Anyone else annoyed by the media-wide character assassination of Harden that's going on?

[hoosierdaddy34]

To those of us that have at least half a brain, it is allegedly.

What do we do now?

Continue to marginalize and clown your type and your unintelligent and dangerous views. Same thing we always do.

It is a very dangerous view. One of my buddies thought like that, Covid is a sham! Blah blah blah. Then unfortunately his grandfather caught it and passed away from it (to all the naysayers, yes he passed away from covid, not another disease or illness that covid just pushed over the edge). It's very unfortunate because it had to hit him personally before he started believing it. I wish that on no one.

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Exactly. I knew a guy that traveled to thanksgiving and died 6 days later. That type of thinking needs to not be accepted and needs to be soundly dismissed whenever brought up.

[xdrta+]

Continue to marginalize and clown your type and your unintelligent and dangerous views. Same thing we always do.

It is a very dangerous view. One of my buddies thought like that, Covid is a sham! Blah blah blah. Then unfortunately his grandfather caught it and passed away from it (to all the naysayers, yes he passed away from covid, not another disease or illness that covid just pushed over the edge). It's very unfortunate because it had to hit him personally before he started believing it. I wish that on no one.

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If I want to believe the media lies and called regular deaths covid related just so they can oust a president they don't like that is my right.

Me getting all these personal attacks is against forum rules

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Spreading misinformation is against the rules.

[Ziggie]

Continue to marginalize and clown your type and your unintelligent and dangerous views. Same thing we always do.

It is a very dangerous view. One of my buddies thought like that, Covid is a sham! Blah blah blah. Then unfortunately his grandfather caught it and passed away from it (to all the naysayers, yes he passed away from covid, not another disease or illness that covid just pushed over the edge). It's very unfortunate because it had to hit him personally before he started believing it. I wish that on no one.

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Exactly. I knew a guy that traveled to thanksgiving and died 6 days later. That type of thinking needs to not be accepted and needs to be soundly dismissed whenever brought up.

So I'm not allowed to think differently? Must ny religious beliefs be the same as yours too?

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[Bulliever2020]

prima donna deserves every bit of criticism he is receiving right now.

[Ziggie]

It is a very dangerous view. One of my buddies thought like that, Covid is a sham! Blah blah blah. Then unfortunately his grandfather caught it and passed away from it (to all the naysayers, yes he passed away from covid, not another disease or illness that covid just pushed over the edge). It's very unfortunate because it had to hit him personally before he started believing it. I wish that on no one.

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If I want to believe the media lies and called regular deaths covid related just so they can oust a president they don't like that is my right.

Me getting all these personal attacks is against forum rules

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Spreading misinformation is against the rules.

I am not spreading anything and stating it as fact. I stated an opinion. Nice try tho

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[Arsenal]

No, I'm enjoying it. Need more dirt to drive his trade value down even further. Then Morey will swoop in!

[harveyelliot]

Feels like it's so clear from all the stories and the talking heads coming out that the media in general has taken it upon themselves to try and trash his reputation. Can't tell you how many podcasts I've listened to where whoever's talking starts off with the qualifier, "I consider myself a pro-player but.." and then proceeds to absolutely nuke James Harden. He hasn't exactly been carrying himself the way you would want a superstar to act but seriously every article and segment on the dude just has to be some kind of hit piece? Every media member is out there trying to get their digs in too. It's definitely not out of the ordinary for the same talking points to be repeated but this time it just feels so concerted and kinda corny tbh

Harden deserves all these criticisms as he's very well paid to work his ass off. Even if he wants to play for another team, he is expected to be a professional. Instead, he did the exact opposite!

I don't pity petty fat immature millionaires!

[MindState]

Doubt Harden cares. Whats the worst that can happen?

Its not like hes gonna have to deal with fans booing him or heckling him during games? Fans wont be allowed back into arenas for like the next few years.

The Rockets are allowing limited fans numbers of fans in the Arena to start the season.

That is a pipe dream. Especially with the X-Mas and New Years. Covid levels will hit record numbers with these two gatherings. Theres no way fans will be allowed in any arenas this season.

[MagicBagley18]

Feels like it's so clear from all the stories and the talking heads coming out that the media in general has taken it upon themselves to try and trash his reputation. Can't tell you how many podcasts I've listened to where whoever's talking starts off with the qualifier, "I consider myself a pro-player but.." and then proceeds to absolutely nuke James Harden. He hasn't exactly been carrying himself the way you would want a superstar to act but seriously every article and segment on the dude just has to be some kind of hit piece? Every media member is out there trying to get their digs in too. It's definitely not out of the ordinary for the same talking points to be repeated but this time it just feels so concerted and kinda corny tbh

Not really, I actually have been saying to Celtics fans we should be interested in him and these leaks don’t bother me at all but I do understand the criticism.

He literally lobbied and got every single thing he asked for from the rockets organization and that’s ok because stars should be pampered but he also should take some responsibility for the teams shortcomings and lack of flexibility. He then went on a public club tour in the middle of pandemic and didn’t show up for training camp with a new coach while simultaneously demanding to be traded to 1 specific location.

He’s fine for demanding a trade, he absolutely can have preferred destinations but he should have been to camp on time and ready to go and also shouldn’t be pointing all the blame on the rockets as if he had nothing to do with where they are now. Ultimately he won’t hurt his value because interested teams aren’t scared off but his demands, to an extent his play style and then his actions off court while he team was at training camp were not a good look.

Fertitta is on the record saying he pushed his BB ops team to go through with the WB trade. It wasn't a Harden decision.

D'Antoni and Morey like Harden enough to want to work with him again. Would D'Antoni push for Harden knowing he doesn't play well with others?

Harden absolutely wanted cp3 gone and wanted westBrook....tillman pushed the deal home and gave it his blessing bc harden wanted it. It’s been documented plenty of places and most recently in mcmahons pieces and several other podcasts.

D’antoni is an assistant coach in Brooklyn and doesn’t have the juice to say no to a deal if kyrie and KD want it. Not sure how that’s relevent to the question about the media tho

[realball]

Continue to marginalize and clown your type and your unintelligent and dangerous views. Same thing we always do.

It is a very dangerous view. One of my buddies thought like that, Covid is a sham! Blah blah blah. Then unfortunately his grandfather caught it and passed away from it (to all the naysayers, yes he passed away from covid, not another disease or illness that covid just pushed over the edge). It's very unfortunate because it had to hit him personally before he started believing it. I wish that on no one.

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If I want to believe the media lies and called regular deaths covid related just so they can oust a president they don't like that is my right.

Me getting all these personal attacks is against forum rules

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You definitely have a right to be stupid, and we have a right to call you out on it.

And yeah, the whole world invented this plague to oust your president

[nycefnl]

they hate the fact that he wanted to go to the Nets and make a super team. They want to continue this LeBron vs MJ ridiculous comparison. And now they want to make Anthony Davis appear to be top 5 when clearly he is not.

[xdrta+]

Doubt Harden cares. Whats the worst that can happen?

Its not like hes gonna have to deal with fans booing him or heckling him during games? Fans wont be allowed back into arenas for like the next few years.

The Rockets are allowing limited fans numbers of fans in the Arena to start the season.

That is a pipe dream. Especially with the X-Mas and New Years. Covid levels will hit record numbers with these two gatherings. Theres no way fans will be allowed in any arenas this season.

It is not a pipe dream. At least five teams have announced plans to have limited fans, complying with health protocols, at the beginning of the season. Houston, Orlando, the Raptors in Tampa, Memphis, the Spurs beginning Jan 1, and at least one or two others. The season begins next week, not after Christmas and New Years.

[andyhop]

That is a pipe dream. Especially with the X-Mas and New Years. Covid levels will hit record numbers with these two gatherings. Theres no way fans will be allowed in any arenas this season.

Might want to turn on your TV and watch the Texas Tech- Kansas game

[BlazersBroncos]

He is skirting his responsibilities to the franchise that he is contractually obliged. I have no issue with character assassination as he deserves such.

[Ziggie]

It is a very dangerous view. One of my buddies thought like that, Covid is a sham! Blah blah blah. Then unfortunately his grandfather caught it and passed away from it (to all the naysayers, yes he passed away from covid, not another disease or illness that covid just pushed over the edge). It's very unfortunate because it had to hit him personally before he started believing it. I wish that on no one.

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If I want to believe the media lies and called regular deaths covid related just so they can oust a president they don't like that is my right.

Me getting all these personal attacks is against forum rules

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You definitely have a right to be stupid, and we have a right to call you out on it.

And yeah, the whole world invented this plague to oust your president

I'm all right with this because at least you're not trying to silence my stupidity.


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[Roger Murdock]

If I want to believe the media lies and called regular deaths covid related just so they can oust a president they don't like that is my right.

Me getting all these personal attacks is against forum rules

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Spreading misinformation is against the rules.

I am not spreading anything and stating it as fact. I stated an opinion. Nice try tho

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You have your rights to be a stupid and ignorant as you want. There's nothing preventing someone from being an idiot, its not against the law and as we've seen, its actually advantageous when running for president.

But you don't get to choose the facts and what's real. In this case you don't have opinions, you have a wrong worldview that's supported by nothing.

If I were to say James Harden is a garbage scorer and only averaged 15ppg last season and only the crooked box score workers and lame steam media presented it incorrectly, my 'opinion' would be just as valid.

[CIN-C-STAR]

Alternative theory: Hardens selfishness and ego has rubbed people within the Houston organization the wrong way for years, and now that he has turned his back on the franchise they feel license to speak out about it.
And since this is literally the biggest NBA story right now, the media feels compelled to report what they're saying.

No conspiracies, vendettas or media bias required to explain it. Just Harden's chickens coming home to roost.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

None of this is new though, we've all known it was like this. The problem is, Harden pissed off the few people he had in his corner and now they have no reason to protect him.

[bebopdeluxe]

Breaking COVID protocol by going to a Vegas strip club right before training camp starts isn't character assassination - it is self-immolation.

[infinite11285]

Another thread completely derailed by COVID and political commentary.