Thunders vs Spurs

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Re: Thunders vs Spurs 

Post#21 » by fallacy » Mon Jan 9, 2012 5:44 am

dream_catcher_9 wrote:+ James Harden with another efficient game. I have noticed he is getting into the heart of the defense more often lately. he still has trouble finishing around the rim on occasion, but with more time he will better understand how to finish more creatively.


Not trying to say you're wrong, but you are as far from right as you can possibly be :lol: Not trying to hate on you or anything, but I found that hilarious

James Harden is literally the best player in the NBA at finishing at the rim (players who qualify) He shoots 81% at the rim while being assisted at only 14% of those shots. So if he has trouble finishing, the entire NBA has even more trouble :lol:
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Re: Thunders vs Spurs 

Post#22 » by dream_catcher_9 » Mon Jan 9, 2012 6:10 am

fallacy wrote:
dream_catcher_9 wrote:+ James Harden with another efficient game. I have noticed he is getting into the heart of the defense more often lately. he still has trouble finishing around the rim on occasion, but with more time he will better understand how to finish more creatively.


Not trying to say you're wrong, but you are as far from right as you can possibly be :lol: Not trying to hate on you or anything, but I found that hilarious

James Harden is literally the best player in the NBA at finishing at the rim (players who qualify) He shoots 81% at the rim while being assisted at only 14% of those shots. So if he has trouble finishing, the entire NBA has even more trouble :lol:


wow, maybe my eyes are deceiving me, but I can recall quite a few times already where he got stuffed at the rim. Maybe they just stick out because it doesn't happen often, dunno....
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Post#23 » by slick_watts » Mon Jan 9, 2012 6:18 am

Harden's %BLK'ed is down to ~5%, which is better than he was last season. I've seen some drives from Harden where he had nowhere to go and got stuffed, against Houston against Dalembert for example last game. But generally he seems to be controlling his body better and getting shots off.
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Re: Thunders vs Spurs 

Post#24 » by bbms » Mon Jan 9, 2012 2:41 pm

Just as I thought, Reggie Jackson is similar to James Harden(Harden is better but they're the same type of player). He's not as flashy as Norris Cole, Kemba Walker, Iman Shumpert, but imo, he's a steal. He's not quick and he's not a great leaper, but he's huge and strong and is a nice drive and dish player.

I just thought he was better at jumpshooting.

I'm really in love with KD's on the ball play this season.
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Post#25 » by MASH Transit » Mon Jan 9, 2012 4:15 pm

I would have liked to see Durant get a triple double last night, but I'm happy with the win. Was definitely impressed with the energy and focus last night.
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Post#26 » by Jeff23 » Mon Jan 9, 2012 7:06 pm

fallacy wrote:
dream_catcher_9 wrote:+ James Harden with another efficient game. I have noticed he is getting into the heart of the defense more often lately. he still has trouble finishing around the rim on occasion, but with more time he will better understand how to finish more creatively.



James Harden is literally the best player in the NBA at finishing at the rim (players who qualify)


wow, well this is not true. He's a good finisher around the rim, but he's certainly not the best one. In yesterdays game, daequan cook stole the ball and gave it to Harden for an easy dunk. You know that counts also as "finishing around the rim". We are 10 games into the season and those stats dont tell everything anyway. Harden is good, but he's certainly not the best.
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Re: Thunders vs Spurs 

Post#27 » by wizkid27 » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:19 pm

Jeff23 wrote:
fallacy wrote:
dream_catcher_9 wrote:+ James Harden with another efficient game. I have noticed he is getting into the heart of the defense more often lately. he still has trouble finishing around the rim on occasion, but with more time he will better understand how to finish more creatively.



James Harden is literally the best player in the NBA at finishing at the rim (players who qualify)


wow, well this is not true. He's a good finisher around the rim, but he's certainly not the best one. In yesterdays game, daequan cook stole the ball and gave it to Harden for an easy dunk. You know that counts also as "finishing around the rim". We are 10 games into the season and those stats dont tell everything anyway. Harden is good, but he's certainly not the best.


I'm thinking he was speaking purely statistically and thus far this season.. Not necessarily saying that he's the best in the league by his opinion.

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