Yes continue to ride Harden & say he performed well based off 9 minutes a game & at the beginning if I recall he wasn't playing well which is why he was restricted to garbage time. Harden isn't extremely talented, he's a 2nd or 3rd tier talent nothing more, nothing less, your implying that he's on Dirk's level shows me how stupid you are & you have no idea what you're talking about.You said he played poorly in the Olympics. He hit half of his shots. Of course he didn't play much. Shall we go through the Team USA roster and determine who the swing players were?
So Dirk was tall and franchise level talent and it should be obvious that people saying like you are saying were wrong when he played poorly against the Heat in the Finals. Harden is only extremely talented as and has been since he came out of ASU but he is just going to fold because you say so. He played poorly in London because he only shot well in limited minutes right?
Like i said. You deserve nothing more than a
Spurs da champs, stop spewing your idiocy. He was 22 freaking years old, playing in his first finals against LBJ and Wade. LeBron shat the bed in the finals the year before and look what happened. Players have bad series, it happens. You sound like a blind hater.
I never said that Harden was at Dirk's level. If you are going to call me stupid you really shouldn't fail at reading comprehension. If we need to we can break down grammatically what I said. Lacking 7th grade reading skills is what it is, smart guy. It does appear we have to look at the Team USA roster since you are apparently oblivious to the other players on the team.
Kobe Bryant. Have you heard of him?
Kevin Durant? How about him?
With Chris Paul, Deron Williams and Russell Westbrook all at the point and eating up time at the two as well. Kevin Durant also saw time there because Carmelo and Lebron James were eating up all the minutes at the 3. It's obvious you didn't watch them play because he performed well in the opportunities he was given. Oh well, he isn't as good as Kobe and Durant.
By your 'logic' Tyson Chandler, Russell Westbrook and Andre Igoudala aren't 'extremely talented' as well because they only got 12 minutes.
In the playoffs Harden had a PER of over 20. He shot 49/40/85 overall. You can call him 'second tier' all you like but that is just an baseless assertion as is most of your . You've been wrong about his performance in the Olympics and are basing him being 'broken' on the preseason.
You really should be ashamed. While you may think that belaboring the point somehow satisfies your ego, your ego is only based on yourself. 6 other people have come in here including some names that could be dropped saying that your take is wrong. But by all means keep repeating it and hope that someone other than yourself finds merit in it. Even your ego is baseless.
first n last fo a long long time
lol the whole team is relatively young & all played better then him so your point is .
Morons comparing this dude to LBJ & Dirk.
Do you know what compare means?
I'll give you a hint: it does not mean equate.
if you are going to be calling people morons then you should not lack a vocabulary behind the 7th grade. That's when they start teaching you the idea of compare and contrast. It is a foundation of writing. In the comparison I clearly said that he wasn't as good as Kobe and Durant. That was argument: he didn't play because he was behind the very best players in the world.
I don't know if you are a troll, 13 years old or just dumb but whatever your approach it is full of fail. Say something worthwhile and I will respond otherwise i will leave it at yet another foolish assertion by yourself.
thank you, finally somebody else says it
I never said he wasn't a good player, he's just not worth the money or even the draft picks IMO, but when you're desperate like the Rockets to escape mediocrity I guess you'll try anything. Everyone one has a blueprint on how to play him based off the finals & unless he improves, he wont do much.
Honestly, I think the Rockets can scrape together some more assets if they are smart about moving their extra big men. If they can get more picks, I think they could eventually parlay them into a player like Cousins if the situation in Sacramento deteriorates any more. If they could get someone like that, then they'd have at least a chance of being like Detroit in 2004. I think that is what they have to hope for, as their moves so far have torpedoed their chances of getting franchise players the old-fashioned way.
Situations they'll be paying attention to:
Cousins
CP3
Bynum
Josh Smith
Could CP3 and Harden co-exist in one team? Mentoring each other on flopping aside.
CP3 and Blake do it well
If the Clips' season is underwhelming and they suffer a prototypical Del Negro playoff exit, I could possibly see CP3 entertaining the idea of wanting out. We're talking a very, very tiny chance though. It's a lot of dough.
should of waited til next year... bonehead kneejerk reaction. Sure it's great to be set long term, but when you can win a le NOW with a good % chance, you go for it.
You forgot the high probability of Griffin ing up his knee since all he is is a dunk machine.
Honestly, I feel Houston needs to stay away from the superstar sweepstakes. Very few teams can win those, and Houston seems very unlucky in that regard. I like the Harden trade because he's someone who hasn't reached his ceiling yet. Houston being a young team is a good thing if they have people like Harden who have playoff experience.
I like Cousins because he can become a difference-maker with good coaching. Houston has to trust that McHale can make something out of that talent, or they need a new coach. I think Bynum has too much mileage to be that missing piece. Josh Smith is interesting, but I don't like him as the face of a franchise. He'd work best on a veteran team like SA, LA or Boston. The CP3 dream should just end. Lin is getting paid too much to be a backup, and if he is good enough to trade, he's probably good enough to keep for a couple of seasons. The Rocket's biggest problem is that they focus too much on flipping assets and not enough on developing them.
There is still immeasurable amounts of Spurfan asshurt over the playoffs. I was actually laughed at upstairs for suggesting they Thunder had scrapped their championship hopes for this year.
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in today's market he is worth the money and the draft picks.
He is no franchise player imho but under evaluating his potential and his skills is foolish. He shocked during the POs but other great players also shocked before redeeming themselves.
He is a great closer, OKC is going to realize his loss when they will rely on Westbrick playmaking abilities in the fourth. Fourth quarter OKC execution was all about Harden skills to score, draw fouls, play intelligent basketball and feed KD.
I also agree with that comment, look at the mavs disaster, letting TC walked was a dumb move. With him they had a shot last year imo, it will take a long time for the mavs to be contender again.
You sayin at the age of 23 he doesn't have potential? You know he's nowhere near his prime yet?
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I'm saying he won't get nearly the open looks he got in OKC playing 3rd fiddle. He is "the man" now in Houston. He'll still get his FTAs, but I would be highly surprised if he does any better than Joe Johnson did in ATL when he left Nash.
What you are saying is you guys paid him on potential. Bynum had potential, yet the Lakers still 86'd his ass. For your sake I hope Morey is right. Harden is good, but not a max player IMO. Time will tell.
Dwight is clearly better than Bynum, that's why they 86'ed him. I do know that Harden is a game changer. The plan isn't to make him the man long term, just until they bring in the second all star.
Plus I'd rather have Harden as the MAN than Lin
Just to gauge your thought process, did you believe Eric Gordon deserved the max? If so, Harden also deserves it.
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