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How many other players would be crap if they didn't get points from free throws?
How many other players would be crap if they didn't get points from free throws?
He had a bad game tonight, still won though.
Harden is a great player, easily top 10, but his game is clearly hideous..
If I was a Rockets fan, I wouldn't care about his game being ugly, as long as it's effective..however, denying that his game is ugly is blatant homerism, tbh..
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you never watched yao play imho. 7'6 looked like a crippled & yellow version of hulk when he played on court
That game winning shot was sick.
He's a superstar
Durant has the ugliest game, simply because it feels like 90% of it is shooting a million free throws every night, tbh..... at least Harden works for his calls, KD gets them for being breathed on or looked at....
this. At least beard pretends to go to the rack most of the time...
tbh if they don't foul him he's getting layups
I disagree..he runs into defenders and swings his arms upwards for the majority of his fouls..
Harden's FTAs are rarely drawn by defenders fouling after they are beaten..similar to Durant's FTAs, tbh..
rocketfans still think they are relevant...
Harden is an elite pure scorer, even without the freethrows . He is very acurate and can finish at the rim as well as just about anyone. I get that flopping is lame and all, but the fact that the guy can keep getting calls when the rest of his game is faltering makes him that much more valuable. Add the fact that he can rebound and dish, you'd be stupid to say he's not a superstar. I just really hope and pray that when we get our next max player and Harden doesn't have to carry the team as much he can start giving a more consistent effort on defense. I've seen him play good defense, it really is just an apathy issue.
Elite pure scorer was 6-16 from the field today. The difference between scoring 14pts and 29pts was the freebies (and he missed two). I'm not complaining, just stating the obvious at least as this one game is concerned. I think Harden is a very talented player, but saying freebies don't matter with this guy is really being in denial. As we all found out a few threads ago, he leads the NBA getting over 30% of his points from the freebie line.
Don't get me wrong, he should get credit for being able to draw them, and make them, but it's an integral part of his game.
Harden FT come from drives and late game double bonuses.
He doesn't get them like Durant from rip through and pump fake, jump into defender moves
Harden is averaging almost 5 FTA per game more than Ginobili's career high of 6.0 (which is surprisingly low). Harden and Durant are effectively getting 4-5 extra points added to their per game averages.
Not to mention how beneficial it is to have free shooting practice during the course of every game. They say the best thing for shooters is to get fouled soon after coming into the game so they can get a rhythm going at the line. It definitely doesn't hurt Harden that if he's struggling from the field he can just rack up some freebies. There's a reason guys always block dead ball three point attempts.
The rip through when he's driving is a signature move of him, tbh... but again, saying freebies are not an integral part of his game is simply not true... as already posted a few weeks ago, 1/3 of his points comes from the freebie line (tops in the NBA).
It's the difference between being a 26ppg scorer and a 17ppg scorer... that's a pretty big difference.
Nono, you can say that about most of the players. Ironically most of the people are complaining about his offense. He had a bad shooting night but everyone has those. As Kai stated, its his defense that is suspect.
Also from a viewers perspective it's absolute horse entertainment to just watch some dude get rewarded for putting his head down and throwing the ball towards the hoop. I've always thought that there should generally be fewer free throws in the NBA as it just makes it much easier for ty reffing to influence the outcome when they can gift superstars bonus points.
It's crazy that Harden and Durant were on the same team at one point. This year they're averaging more FTA's than like 9 teams.
Too many butthurt spursfans here.
Harden is a talented motherf*cker.
IMO, top 2 sg in the league
sook, not hating, but I really can't say that about most players. Only him and Durant are over 30%... Lebron doesn't even crack the 20% and you can't tell me he doesn't drive to the rack.
Too many but hurt spur fans in this thread. Comeon guys, we don't make excuses like the lakers. Harden balled tonight and he did what Manu pretty much did his entire career with us. Its always different when you see things from a different angle.
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