BaYBaller wrote:Rarely is there a successful team without a vocal leader to take charge. Leading by example is good of course, but it's not true leadership. Popovich is the true general over at San Antonio. If you're trying to say Harden and Dwight specifically are not leading by example that's something else entirely, and to compare them to Arenas who was stupid enough to bring guns into the locker room is more than a stretch.
Also if you think the wear and tear on a big man is the same as a guard well... I don't know if your trolling or what but it's not the same. Dwade comparison BC he was an attacking guard.
Dwight finals remark was in reference to 2nd round fodder. I think most believe we have a better overall roster than that magic team
I don't even know the point of this post. First you try to compare their games, which aren't really alike, and then when ppl point that out you move on to a comparison of their intangibles. Are you just throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks?
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Maybe it's just subjective, but I posted a video in my op of Gil's offensive highlights. To me, they LOOK like very similar type players;
optically, they're very similar. Their stat numbers are also very similar. Similar size and weight, similar styles. One major difference is that Gil didn't draw as many fouls as Harden. But both are score-first dominant ball-handlers. Optically, though, I think their styles do look alike. The post to which you replied was a response to some commenters who compared Harden to MJ. Now THAT, my friend, is hyperbolic. I liked Arenas. He was a good player. In his day, people thought he was something special too. I like Harden. I think he is a very good player. I just don't think he's the leader on a championship team.
I infer from your reply that you believe that since the Rockets are a better team than Dwight's Magic team, and Dwight made it to the Finals in 2009, that the Rox should do better than the second round with the team currently configured. Or at least that there is no reason for someone to believe that they couldn't do better. But that suggests that the West just isn't a whole lot tougher than the East, that Dwight is as good as he was in Orlando, that a group of role-players and shooters tailor-made for Dwight in Orlando wasn't a difference-maker, and that Stan Van Gundy isn't one helluva coach. I would disagree with those suggestions.
As to the point of my post, look at the title. That's the point of it. I just think they're similar kinda players. That's all.
