James Harden's Imrpoved Defense This Season

[pnyozzzoo]

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:confusedshrug: Oh and btw he is shooting less than 38% and one of the leaders in TO department. I see he worked on his conditioning last offseason alot.:cheers:

[Le Shaqtus]

So garbage :lol

[IMObjective]

Aww, thought he really improved. I guess team USA had no impact on him in that aspect.

[UK2K]

7-1.

Luckily, he's got a loaded roster to cover his terrible play. Jones and Beverley have played particularly well.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

why the hell do nikkas have GIFs that stretch the page now? aint the point of dem to have it small............y not just post the vid den SMH:facepalm :facepalm

[ronnymac]

How pathetic is it that you have to nitpick and find one play to make an invalid point. Hardens defense is lights better then last season. Nitpicking on his percentage, wellhe is averaging 7.8 assists and 5 boards to go with his 25 points and his team being 7-1.

[Smook A.]

Oh wow a couple bad defenseive plays which means... he hasn't improved his defense at all. Oh no.

ISH logic. Im sorry but some of you guys are f*cking dumbasses. Nitpicking only Harden's bad plays. FOH :oldlol:

[pnyozzzoo]

How pathetic is it that you have to nitpick and find one play to make an invalid point. Hardens defense is lights better then last season. Nitpicking on his percentage, wellhe is averaging 7.8 assists and 5 boards to go with his 25 points and his team being 7-1.
One play? There are so many of them, On first page of Freaking ISH there are 3 completely different play in ONE same game. I can remember 5 but do not have the gifs.

By light year better than last year you mean after getting scored on cluelessly he scratch his head to Angrily Clap his hands afterward, I am sure his awareness improved alot.

He score lots points because he shoot so damn many times. at 38% score 25 point with gifted 12 pts from ref every game shows he is a bonafided chucker and inefficient scorer. His turn over is so high his assist turn over ratio is bad. The way he gets many assist only shows he is a ball hog, stat padder. He is getting carried big time. Hope his teammates can carry him for longer than 1st round of playoff.:rockon:

[spiegel]

WTF *** is bonafided you on uneducated Lin fan. Admit it you're deep seeded haterad stems from you being angry at harden being better then Lin. Lin is a big time scrub.moron if you think hardens game is only chucking or just getting to the line you are a troll which you obviously are.

He plays pretty much is the point and the off guard while orchestrating the offense. He is an elite pick and r oll player and he also is a elite scorer. He scores because he shoots so much? Have you seen his per per stats? Go back to sucking lins ***

[pnyozzzoo]

Lol what does Lin have to do with Harden's defense? I thought they are on different teams now. :D

You are the one who sound irrational and mad.

Lin is not a scrub, he is an average player who has his strength and weakness and plague with inconsistency.

I mean are houston fans still gonna blame Lin for their play off lose when rockets down 2 Harden drived and freezed in the Paint. Rockets down one Harden has the ball in his hand and got stolen by Mo if not for Lin to steal it back and pass to Danial for 3 Houston would lost that game.... And Lin alos contribute big in the other only win while I cannot say Harden played positively in any win.

But that's not the point. The discussion here is about James Harden new improved defense. AKA from head scatching to hands clapping. The awareness is getting better.:applause:

[ronnymac]

WTF *** is bonafided you on uneducated Lin fan. Admit it you're deep seeded haterad stems from you being angry at harden being better then Lin. Lin is a big time scrub.moron if you think hardens game is only chucking or just getting to the line you are a troll which you obviously are.

He plays pretty much is the point and the off guard while orchestrating the offense. He is an elite pick and r oll player and he also is a elite scorer. He scores because he shoots so much? Have you seen his per per stats? Go back to sucking lins ***
Now i know why continuesly bashes james.:facepalm .

[GatorKid117]

The constant bashing of Howard and Harden gets pretty old after awhile. Seems these 2 can do nothing right.

[spiegel]

Lol what does Lin have to do with Harden's defense? I thought they are on different teams now. :D

You are the one who sound irrational and mad.

Lin is not a scrub, he is a average player who has his strength and weakness and plague with inconsistency.

I mean are houston fans still gonna blame Lin for their play off lose when rockets down 2 Harden drive and freezed in the Paint. Rockets down one Harden has the ball in his hand and got stolen by Mo if not for Lin to steal it back and pass to Danial for 3 Houston would lost that game.... And Lin alos contribute big in the other only win while I can say Harden played positively in any win.

But that's not the point. The discussion here is about James Harden new improved defense. AKA from head scatching to hands clapping. The awareness is getting better.:applause:

You just can't help but to expose ya self. That post just gave ya agenda away.

[spiegel]

Why harden. Steal yeremy rin glory

[pnyozzzoo]

Harden's game is just ugly to watch, it caught people's attention and Houston Fans relate that to Lin? Weird. :confusedshrug:

I mean Kobe is shooting even more than Harden, you don't see me bash Kobe. Kobe at this stage of his career plays probably worse defense and chuck even more but he does not have a disgusting looking game. Which unlike Harden's , it does rub people the wrong way.

[YouGotServed]

7-1

Haters really mad. lol

[Smoke117]

How pathetic is it that you have to nitpick and find one play to make an invalid point. Hardens defense is lights better then last season. Nitpicking on his percentage, wellhe is averaging 7.8 assists and 5 boards to go with his 25 points and his team being 7-1.

I agree with this. I don't think anybody is saying Harden is a "GOOD" defender now...but he's not completely atrocious anymore. He has made strides and considering how awful he was...any strides are good strides.

[TylerOO]

They are 7-1.

His defense has improved. He may take a few plays off but it's ****ing 8 games into the season

[JebronLames]

I agree with this. I don't think anybody is saying Harden is a "GOOD" defender now...but he's not completely atrocious anymore. He has made strides and considering how awful he was...any strides are good strides.
He's a better defender than wade

[el_locoteee]

7-1.

Luckily, he's got a loaded roster to cover his terrible play. Jones and Beverley have played particularly well.

Lol Jones and Beverley haven't been playing. And when you got Dwight,you protect the middle and send them baseline straight to the best big men in the league.

[Charlie Sheen]

The second one was a bit interesting. it looked like harden was doing what he may have been taught there...forcing to the baseline. The same way the first one played out forcing it into Dwight's rotation. Second gif just developed too fast for dwight to get there. It doesn't look like he has the intensity or the confidence in himself, but it looks a little bit like he's buying into whatever defensive positioning concepts they're teaching him in houston.

[YouGotServed]

Lol Jones and Beverley haven't been playing.

That was the point of his post. Beverley and Jones have been injured and Harden still manages to find a way to win ball games. Pretty impressive stuff.

Best SG in the league by far and a 10 player in the league.

[RidonKs]

Harden's game is just ugly to watch, it caught people's attention and Houston Fans relate that to Lin? Weird. :confusedshrug:

I mean Kobe is shooting even more than Harden, you don't see me bash Kobe. Kobe at this stage of his career plays probably worse defense and chuck even more but he does not have a disgusting looking game. Which unlike Harden's , it does rub people the wrong way.
exactly.

the same person using two accounts to stage a phony argument on the internet is very weird.

[KungFuJoe]

I still think Wade > Harden...but Harden >>>>>> Kobe.

[UK2K]

Lol Jones and Beverley haven't been playing. And when you got Dwight,you protect the middle and send them baseline straight to the best big men in the league.
That was kind of the joke....

Houston is top 10 in every defensive category, even without two starters.

Theyre starting guys like Papalikekdskslialelrnou FFS.

[josh99]

Harden's defense has improved heaps since last season. If you actually watched the games you would be able to tell that he has started caring... which is a big step up from last year.