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James Harden is over here so confused because the media twisted themselves into pretzels defending KD, Kyrie, Kawhi, AD, etc. moves as player empowerment and he tries it and everybody is pissed at him.
Can someone give me a cliff's notes on why people dislike Harden so much? I almost never watch the NBA.
It's a combination of several factors (I don't necessarily prescribe to every one):
- style of play (iso ball that does not involve actively involve teammates) - tendency to flop or exaggerate contact to an obscene degree, many feel like he is playing the refs rather than basketball - the perception of him being a spreadsheet/analytics wet dream putting up empty stats in regular season games - lack of commitment to defense (just search for clips of his matador-like d) - complete collapses/no shows in major playoff, closeout games (lots of stinkers out there) - has begged for several star teammates and then doesn't want them after 1-3 years of playing with them (ex. Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Westbrook) - has a reputation for being actively involved in certain nightlife activities - not a good leader/teammate for a player of his skills/abilities
He's an incredibly talented player who is an historically great scorer, but some of these are just hard to ignore.
Can someone give me a cliff's notes on why people dislike Harden so much? I almost never watch the NBA.
I can only answer for me. His game is aesthetically displeasing. He's efficient from a stat's perspective because he basically only takes three types of shots: threes, layups, and FT's. He does lots of petty arm hooking/flopping to get those FT's which is annoying. Watching a guy score 31 points while shooting 3/17 on pure iso ball is just not my definition of good basketball. I probably have other more petty answers than that, but it's a start.
_________________ "I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
Can someone give me a cliff's notes on why people dislike Harden so much? I almost never watch the NBA.
It's a combination of several factors (I don't necessarily prescribe to every one):
- style of play (iso ball that does not involve actively involve teammates) - tendency to flop or exaggerate contact to an obscene degree, many feel like he is playing the refs rather than basketball - the perception of him being a spreadsheet/analytics wet dream putting up empty stats in regular season games - lack of commitment to defense (just search for clips of his matador-like d) - complete collapses/no shows in major playoff, closeout games (lots of stinkers out there) - has begged for several star teammates and then doesn't want them after 1-3 years of playing with them (ex. Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Westbrook) - has a reputation for being actively involved in certain nightlife activities - not a good leader/teammate for a player of his skills/abilities
He's an incredibly talented player who is an historically great scorer, but some of these are just hard to ignore.
Yeah, all of this.
_________________ "I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
I can't believe there will be real, meaningful games in two weeks.
Yup. It's insane. I think I saw somebody post that the Finals ended in week 7 of the NFL season and the new season begins during week 15.
_________________ "I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
_________________ "I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
_________________ "I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
_________________ "I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
_________________ "I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
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