clippers choked. Then again, the Rockets choked Game 1 of that series, so iot evened out. Regardless, this would actually be a series if the Rockets cared.

Yall shouldve been a first round exit last year. But the spurs lost to the Pelicans. Credit to you guys for vulturing the WCF appearance but you had no business being there.

[Caltex2]

The Rockets get the Blazers if the Purs beat the Pelicans last year. They probably lose to the Warriors in round 2 if they get that far instead of the WCF.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

The Rockets get the Blazers if the Purs beat the Pelicans last year. They probably lose to the Warriors in round 2 if they get that far instead of the WCF.

If you look again, you drop to the 6 seed and play the Clippers, Grizzlies had tie break. No home court, no choke on their part. It didnt happen this way though, congrats on getting the WCF tbh, major overachievment with that group.

[Caltex2]

Wrong because the Griz won 55 games, the Rockets won 56. 1 loss dropped the Purs 4 spots because of the NBA's absurd need to "reward" division winners. In any event, they still would have dropped from 2-5. The Rockets would and did have 56 games and still would have stayed ahead of the Griz.

[StrengthAndHonor]

Hard to believe he was considered the players MVP just last year.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Wrong because the Griz won 55 games, the Rockets won 56. 1 loss dropped the Purs 4 spots because of the NBA's absurd need to "reward" division winners. In any event, they still would have dropped from 2-5. The Rockets would and did have 56 games and still would have stayed ahead of the Griz.

Fair point, for some reason I thought if we won yall would automatically lose your last game of the season. :lol
Yall wouldve killed Portland.

[baseline bum]

More like the Clippers choked. Then again, the Rockets choked Game 1 of that series, so it evened out. Regardless, this would actually be a series if the Rockets cared.

No it wouldn't. :lol

[baseline bum]

Hard to believe he was considered the players MVP just last year.

Same players who constantly overrate Kobe.

[StrengthAndHonor]

Same players who constantly overrate Kobe.
Ok

[Killakobe81]

Same players who constantly overrate Kobe.

That rent free thingy ...

[StrengthAndHonor]

That rent free thingy ...
:lol

[MultiTroll]

Hard to believe he was considered the players MVP just last year.
Harden was voted by the players as last years MVP? :wow

[StrengthAndHonor]

Harden was voted by the players as last years MVP? :wow
Yes, I think it was also unanimous...

[Killakobe81]

Yes, I think it was also unanimous...

not unanimous but he was the clear winner on the player side

[MultiTroll]

Yes, I think it was also unanimous...
I know you are just passing on the info, not agreeing with it.
I see where KillaKobe verified it was not unanimous.
I knew there was NO WAY Kobme would vote for anyone other then himself. :lol
Plus, Timmy Dunks and Kwa voting for Harden? No way.
"Defensive player of the year Kawhi Leonard (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard) and runner-up Draymond Green (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green) didn't finish among the four leading vote-getters." (For DPOY)

Sounds like this was put together by The Fag Brothers, aka Chrissy Paul, LeBron, MarshMello...lets see who is the 4th member of the banana boat?
Hosted by ESPN The Caitlyn Station.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13298307/james-harden-named-mvp-nbpa-first-annual-players-awards

[ElNono]

They're going to blow it up. They have to. But, say what you will, Harden is their most valuable piece.

Frankly, you need locker room leadership there, and Harden might fall in line with something like that, but as long as Dwert "I smile at everything while getting shat on" is there, it's not going to happen.

So I expect Dwert to be moved first, and I think the talent they bring in will be very telling about the direction the team will be heading.

[Killakobe81]

They're going to blow it up. They have to. But, say what you will, Harden is their most valuable piece.

Frankly, you need locker room leadership there, and Harden might fall in line with something like that, but as long as Dwert "I smile at everything while getting shat on" is there, it's not going to happen.

So I expect Dwert to be moved first, and I think the talent they bring in will be very telling about the direction the team will be heading.

[spursistan]

Whoever conceived of Harden and Dwert as 2 alphas of a title contender should be fired :lol..yep, it is a certain calculator-punching fatso :lol.

[ambchang]

Hard to believe he was considered the players MVP just last year.

$200M changes everyone.

[Spurs9]

I would start Capella and Beasley. If I'm gonna lose a game I'm gonna lose with people giving effort and actually trying in these games. Beasley was 10 and 5 in 11 minutes. Is Jones injured? Howard got 2 less shots than Beasley despite playing almost the entire game.