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dubnation
06-05-2016, 08:04 PM
His lack of attention and effectiveness on the defensive end is hard to believe for an all-star caliber player. It's the NBA finals, and it seems like all this dude knows hows to do is hog the ball and go one-on-one. Dude needs to take more pride in his defensive match-ups, no matter who he ends up on.
SouBeachTalents
06-05-2016, 08:05 PM
http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/229/files/2014/11/hardendefense.gif
Dray n Klay
06-05-2016, 08:07 PM
Easily


Kevin Love is a close second
Akrazotile
06-05-2016, 08:07 PM
He's not an allstar caliber player. People only think he is bc he plays flashy and "wowz he can cr0ss u up, break ur anklesz!!"


He's low IQ, selfish, lacks heart.
ScalsFan21
06-05-2016, 08:08 PM
He's not an allstar caliber player. People only think he is bc he plays flashy and "wowz he can cr0ss u up, break ur anklesz!!"


He's low IQ, selfish, lacks heart.

Yep. But to be fair at least he's a top 5 player on the court tonight.
Kblaze8855
06-05-2016, 08:09 PM
Damn Harden....

I know a gif can make anyone look like whatever you like...but he is brutal at times.
dubnation
06-05-2016, 08:09 PM
http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/229/files/2014/11/hardendefense.gif

:roll:

It's close, but I think Harden is a better defender than Kyrie when he puts the effort in... He's just lazy. Kyrie is just terrible.

In terms of defensive real plus minus, Kyrie ranked 451 out of 462 NBA players. Dude was worth -3.31 points per 100 possessions on the defensive end. Just ahead of 38 year old Kobe... Harden was at -0.78 for reference.