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

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.

like having a 1.2/1 ast/to ratio is a great way to diminish yr 28/6/6 series line

harden gets super gassed in the offs he can absoultely be the best player on a championship team but he needs to be on a team that can put out a real lineup when hes on the bench

also yeah i dont actually think harden is better than kd if youre trying to construct a team, the flexibility is more important than the raw output

if harden put as much effort into his conditioning as lebron does maybe he could play 48 minutes in a game 7 and not entirely suck on defence

if they put treadmills at strip clubs itd be over

there are def structural issues w/ harden's game in the playoffs that he needs to address. haberstroh has tweeted a lot about harden's ppg numbers in game 1 of a series vs every game after.

but i think we need to remember dirk and his reputation and how long he was the best player on a team that ended up pulling out a title before we say harden can't be the best player on a championship team

im not saying never, im just saying prolly not

lost a game 7 of a conference final to one of the very best squad in history of the sport and people are like 'yeah harden is actually bad'

his game def has some serious issues man idk

the mvp is not given to 'bad' players

harden is a d-league scrub