What the actual **** is wrong with James Harden??

[Smook A.]

vs Denver: 6-21 (2-12 from 3)
vs Warriors: 4-18 (1-10 from 3)
vs Heat: 2-15 (0-10 from 3)

12-54 overall from the field and 3-32 from 3 :biggums: :biggums: :biggums:

WTF IS IT?!?!?! Lil B curse? Kardashian curse? Adidas Curse? Or is he just on a terrible cold streak?

[STATUTORY]

getting cuckolded by a crack addict is tough on the ego

[Fudge]

All of the above.

[Proctor]

The thing so crazy to be about Harden is when he struggles, he struggles worse than anyone I've ever seen with his shooting. He's making Kobe's 3pt woes look like a marvel. Treacherous, treacherous shooting.

[Smook A.]

The thing so crazy to be about Harden is when he struggles, he struggles worse than anyone I've ever seen with his shooting. He's making Kobe's 3pt woes look like a marvel. Treacherous, treacherous shooting.
Once Harden shoots bad at the start, it stays the rest of the game with him. No going back.

[poido123]

He's just not that good of a player.


Teams have worked out his tendencies and his unwillingness to work hard off the ball.

[Natureland]

Probably combo cold streak and struggling to adjust to playing with a ball dominant backcourt player again.

[FreezingTsmoove]

He was probably partying too much in the off season

He got a shout out from Drake in one of the hottest songs of the spring, was chilling with Kanye, Khloe, and got a ton of money from adidas

He forgot what brought him here in the first place

Hard work

[BigNBAfan]

What do you think? His girl left him for a has been crackhead seconds away from dying in a whorehouse... let the guy mourn his dignity.

[Monta Ellis MVP]

Uhhh, he sucks?

[BlakFrankWhite]

He's a limited skilled player who's been riding his luck the whole time

Trust me I saw him grow up as a player in OKC so I know him better than most of you

[Nuff Said]

He's trying to outdo curry but hasn't realized it's nowhere near as ray as curry makes it look.

[LoneyROY7]

Too much iodine in his diet honestly.

[Smook A.]

He's a limited skilled player who's been riding his luck the whole time

Trust me I saw him grow up as a player in OKC so I know him better than most of you
So what you're saying is that his last season was alllll just a fluke? Ha! Yeah, sure.

[alanLA92]

Taking losses left and right.

[Young X]

It's called law of averages man. He'll have 3 great games to balance this out and bump his averages up.

People overreact way too much to what happens early in the season. None of this shit is gonna continue in the future.

Harden won't continue to shoot this badly.

Curry will have a few mediocre/bad games and his numbers will come down to earth.

Westbrook's numbers will come down to earth.

Griffin's numbers will come down to earth.

This happens every season.

It's only been 3 games, calm down.

[WayOfWade]

For those who are interested, Harden is shooting 3/31 on 3's this year whereas Dwyane Wade is shooting 3/5 on 3's this year

[Milbuck]

He's not good. And I mean that literally, as in, he's been a below average player so far. Not even trolling.

Rockets need to blow it up. Game over. Conference has Curry/Thompson/Draymond/Iggy going for 65+ again, Durant and Westbrook on a mission, CP3 and Blake with a deep ass cast around them, Spurs with 2 franchise level talents in Kawhi/Aldridge to take over. Shit's over for the Rockets. They have zero shot at making it out of the west. It's over.

[Monta Ellis MVP]

He's not good. And I mean that literally, as in, he's been a below average player so far. Not even trolling.

Rockets need to blow it up. Game over. Conference has Curry/Thompson/Draymond/Iggy going for 65+ again, Durant and Westbrook on a mission, CP3 and Blake with a deep ass cast around them, Spurs with 2 franchise level talents in Kawhi/Aldridge to take over. Shit's over for the Rockets. They have zero shot at making it out of the west. It's over.

This poster got thicker during the offseason.

[STATUTORY]

He's not good. And I mean that literally, as in, he's been a below average player so far. Not even trolling.

Rockets need to blow it up. Game over. Conference has Curry/Thompson/Draymond/Iggy going for 65+ again, Durant and Westbrook on a mission, CP3 and Blake with a deep ass cast around them, Spurs with 2 franchise level talents in Kawhi/Aldridge to take over. Shit's over for the Rockets. They have zero shot at making it out of the west. It's over.

Moreyball just ain't working, Rox franchise needs a makeover from the top down. the idea that brokeback Howard and Harden was the new shaq and kobe just shows a GM completely out of touch with actual basketball

[bluechox2]

the only thing that has made him look even look like a respectable play has been his hand flailing to draw cheap fouls...

[poido123]

He's not good. And I mean that literally, as in, he's been a below average player so far. Not even trolling.

Rockets need to blow it up. Game over. Conference has Curry/Thompson/Draymond/Iggy going for 65+ again, Durant and Westbrook on a mission, CP3 and Blake with a deep ass cast around them, Spurs with 2 franchise level talents in Kawhi/Aldridge to take over. Shit's over for the Rockets. They have zero shot at making it out of the west. It's over.


Right.

Harden and Howard were always fool's gold. They aren't winners.

[BasedTom]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSxXlnmVEAAGA82.jpg

[DaSeba5]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSxXlnmVEAAGA82.jpg

:oldlol: :cheers:

[juju151111]

It's called law of averages man. He'll have 3 great games to balance this out and bump his averages up.

People overreact way too much to what happens early in the season. None of this shit is gonna continue in the future.

Harden won't continue to shoot this badly.

Curry will have a few mediocre/bad games and his numbers will come down to earth.

Westbrook's numbers will come down to earth.

Griffin's numbers will come down to earth.

This happens every season.

It's only been 3 games, calm down.
Even when they come back to Earth, the numbers will still end up better. Harden is a fraud. Look at playoffs

[dubeta]

Damn, actually feel bad for Smook, hes a nice guy :lol :lol

Hang in there bud

[Wally450]

3 games. Cold streak. He'll be fine. ISH being ISH.

[stalkerforlife]

You can make jokes about it all you like, but the track record is there...

The Kardashians destroy the lives of men. They even turned one man into a woman.

I hear Harden has a small package and having a man in a coma steal your girl just makes it that much worse.

[WadeStan]

Once Harden shoots bad at the start, it stays the rest of the game with him. No going back.

Harden is built like Melo. When things go bad he checks out or pretends not to care. In that way he's very different than Wade or Kobe (note Kobe has had checking out moments too but not because he fears the big moment)

[Heavincent]

I had a sneaky suspicion is career might go down the tubes. That hasn't happened yet, but he's the type of dude who probably snorts coke before games, so it wouldn't surprise me.

[bobopenguin]

top SG in the league,
MVP candidate
best player in 2014-2015
top 3 SG GOAT
better than Tmac
contender core lawson - harden - dwight
King James
50-40-90 club

did i miss anything?

[Nick Young]

He is shit and is useless when the refs swallow their whistles.

[theaussieguy]

He is shit and is useless when the refs swallow their whistles.

exactly, also keep in mind hes limited by his pedestrian at best 37 inch vertical

[GrapeApe]

I keep saying it and I'll say it again, he has ZERO in-between game and he's terrible off the ball. I've never seen a player move less without the ball. I don't get how McHale doesn't ride his ass about that, especially since he played along side arguably the best off-ball player ever.

Where's the post game? Where's the back-door cuts? Where's the midrange jumper? Where's the runners/floaters/baby hooks? Another thing is I'm not sure I've ever seen him use the glass off the angle. Even with many deficiencies he's still a very good player (which is a testament to his talent) but he needs to work on adding dimensions to his game.

It's funny because I'm a Heat fan and was obviously happy he struggled tonight, but part of me as a pure basketball fan was frustrated watching him.

[DaOldLion]

he still had like 15 FTA today and was still shit

most overrated "superstar" of our generation

[yeaaaman]

I keep saying it and I'll say it again, he has ZERO in-between game and he's terrible off the ball. I've never seen a player move less without the ball. I don't get how McHale doesn't ride his ass about that, especially since he played along side arguably the best off-ball player ever.

Where's the post game? Where's the back-door cuts? Where's the midrange jumper? Where's the runners/floaters/baby hooks? Another thing is I'm not sure I've ever seen him use the glass off the angle. Even with many deficiencies he's still a very good player (which is a testament to his talent) but he needs to work on adding dimensions to his game.

It's funny because I'm a Heat fan and was obviously happy he struggled tonight, but part of me as a pure basketball fan was frustrated watching him.

I agree 100%. That's why I always felt that's why come playoffs he always struggles. Defenses tighten up, calls are harder to come by, and teams do their homework. He definitely needs variability in his game if he really wants to take the next step.

[inclinerator]

top SG in the league,
MVP candidate
best player in 2014-2015
top 3 SG GOAT
better than Tmac
contender core lawson - harden - dwight
King James
50-40-90 club

did i miss anything?
when did he put up 50 40 90

[Spurs m8]

top SG in the league,
MVP candidate
best player in 2014-2015
top 3 SG GOAT
better than Tmac
contender core lawson - harden - dwight
King James
50-40-90 club

did i miss anything?

I'd argue none of these are accurate tbh

Not one single one, its basically 8 lies

[bobopenguin]

I'd argue none of these are accurate tbh

Not one single one, its basically 8 lies

thank you, can someone pls delivery the msg to clutchfans.

[JohnFreeman]

Needs to take some classes from Kobe and Wade

[Kblaze8855]

Slow start. Hes gonna be in the hall of fame barring injury. Its safe to say he didnt forget how to shoot. By the end of the year hes doing 24-29 a game with solid shooting numbers. Players occasionally go from damn near MVP to just...good...but rarely without serious injury.

[Hopper15]

Partying, Kardashian and 200 mil shoe deal.

One too many distractions in his life.

[oarabbus]

exactly, also keep in mind hes limited by his pedestrian at best 37 inch vertical


Larry Bird is one of the GOATs and his vert was barely pushing 3.7 inches. No excuses.

[JerrySeinfeld]

Lamar Odom living rent free in James Harden's head :lol

[MellowYellow]

vs Denver: 6-21 (2-12 from 3)
vs Warriors: 4-18 (1-10 from 3)
vs Heat: 2-15 (0-10 from 3)

12-54 overall from the field and 3-32 from 3 :biggums: :biggums: :biggums:

WTF IS IT?!?!?! Lil B curse? Kardashian curse? Adidas Curse? Or is he just on a terrible cold streak?
Didn't he look really good in preseason b4 going down with an ankle injury or something.

[bdreason]

Too much talking, not enough practice. While he was crying about not getting MVP, Curry was in the gym.


I'm sure he'll pull it together as the season progresses... but HCA advantage is decided by a few games out West, and I don't like the Rockets (or any teams) chances of making it out of the West without HCA.

[Spaulding]

https://upload-assets.vice.com/files/2015/05/28/1432828152lil_b_bball_cover.jpg
http://youtu.be/nYfceJhgvRM

[JebronLames]

He always starts slow because he does not practice during the offseason.

[Gileraracer]

Lamar Odom in his current state would contribute more.

[ArbitraryWater]

People shit on Harden now, it will all be silence when he performs again, though.. last year everybody here was impressed with his showing in the WCF, then Game 5 happened... If he would have put away Game 2, that might have been the Game of the Year.

[MellowYellow]

He always starts slow because he does not practice during the offseason.
didn't he put up 40+ in his first game with rockets.

[LootOP]

This:

https://twitter.com/MylesG10/status/661008175399768064

the night before ANOTHER 20 pt loss.

[StephHamann]

Could be another Rondo/Monta situation.

Lawson and Harden both need the ball in their hands, Beverly is the perfect PG for Harden.

I said before the season they should play Lawson as 6th man.

[diamenz]

was chilling with Kanye, Khloe


lmao good god... the company you keep =/

[CelticBaller]

Some crackhead took his girl

[turret]

Could be another Rondo/Monta situation.

Lawson and Harden both need the ball in their hands, Beverly is the perfect PG for Harden.

I said before the season they should play Lawson as 6th man.


this

[RoseCity07]

What do you think? His girl left him for a has been crackhead seconds away from dying in a whorehouse... let the guy mourn his dignity.
:oldlol:

[LikeMike]

He just needed Dwight back for the team to win.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Could be another Rondo/Monta situation.

Lawson and Harden both need the ball in their hands, Beverly is the perfect PG for Harden.

I said before the season they should play Lawson as 6th man.

Pretty much.

[ronnymac]

Pretty much.
Lawson and harden looked pretty good in the second half. Harden was telling Lawson to be aggressive and that helped Ty. Ty was playing to passive.

[ronnymac]

He just needed Dwight back for the team to win.
Dwight was there for the Denver and the Warriors game. He wasn't the real factor. The real factor was Lawson and Harden finally clicking as a duo. The potential with those two is off the charts

[Fallen Angel]

Dwight didn't play vs. Denver and he was in foul trouble vs. Golden State

[ronnymac]

Dwight didn't play vs. Denver and he was in foul trouble vs. Golden State
He was suspended that's right. Nontheless the key is getting Lawson going. when Lawson is aggressive and getting people good looks in the open court the Rockets offense runs well.

[el_locoteee]

Dwight was there for the Denver and the Warriors game. He wasn't the real factor. The real factor was Lawson and Harden finally clicking as a duo. The potential with those two is off the charts

Dwight faced a one game suspension with Denver and in foul trouble vs GS

Still out of shape, like most of the Houston Rockets team.

They play 0 good quarter vs Denver, 1 good quarter vs GS, 2 excellent quarters vs Miami and 3 good quarters vs the Thunders.

They getting there, but we wont see the Rockets at full strength probably in like the next 20 games.

This first 3 game where basically preseason for them.

[ronnymac]

The Denver and the Miami collapse fiasco was not an aberration because there are many issues to be resolved. Defense and offense in particular has yet to fully click so maybe the disrupted preseason is an issue so we'll see.

Tonight the second half was great and heck even the 1st half wasn't bad either it was just the Thunder hitting everything that got them the lead.