Dwight unhappy in Houston

[Alex DeLarge]

Efficiency directly correlates to winning. You know that the Warriors and Spurs are the most efficient teams right? Basketball is all about efficiency. Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it's wrong.


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There is a lot more to basketball than "efficiency".

Yes, James Harden puts up good efficiency numbers, principally because he gets to the line so frequently. But basketball is about more than the efficiency numbers of individual players. Harden's individual effectiveness is predicated on him totally monopolising the ball. This results in his teammates being completely frozen out, and ultimately becoming disinterested on both ends of the floor. Throw in the fact that Harden often doesn't even bother getting in a defensive stance, let alone moving his feet, and you have a team leader that fails to inspire his teammates, ultimately resulting in a toxic atmosphere.

There is no doubt that Harden puts up spectacular numbers. But that is not correlating to winning.

[rockets22]

Blaming Harden is the easy way out. The problem is Dwight who now sadly has built a reputation of being a malcontent and a quitter. Dwight still views himself as a franchise player but that is sadly no longer the case!. If he could accept the role of a pick and roll guy and learn to play off a mega talented superstar like James he could feast off Harden deadly pick and roll plays. Watch the Raptors and the Bulls game and see how Howard was getting number of easy ally oop dunks from Harden just by read and reacting off him.

[Nebula1]

Dwight has been good in Houston. Hes just been holding the middle by himself all season. Capela has helped some but it's been mostly Dwight all year with zero PF help.