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It was dumb to trade him, but not sure his better then Wade.
Wade plays defense too.
End of story.
It was dumb to trade him, but not sure his better then Wade.
Wade plays defense too.
Like I said. Arguable.
But he is without question the top SG in the West.
arguably, still amazing though.
Harden is better over a 7 game series IMO. Dude is absolutely tireless and looks like he wants to improve every game. Wade can still turn it on for half a series, but I don't see him taking over for more than 1-2 games.
I thought the Thunder made a mistake trading him, but Harden's exceeding my expectations. Probably most Rockets fans too. That stepback J is ing beautiful.
Another grass is green thread
Not gonna lie. Harden trade notwithstanding, I thought Morey was building a ter in Houston before the season started. Now that team is starting to look great; even Lin isn't completely useless (not worth his contract tho), and now this Robinson trade happens. The Rockets will be interesting to watch, especially if Harden continues to grow.
harden ain't the right guy to use as a 6th man or a #3 scoring option on a team, is born to be da #1 imho
So happy he was traded from OKC, Spurs would've had no shot this season otherwise.
Why da couldn't this harden show up in the finals? Happy for him excelling though.
Yup. And even though the Heat are better this year (Bron way better), you wouldn't expect Harden to choke in the finals again.
At $7m per year, Lins contract isn't bad. I agree, they look to be putting together a good, young team with this Robinson addition.
A starting 5 of Lin/Harden/Parsons/Robinson/Asik has a lot of room to grow together. Might not ever get to championship level without another star, but theres a lot of young talent there to build around. average age under 24.
Considering their cap space and ability to add a max player, they could be a contender within 2 years.
Great player ...not even gonna argue with Mid but overreacting to one game is unwise
Because he was matched up against Lebron for the most part.
To be fair, this isn't Hardens first big game this year. Now he's a #1 option he is showing how good he can be.
Kobe didn't die, did he?
happy that harden has been given the chance and showing what he's worth. I started to hate on him once the THunderrefs became Stern's newest money making operation, but the truth is he can flat out play.
I think the best thing about him being traded is it ends the myth of Sam Presti as wunderkind genius. He's smart and made some great moves, but keeping Chimpbrook over Harden was a glorious mistake.
god damn he went balls deep on oklahoma city.
Harden plays some defense.
True, but not as good defensively as he was in his rookie year.
His play isn't actually too far from what was expected. On the season, his usage has shot up, and his TS% has decreased a bit, which is the normal relationship.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...hardeja01.html
2011-12 22 OKC NBA SG 62 1946 21.1 .660 .582 1.9 12.2 7.4 19.3 1.6 0.6 14.8 21.6 125 105 7.5 1.8 9.3 .230 2012-13 23 HOU NBA SG 53 2026 23.3 .600 .505 2.8 11.3 7.1 25.0 2.4 0.9 14.8 29.2 116 107 6.8 1.7 8.5 .201
He's more valuable to Houston than he would be to OKC(Higher usage), and the Thunder are still really good without him, and are roughly as good as last year. But Durant has gotten better, so being as good indicates the loss of taking on Martin. This years Thunder with Harden instead of Martin would legitimately scare me.
I was wrong bout dat man, dudes been a monster
went timothy mcveigh mode against them OKC tonight tbh
1 game? Harden has been on fire the last month.
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