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NeZoRiL wrote:[
LeBron is the best defender in the NBA. Passes just as good as Harden, scorers better then Harden, has three MVP awards....a finals MVP.
Ziggy Stardust wrote:NeZoRiL wrote:[
LeBron is the best defender in the NBA. Passes just as good as Harden, scorers better then Harden, has three MVP awards....a finals MVP.
lmao...Lebron is far from the best defender in the NBA. For years people people waited for him to use his physical profile to play defense....and he did and the overractiong has been ridiculou. U can't tell me he is more impactful than guys like Dwight, Chandler, and even Avery Bradley with a straight face.
NeZoRiL wrote:Ziggy Stardust wrote:NeZoRiL wrote:[
LeBron is the best defender in the NBA. Passes just as good as Harden, scorers better then Harden, has three MVP awards....a finals MVP.
lmao...Lebron is far from the best defender in the NBA. For years people people waited for him to use his physical profile to play defense....and he did and the overractiong has been ridiculou. U can't tell me he is more impactful than guys like Dwight, Chandler, and even Avery Bradley with a straight face.
I can see he's more impactful then Avery Bradley with a straight face. The rest, you can debate, but I'd say LeBron is in the top five. Don't act so smart, you just said James Harden was better then a three time MVP.
kombayn wrote:Young_Star11 wrote:Still a way to go before we talk about Houston being playoff contenders. Just hope Patterson kicks on this year with an expanded role and Morris/Jones/D-Mo show some promise.
Honestly, I think the Rockets are going to make the playoffs. They have Portland & Denver at home coming up which are two very winnable games for this new team. The swag is already showing for this team right now, plus the fact the Lakers look abysmal is just showing that starting out well really helps. The Rockets need to look at Power Forward the most glaring need on this team. It'll be interesting to see who the Rockets could add through a trade.
HoopsMalone wrote:Shaq would still have value... But to think he'd be anywhere near as dominant as he was in the post era is just ridiculous
jahlil okafor has some of the best post moves in the last 30 years and the dude can't even get on the floor
Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:kombayn wrote:Young_Star11 wrote:Still a way to go before we talk about Houston being playoff contenders. Just hope Patterson kicks on this year with an expanded role and Morris/Jones/D-Mo show some promise.
Honestly, I think the Rockets are going to make the playoffs. They have Portland & Denver at home coming up which are two very winnable games for this new team. The swag is already showing for this team right now, plus the fact the Lakers look abysmal is just showing that starting out well really helps. The Rockets need to look at Power Forward the most glaring need on this team. It'll be interesting to see who the Rockets could add through a trade.
The Rockets have a slew of young PFs. Terrence Jones was a star of summer league. Donatas Motiejunas has three point range, good handles, can rebound. They are young. Patterson is a good shooter and a bit of a stretch PF. Marcus Morris is also a stretch PF.
I think the Rockets are loaded with young talent.
Ziggy Stardust wrote:NeZoRiL wrote:James Harden is better then LeBron James in your eyes?
He shoots, penetrates, and is a better playmaker than Lebron.
Defense is hard to tell because Lebron is better, but he only tries for like 5 mins of the game.
suckfish wrote:Reminder: NBA players are stupid.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
gino_giode wrote:Don't all kill me for saying this, but Harden's obscene success in these 2 games remind me of how JLin surprised everyone in that short span last season.
It's partly playing against poor teams (Pistons and Hawks--check) and teams not preparing well for Harden, though that's only conjecture.
Harden also looks in midseason form (as do several others that were on the Olympic squad), and many teams are far from sharp on the defensive end.
Harden certainly looks like a beast, but comparing him with LeBron after 2 games is a stretch. The next few games are a good test, then a gimme vs Detroit, and then a real challenge vs Miami.
But who knows, Harden might be going through the T-Mac effect where he steps out from another Superstar(s)' shadow and goes on to dominate the league.
dtown8 wrote:Well, Houston has been a joke for over 30 years now. They got Hakeem (but passed up on Jordan) and that has been the only good move the franchise has done in their history. this whole, giving Harden a "Joe Johnson" size contract is just typical of Houston's bad and down right dumb basketball decisions .
vincecarter4pres wrote:It's pretty obvious Harden is a better passer and playmaker then Westbrook and it's not even debatable that he's world's better running the pick and roll.
This stuff goes back to his Sun Devil days when he was more or less their pseudo point guard next to Glasser.
Really good on drive and kick and the pick and roll. Nice court vision and feel for the game, crisp passer, underrated handle and similar level first step. Much higher BBIQ.
