hello friends it's the 2018 NBA Playoffs, a place where dreams GO 2 DIE

why wouldn't you? they were two quarters from the finals with their second-best player out.

they have some.....structural problems but nothing that can be easily fixed.

― call all destroyer, Monday, May 28, 2018 10:05 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

bc it will cost a LOT more money to bring this team back and the guy who got injured is getting old

durant is still forcing every shot

eric g trying to will this team back into it

harden once again too gassed to do anything in the 2H

boneheaded from kerr going to hack a capela now

bc it will cost a LOT more money to bring this team back and the guy who got injured is getting old

― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Monday, May 28, 2018 11:08 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean, propose something else? they're as delicate as a balsa-wood model in their roster construction and their best player is also their biggest weakness. i have no idea what move they could make to get cheaper that doesn't screw up the team.

Houston is losing because Chris Paul changed out of his cowboy outfit

2 time mvp steph curry

bc it will cost a LOT more money to bring this team back and the guy who got injured is getting old

― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Monday, May 28, 2018 11:08 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean, propose something else? they're as delicate as a balsa-wood model in their roster construction and their best player is also their biggest weakness. i have no idea what move they could make to get cheaper that doesn't screw up the team.

― call all destroyer, Monday, May 28, 2018 10:13 PM (forty-seven seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sources tell me they want lebron although i dont see how the money thing works

it doesn't. it's not happening.

unless they trade harden which actually isn't the worst idea

kinda done with harden, he got a second guy to conserve his minutes and shot 26% from 3 in the conference finals.

why are they running the offense thru durant...............

harden and westbrook to me are 2 guys who have revealed themselves to be who they are and do not have the skills to elevate a team to the title #hottake

yup

btw the new frontier of nba schedule takes is going to be that going every other night in the conference finals isn't reasonable

harden has no legs

crazy. rockets had such a great chance to win this series

harden hasn’t made a 3 pointer since like game 2

1 for their last 30 from three!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i agree w/ bise that for now harden and wb basically seem to be gimmicks that don't work in the postseason

harden hasn’t made a 3 pointer since like game 2

― J0rdan S., Monday, May 28, 2018 11:22 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

slight minor problem

the rockets should be thanking the higher powers for tucker, gordon, capela, and ariza b/c those guys are the reason they're competitive

what an absolutely horrifying game for ariza

yeah he had been awesome prior to tonight

I can't believe that just happened.

Go LeBron.

Harden should have listened to me a few days ago.

wow 42 min, zero points, 0-12, 0-9 from 3 for aRZA

27-9-10 from steph tonight

27 missed 3's in a row, setting a new NBA record.... that's variance, baby

nick young winning a title would be extremely funny

that is the secret result i have been wishing for all season

will gladly take harden off your hands if you think hes bad now

harden is in fact bad

The likelihood of the Rockets, a 36.2% three-point shooting team, missing 26 threes in a row is .00084% or a 1 in 118757 chance.

— Eric Sidewater (@SixersScience) May 29, 2018

*looks at scrap of paper that says "have you ever thought about having $40 million? that'd be cool."*

harden traded for cash considerations

harden is better than "kevin durant"

"no" he isn't

he's better.....at losing playoff games

Harden 32 for 122 from deep vs Utah/GSW

draymond’s kid is adorable

we are on the brink of being able to say "2-time nba champion javale mcgee"

why would you choose to say that, you don't have to

i agree w/ bise that for now harden and wb basically seem to be gimmicks that don't work in the postseason

― G.O.A.T. rodeo (Clay), Monday, May 28, 2018 11:24 PM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ehh. very good chance he has a ring if cp didn’t get hurt. gordon is the only other guy on their roster tonight who could dribble the ball

i don't think saying they would have won w/cp precludes saying harden's shit doesn't work in the playoffs

harden is better than "kevin durant"

I most respectfully beg to differ. Harden is better at certain hoops skills than Durant. Durant is better than Harden at a different set of skills. As to which player's total skill set is "better", that is not possible to sort out. Both are consensus All-Stars. Both are unicorns of a sort.

If I were choosing a player to build a team around I'd go with Durant rn, because I think his skills are less common and less easy to duplicate using other players than are Harden's.

it works less, but clearly he is good enough to be the best player on a championship team. he just can’t do it alone like lebron

xp

he shot awful from 3 and can't play defense! by the end of the series he was basically providing gravity and some driving/foul drawing. he got them the 1 seed which is valuable but hasn't really distinguished himself since.