James Harden Thread (2018-19)

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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#341 » by Stepback3GOOD » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:32 am

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Hmm, not sure why you say this. The very best data is held by teams and is not public. Nonetheless, bref only has on/off but no rapm type stuff, but I'm sure they'd add it if they could


excuses

harden is the best guard in the league bruh


Making excuses for what? I say Curry is still the best guard


not since 2015-2016

westbrook was better in 2017, and harden was better in 2018 and is better this year
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#342 » by K_chile22 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:46 am

Rockets are cursed. 5 of their 7 best players aren't on the floor (Gordon played his first game in a few weeks tonight and guess what: He got hurt again!) and the Nets bury 3 straight absolutely horrid contested 3s to force OT when they should've lost. I hate this season
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#343 » by bondom34 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:50 am

https://streamable.com/j9lm7

They literally just ran away from Rivers. Totally double covered him.
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#344 » by eminence » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:53 am

MDA still too in love with offense, Green 40 minutes is too much with Clark at 23.
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#345 » by K_chile22 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:53 am

bondom34 wrote:https://streamable.com/j9lm7

They literally just ran away from Rivers. Totally double covered him.
They played the last ten minutes of a game with Rivers, Green and Nunnally who they signed an hour before the game. This is the season from hell. Ennis was really needed with House going to the G League but apparently fell down stairs last night and cut up his leg. Like WTF!? The timing of all this **** is insanity
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#346 » by K_chile22 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:54 am

eminence wrote:MDA still too in love with offense, Green 40 minutes is too much with Clark at 23.
He just doesn't trust Clark. Hasn't all season really
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#347 » by thekdog34 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:29 am

eminence wrote:MDA still too in love with offense, Green 40 minutes is too much with Clark at 23.


Who else can they play?

And what's up with Ennis, did he get hurt again?
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#348 » by eminence » Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:32 am

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eminence wrote:MDA still too in love with offense, Green 40 minutes is too much with Clark at 23.


Who else can they play?

And what's up with Ennis, did he get hurt again?


Heard he fell down the stairs or something, back soon though.

But I was just noting that they need a more even split on Green/Clark, especially with the need for rebounding/defense in the lineup down the stretch.
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#349 » by Bidofo » Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:39 am

First since Wilt with back to back 55+ point games. Insane.

Also crazy how the Rockets shot 70 threes and 34 FTs vs 35 two-pointers. Has the difference ever been that small?
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Post#350 » by ardee » Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:08 am

Bidofo wrote:First since Wilt with back to back 55+ point games. Insane.

Also crazy how the Rockets shot 70 threes and 34 FTs vs 35 two-pointers. Has the difference ever been that small?
I had sworn Kobe or Jordan had done it... but nope. Kobe had 65/50/60/50, Jordan had 53/50/61.

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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#351 » by Clyde Frazier » Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:10 am

Read on Twitter


What on earth.
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#352 » by thekdog34 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:31 am

eminence wrote:
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eminence wrote:MDA still too in love with offense, Green 40 minutes is too much with Clark at 23.


Who else can they play?

And what's up with Ennis, did he get hurt again?


Heard he fell down the stairs or something, back soon though.

But I was just noting that they need a more even split on Green/Clark, especially with the need for rebounding/defense in the lineup down the stretch.


Makes sense, though I'm not too confident in Clark's defense at this point
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#353 » by Dr Spaceman » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:34 am

bondom34 wrote:https://streamable.com/j9lm7

They literally just ran away from Rivers. Totally double covered him.


The only good thing about Austin is he’s not afraid of the moment. You can argue he should be more afraid of the moment, but truthfully there aren’t many bench players in the league who’d be comfortable attempting that big a shot.
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#354 » by Colbinii » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:41 pm

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Read on Twitter


What on earth.


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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#355 » by MisterHibachi » Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:19 pm

The three point shot really is a game breaker.
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#356 » by thekdog34 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:41 pm

Dr Spaceman wrote:
bondom34 wrote:https://streamable.com/j9lm7

They literally just ran away from Rivers. Totally double covered him.


The only good thing about Austin is he’s not afraid of the moment. You can argue he should be more afraid of the moment, but truthfully there aren’t many bench players in the league who’d be comfortable attempting that big a shot.


He appears to be surprisingly good for this system. Like green, he's not scared of shooting and that's a plus in Houston. Has good chemistry with harden
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#357 » by K_chile22 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:33 pm

Dr Spaceman wrote:
bondom34 wrote:https://streamable.com/j9lm7

They literally just ran away from Rivers. Totally double covered him.


The only good thing about Austin is he’s not afraid of the moment. You can argue he should be more afraid of the moment, but truthfully there aren’t many bench players in the league who’d be comfortable attempting that big a shot.
Rivers has been very good for them, the only problem is he's playing too much and closing games, but that's not really anyone's fault but the injury bug
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#358 » by thekdog34 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:48 pm

I could see Rivers sticking around like Gerald Green. Not necessarily guys you want to give huge minutes to but nice sparks off the bench.
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#359 » by Dr Spaceman » Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:59 pm

Harden now is #1 in offensive RPM by 2.2. He’s at 8.27 while Curry is 6.07. This is the biggest gap ever recorded by the stat, although in 2014 Lebron was ahead of Curry by 2.0.
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Re: James Harden Thread (2018-19) 

Post#360 » by Jaqua92 » Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:30 pm

Dr Spaceman wrote:Harden now is #1 in offensive RPM by 2.2. He’s at 8.27 while Curry is 6.07. This is the biggest gap ever recorded by the stat, although in 2014 Lebron was ahead of Curry by 2.0.
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