GT: Magic @ Nets 1/16/21 6:00pm EST(James Harden debut)

MrDollarBills · Post #121 » by **MrDollarBills** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:38 am

Again, Harden's rebounding has been excellent

Hello Brooklyn · Post #122 » by **Hello Brooklyn** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:38 am

Lol we havent seen Claxton in a year. I have no faith he will be ready to contribute.

GTR11 · Post #123 » by **GTR11** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:39 am

Nice, my boy Nic will be back in a few.

LOUiS-D · Post #124 » by **LOUiS-D** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:40 am

GTR11 wrote:Am I the only one who ain't worried about this one? We going to out them away in a few. Chill.

I don't think anyone is worried. We're all tired of DJ being entitled to minutes. He has diplomatic immunity. If he wasn't part of the superfriends he would have been long since buried.

MrDollarBills · Post #125 » by **MrDollarBills** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:40 am

There we go Harden. Drawing fouls

Post #126 » by **CalamityX12** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:40 am

So this is what Rockets fans enjoyed... more fouls for

Post #127 » by **NyCeEvO** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:41 am

vincecarter4pres wrote:This is Jason Kiddesque stuff, Harden is an animal.

I know we’re drooling but let’s pump the brakes a little bit lol. Kidd was a GOAT-level passer. I would say Harden is on the next tier down with LBJ, which absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.

In the playoffs this will actually benefit his at times passive nature scoring the ball in big games, with KD and Kyrie there to do the heavy lifting and shooters and finishers in the other 2 slots.

I disagree. In the playoffs, his greatest attribute will be his ability to draw fouls and get to the line to keep us in games regardless of how he’s shooting from the field. If there was one offensive weakness on this team pre-Harden it was that we didn’t have someone who can draw a lot of fouls, which is such an underrated aspect of the game, especially in the playoffs.

Steph Curry is the GOAT shooter but I think this is why playoff Curry is worse than regular season Curry. Playoff defenses are better and have more time to make adjustments. In many of the games where he doesn’t shoot well, the team loses because his effectiveness, while still tremendous, is largely limited to his shot making.

Having someone who shoots but draws fouls at a high clip is an additional powerful attribute because it gets the opposition into foul trouble so they have to defend more tentatively and it gets you (and by extension, your team) to the foul line quicker and frequently.

This is why it was so difficult to beat, let alone blow out, teams with guards like MJ and prime Wade in the playoffs. They could always stop the clock, draw fouls, get to the line for free points, and keep their teams in games even when they were shooting poorly. And many times by getting themselves to the free throw line and repeating the shooting motion they were able to work themselves back into the right shooting motion such that by the 4th quarter, they were no longer in slumps and could deliver dagger after dagger.

This is what we now have with Harden. I think Harden’s early struggles as the main guy in HOU were actually due to him letting how hot or cold he was determine how much of an impact he thought he could have on a team. (He also didn’t help himself by predicating much of his game off of questionable foul-baiting tactics.) If he just plays his game and draws fouls at a normal superstar rate, he and the Nets will be well off.

pr0wler · Post #128 » by **pr0wler** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:41 am

CalamityX12 wrote:So this is what Rockets fans enjoyed... more fouls for

LOL pretty much :lol:

Post #129 » by **CalamityX12** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:41 am

Yes, run at this pace!

MrDollarBills · Post #130 » by **MrDollarBills** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:41 am

2nd unit is getting stops.

GTR11 · Post #131 » by **GTR11** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:41 am

I never been this chill cheering for Nets. I'm in a different world right now. We are elite team guys. Easy win win a few.

Paradise · Post #132 » by **Paradise** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:42 am

Get my boy Perry more minutes!!!

Paradise · Post #133 » by **Paradise** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:43 am

THE STEP BACK!

MrDollarBills · Post #134 » by **MrDollarBills** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:44 am

Good minutes by The Harden Unit. We may need to roll with Perry to finish this out.

Post #135 » by **NyCeEvO** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:44 am

MrDollarBills wrote:Marks is going to need to really consider hitting the market for another big. We are going to bleed points inside.

I’m not worried at all. Marks was adamant that the roster wasn’t done after the Harden trade. We’ve got a lot of flexibility with vet min contracts, 2-ways, MLE, & DPE. I’m confident that we’ll find at least one valuable big man, if not multiple.

GTR11 · Post #136 » by **GTR11** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:44 am

LOUiS-D wrote:
GTR11 wrote:Am I the only one who ain't worried about this one? We going to out them away in a few. Chill.

I don't think anyone is worried. We're all tired of DJ being entitled to minutes. He has diplomatic immunity. If he wasn't part of the superfriends he would have been long since buried.

I think DJ will surprise you guys soon. It's a chip time. Watch him get some quality min in few games from now on.

pr0wler · Post #137 » by **pr0wler** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:44 am

Landry Shamet Jam it Slam it??

pr0wler · Post #138 » by **pr0wler** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:44 am

Dat step back dance move though

Paradise · Post #139 » by **Paradise** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:45 am

We really went from D’Lo step back threes to Harden step back threes lol

Post #140 » by **NyCeEvO** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:45 am

therealbig3 wrote:LOL Ian Eagle with the homer "nah, Jason Kidd was MVP in 02, he should have won the award" take. Don't usually see that from him lol.

And yeah, I know Kidd had a strong case. But the fact that said it like it was an indisputable fact and that Duncan had no argument over him at all, lol that's pretty funny.

He sounded like Sarah cracked a “Yo mama” joke on him. He wasn’t having any of it lol.