With the games against Houston coming up and the recent game with GS, just wondering who you guys think the tougher cover is for Kawhi, Curry or Harden?
Not factoring in their teams, I think Harden is the tougher cover. Only because he hunts for fouls more than any other player, and seems to get more calls than Curry.
We have witnessed several times that Kawhi (and Danny) are able to limit Curry ... but the verdict about the Beard is still open. I hope the b2b games this week give us a hint, but I guess we need a playoff series to find out if Harden can be stopped ...
Harden always gets what he wants (from an officiating perspective at least) against the Spurs... so Harden
Harden by a mile.
Shall see in the playoffs.
harden- steph isn't as physical (his greatest strength and weakness).
Kawhi was a beast on Sunday against GS, but even before that game, I always thought Harden was the tougher player to guard. With his penchant for drawing fouls, during the course of the game, you might give him a little more room to operate because of it. Also, for whatever reason, Harden seems to play with a bigger "chip" on his shoulder...maybe it's those years as a rival in OkC, and now Houston. Even though the Spurs have played GS in the playoffs, and are probably the chief rival to the Spurs this year, I just don't have the "dislike" for them like I have for the Rockets!
Harden is tough as a lefty, great three point shooter, and a great ability to draw fouls and convert at the line. He's a great player. I would not expect to see Kawhi on him early. With Harden's ability to draw fouls, I'd bet Kawhi plays situational defense throughout the game, but doesn't have the official shutdown assignment until the 4th quarter, assuming the game is close.
Harden because of foul trouble but in Harden's case, Green can switch on him. For Curry, Parker, Kawhi and Green can cover
Elian Gonzales plays team ball so he needs the support of his teamates.
Hardon is a one man wrecking ball and his Manu like flopping gives him the edge over our defenders.
Curry is a point guard, he only isolates in the 3rd quarter. Harden can isolate for the whole 48mins.
The bearded (no offense to our sexual friends in here) in Houston. Also deserves the MVP this year too, imo. Rockets have no business contending for the 2nd seed and without him wouldn't be sniffing the playoffs.
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Parker defends him for stretches... not even saying he is doing that well but he does it which is different from Harden... only Green and Kawhi defends him most of the time
Harden got shut down by Wesley Matthews last year when the refs weren't giving him his bull fouls anymore.
Harden flops a lot and his game is based on drawing fouls. His beard probably also smells like sweaty balls. So probably him
Harden, in my mind. one of our advanced statkeepers might correct me, but Curry strikes me as much more of a straight up shooter while Harden has an overall package and can get to the basket more. He's also left handed.
Right now Harden's FTA / FGA = 56% and roughly 32% of his points come from free throws.
Taking a look at another player who lives at the free throw line, those percentages were 48% and 27% for Durant during his MVP season. Even in his crazy years at the end of the 80s, Michael Jordan only reached 44% and 27% respectively.
The rate at which Harden is racking FTs is just crazy for a guard and is usually reserved to bigs like Shaq or Dwight who are prime targets for hack-a-thons.
That;s ridiculous.
I always hear that stat on TV about the Spurs being the least fouling team in the NBA but when we play the thunderefs and James Harden it never feels like it..
Beard relies on fouls, Beard is the tougher cover
LOL @ leetonidas!!! I always have to scroll and 'read' your entire post
Difficult to say... But I will give the edge to Harden, like another poster is saying, he got the full package, which is not completely the case about Curry.
But if Kwany was able to guard Lebron last year, I do not think that curry or harden will be a problem for him
? Harden is a much more prolific scorer than Lebron. Lebron doesnt maximize his skillset or his size as a scorer.
Last edited by tmtcsc; 04-07-2015 at 03:34 PM.
So for you, you put Harden before LeBron? I do not think that they are even close... They are not boxing in the same category. But I might be wrong and I do,respect your opinion
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