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Lakers and Rockets got fooled into thinking that Dwight was gonna solve his fundamental problems once he went into a contender. Guy's 27 and he still does not have a SINGLE post move that he can put into his memory and which he can do consistently.
It's imho:
1. Asik/Dwight Asik doesnt even want to make that work and neither does Dwight ...stat geek Morey should punch DAT in to his analytics ...
2. McHale. When was he a good coach or GM? He should take over Pete Newell's big man camp and teach his skills to young center/power forwards.
3. Dwight's Ft's
4. Perimeter defense outside of Beverly ...even parsons and Harden are gamblers ... not true defenders like Bulls, pacers and Spurs have ...
5. Harden (mchale's?) reliance on iso and pnr that gets stifled by better teams (see Heat in finals)
Lakers and Rockets got fooled into thinking that Dwight was gonna solve his fundamental problems once he went into a contender. Guy's 27 and he still does not have a SINGLE post move that he can put into his memory and which he can do consistently.
he is a great scorer using the refs to his advantage. But he IS a bit overrated and the fact he is considered the best SG tells you how much the position has fallen off .. only center is worse in the league right now ... Sf/PG is stacked ..when the PG's are healthy. Paul George an ascendant star is probably only the third best Sf but if he goes back to SG he leapfrogs Harden tbh ...
don't disagree on the D end but saying he just made ok decisions on offense sometimes is harsh, dude was leading the fourth quarters of a western conference winner team. I'd say he was great.
I actually blame the AAU and one-and-done culture more than video games, it doesn't seem like players are getting proper instruction on the fundamentals from AAU yes-men or one year of college....
Harden is a little diva . If he doesn't get the ball to run hero/ISO plays, he just quits. Look here
got calls for the ball so he can Kobe that and chuck up a contested jumper. But when Lin gets the ball and tries to call a play, Harden turns into an emo kunt and ignores him. lol Houston. they deserves this clown and Dwight.
CN is correct. it's why I stopped coaching that level of boys ...
And 1 and the mentality of "breaking ankles" with a million dollar moves with a $1 finish ...
But Harden actually has preety good fundamentals on offense and is exploiting the current rules of the game. Sure it's ugly but he is savvy to do so ... on the NBA to curb that tbh ...
Harden is a huge got tbh. Hasn't gotten the criticism he deserves yet because Spurfan was happy to see him leave OKC but he just doesn't have the same talent/athleticism as prime Kirby or Wade and arguably even Manu.
He's also got Kirby's mentality and the same qualities as a ty teammate which are exacerbated by a re ed coach tbh.
Prime Manu was a sneaky good athlete similar to Harden but i think Manu was quicker more explosive Harden though is clever, he took the euro-step flopping and initiating contact tricks that Manu used to a whole another level.
Another problem with Harden besides his hideous style of play is his selfishness.... not only is he a ref-dependent chucker, he's a ballhog as well, tbh....
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Harden should have been the sidekick that Durant had rather than Westbrook
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DH was 1 for 6 from the stripe in crunch time.
Turrible...just turrible...
And spurfan says Kobe only plays one side of the floor, Kobe is 35 and has a lot of mileage and heavy offensive duties. Harden is a young dude and his defense is already atrocious, if this is the best the shooting guard position has to offer nowadays, the NBA is heading to a bad place.
A 24 year old Kobe was a better shooter, 1 on 1 defender, more athletic, had better fundamentals and post game and didn't rely so heavily on calls to get his numbers.
1. Neither player makes that decision, that's up to the coach.
2. Never. Most NBA greats cannot coach worth a because they never studied the game as much as people who struggled to stay in the NBA.
3. Known going into the season. If that's a problem, so is the fact that he cannot play the post. It's what they bought.
4. That's up to the coach as well
5. More coach
Leading in what way? In defense? In rotations? In scoring? What?
he was the one with the ball in his hands late in the games during the whole POs, he was making plays, feeding Durant, drawing fools and scoring. Westbrick was just making bad decisions after bad decisions. The alpha of that team when the game was in line was Harden.
He sucked in the finals tho no denial here but saying he made ok decisions on offense sometimes is harsh
"On offense" doesn't always mean "with the ball". He doesn't move worth a without it, and doesn't set screens in Houston that I could discern.
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