Mavs announcer rips into James Harden

[Wally450]

https://streamable.com/8qsega

Damn.

Good luck LA.

[Phoenix]

Well shit.

[highwhey]

meltdown. seething. touch grass. i don't remember asking. you're mother made an advance on me.

[L.Kizzle]

Oh wow. Bet he gets fined tho ...

[SATAN]

https://streamable.com/8qsega

Damn.

Good luck LA.

Hahaha holy shit that was brutal

[highwhey]

so i'm the only one that sees this for what it is, a meltdown. nothing he said is new, it's been said to death over and over again...it was unnecessary. lack of professionalism from a game announcer, focus on calling the game bud, not on what has to be standing up for a friend.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Oh wow. Bet he gets fined tho ...

Nah that whole rant was G-rated and why would the NBA office care? He's the main reason they are wracking their brains to figure out a way to keep stars from forcing their way out. They are likely applauding.

[L.Kizzle]

Nah that whole rant was G-rated and why would the NBA office care? He's the main reason they are wracking their brains to figure out a way to keep stars from forcing their way out. They are likely applauding.
G-rated yes, but I don't think team announcers are supposed to rant on opposing players. This isnt First Take.

[Real Men Wear Green]

so i'm the only one that sees this for what it is, a meltdown. nothing he said is new, it's been said to death over and over again...it was unnecessary. lack of professionalism from a game announcer, focus on calling the game bud, not on what has to be standing up for a friend.

I'm sure that part of his job is giving his opinions. He wasn't talking bad about Harden's family or using curse words. We've all seen and heard far worse. Morey likely deserves more blame than this guy is giving him but Harden has made himself a target.

[Real Men Wear Green]

G-rated yes, but I don't think team announcers are supposed to rant on opposing players. This isnt First Take.

I've heard Tom Heinsohn make fat jokes about Shawn Kemp during a live telecast. It happens.

[highwhey]

I'm sure that part of his job is giving his opinions. He wasn't talking bad about Harden's family or using curse words. We've all seen and heard far worse. Morey likely deserves more blame than this guy is giving him but Harden has made himself a target.

unless he's privy to the entire situation, he should not comment on it. in fact, he's a game announcer, his scope of work is not to call out players after the game for a situation like this. this is below the belt and has scorned woman vibes. it would have been a stretch for a philly game announcer, but for a mavs announcer to do it AFTER the game is super uncalled for. no excuses. i don't really care for harden either, this is just so out of pocket.

[Real Men Wear Green]

unless he's privy to the entire situation, he should not comment on it. in fact, he's a game announcer, his scope of work is not to call out players after the game for a situation like this. this is below the belt and has scorned woman vibes. it would have been a stretch for a philly game announcer, but for a mavs announcer to do it AFTER the game is super uncalled for. no excuses. i don't really care for harden either, this is just so out of pocket.

People on this message board say worse all the time. I am sure that you've said far worse sift about players knowing nothing about them personally at all. The outrage over this G-rated takedown is silly.

[highwhey]

People on this message board say worse all the time. I am sure that you've said far worse sift about players knowing nothing about them personally at all. The outrage over this G-rated takedown is silly.

none of us say it over the air on a live game broadcast. i hate giannis and i wouldn't dare go on a rant about him on tv.

[Im Still Ballin]

The reign of the '10s superstars is winding down to a close.

[Real Men Wear Green]

none of us say it over the air on a live game broadcast. i hate giannis and i wouldn't dare go on a rant about him on tv.

So it's ok for you to call Antetokuonmpo a female because you're anonymous but this guy is wrong because he has his name and face attached to his far less disrespectful statements?

[L.Kizzle]

I've heard Tom Heinsohn make fat jokes about Shawn Kemp during a live telecast. It happens.
Definitely different and you know it lol.
Dude probably wrote that 2 minute statement out last night when he knew James was coming to town lol.

[highwhey]

So it's ok for you to call Antetokuonmpo a female because you're anonymous but this guy is wrong because he has his name and face attached to his far less disrespectful statements?

there are max 4 real human beings reading this forum. dude was on live TV. it's not even comparable.

[fsvr54]

Harden is the biggest cancer in the league. PHUK that dude and what he did to my boy Kawhi. Anyone is more than eligible to take a steaming dump on his ass, even a little girl on the street

[bluechox2]

Finally real reporting

[Im so nba'd out]

Welcome to the real nba James. This is what everyone has to deal with… everything is no longer built around you. You actually have to adapt your game.. this is like moving out of your parents house…welcome to the real world where everything doesn’t orbit around you anymore

This is how it feels to be a tobias Harris or a Spence dinwiddie….hopefully, none of ur teammates stab you in the back like you did Carmelo and have you blackballed from the league cause everyone thinks something is wrong with u…..like u did to melo….and Dwight….and cp3….. and Kyrie…..

[Im Still Ballin]

Welcome to the real nba James. This is what everyone has to deal with… everything is no longer built around you. You actually have to adapt your game.. this is like moving out of your parents house…welcome to the real world where everything doesn’t orbit around you anymore

This is how it feels to be a tobias Harris or a Spence dinwiddie….hopefully, none of ur teammates stab you in the back like you did Carmelo and have you blackballed from the league cause everyone thinks something is wrong with u…..like u did to melo….and Dwight….and cp3….. and Kyrie…..

A wise man once said...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CitDwC_Rjic&ab_channel=bushidokj

[Kblaze8855]

I initially saw this played over the Ether beat which I appreciated.

[Kblaze8855]

none of us say it over the air on a live game broadcast. i hate giannis and i wouldn't dare go on a rant about him on tv.


https://i.ibb.co/JFcvQPt/IMG-6840.gif

[warriorfan]

unless he's privy to the entire situation, he should not comment on it. in fact, he's a game announcer, his scope of work is not to call out players after the game for a situation like this. this is below the belt and has scorned woman vibes. it would have been a stretch for a philly game announcer, but for a mavs announcer to do it AFTER the game is super uncalled for. no excuses. i don't really care for harden either, this is just so out of pocket.

stfu you whiny fat piece of shit

[Baller234]

there are max 4 real human beings reading this forum. dude was on live TV. it's not even comparable.

dude the TNT guys rip on players every week.

this guy did it as professionally as one could. didn't sound emotional at all or make it personal.

[tontoz]

LOL that was rough but true. Harden is in for a major reality check when he tries to get his next contract.

[ELITEpower23]

https://streamable.com/8qsega

Damn.

Good luck LA.

Brutal.

Manny98 response?

[Proctor]

Holy shit. :roll: :bowdown:

[90sgoat]

I feel as if this kind of rant would have been completely ok in the 90s and earlier, but today this isn't going to fly and if Harden wants to he can make it racial and get that guy fired.

He could also just be a rich man and deal with it like a man and just go out on the court and hustle like his former teammate Russell, who has proven everyone wrong.

[Phoenix]

LOL that was rough but true. Harden is in for a major reality check when he tries to get his next contract.

He's on the wrong side of his career to show the kind of petulant behaviour he's shown the last 3 years. If this was 2019 Harden when he was dropping 36 a night some teams may be willing to put up with it. He's now 34, comes into camp out of shape and at best may be the 3rd option on a championship team in 2023, and thinks he's still a max player.

[Xiao Yao You]

I feel as if this kind of rant would have been completely ok in the 90s and earlier, but today this isn't going to fly and if Harden wants to he can make it racial and get that guy fired.

He could also just be a rich man and deal with it like a man and just go out on the court and hustle like his former teammate Russell, who has proven everyone wrong.

What has Russell proved that anyone was wrong about?

[tpols]

On a team with great offensive talent Hardens game is just redundant. He doesn't play defense, he doesn't rebound, and while dominating the ball and putting up stats he often shrivels when stakes are the highest so even his offense is overrated.

[Xiao Yao You]

that was great whomever it was. Truth hurts. There's always China, Puerto Rico or Taiwan System. Don't fret!

[tontoz]

On a team with great offensive talent Hardens game is just redundant. He doesn't play defense, he doesn't rebound, and while dominating the ball and putting up stats he often shrivels when stakes are the highest so even his offense is overrated.

One thing i really don't get is that he doesn't like taking catch and shoot 3s, even when open. It seems like he just has to be the one who created the shot. He doesn't want to take a shot created by someone else. That is just bizarre.

[tpols]

One thing i really don't get is that he doesn't like taking catch and shoot 3s, even when open. It seems like he just has to be the one who created the shot. He doesn't want to take a shot created by someone else. That is just bizarre.

It's the aau culture in the USA today.

I remember even when I used to play aau there was this kid the coach called action Jackson, who was the only black kid on the team, and he was great ended up making the NFL... but these coaches would always just put the ball in the most athletic kids hands and let everyone else just stand around. And especially if they're African American they'd get all the opportunity and all the shine.

But we see euros starting to dominate the NBA now because they actually were coached how to play team ball.

[ShawkFactory]

I mean he's not wrong. I've started to despise Harden. More so than any athlete in my adult life.

[ShawkFactory]

none of us say it over the air on a live game broadcast. i hate giannis and i wouldn't dare go on a rant about him on tv.

What has Giannis done to deserve hate like that? You can have gripes with his game if you want, and you can be mad that he dominated your team in a finals series. That's all normal stuff.

What Harden has done in the last 5-6 years is not normal and goes beyond just basketball. He deserves every bit of criticism he gets.

[Charlie Sheen]

I am with highwhey on this...has a personal feel like guy has been stewing over the way Harden treated him or something and waited years for this opportunity. Trying to disguise that pettiness with a parental tone.

[FultzNationRISE]

I am with highwhey on this...has a personal feel like guy has been stewing over the way Harden treated him or something and waited years for this opportunity. Trying to disguise that pettiness with a parental tone.


I think his ‘beef’ is that players like Harden make it hard for a lot of fans to care about the game. People have been saying right here on this board for years what that guy said about him. It’s a known thing. Not some obscure personal beef.

The fact Harden has been enabled this long to be a selfish, lazy, moping bum and get all the max contracts and trade requests he wants is an insult to every fan of the game. It’s a **** you.

Morey’s as responsible for it as Harden himself, as are the owners who signed off, and frankly so are the fans. Some people, like myself and others, spotted Harden as a fraud YEARS ago. Many however continued slurping this dude right up until this year because whoaaa he made a crazy stepback against the hornets in that one regular season game!!!! That means hes elite!!!!!

Sweet moves are nice but only as icing on the cake. If a guy is an established white-flag waiving loser instead of a brass-balled professional, miss me with the excitement over his flashy regular season mixtape moves. Keep that shit for the And1 Tour with Hot Sauce and The Professor.

[Kblaze8855]

One thing i really don't get is that he doesn't like taking catch and shoot 3s, even when open. It seems like he just has to be the one who created the shot. He doesn't want to take a shot created by someone else. That is just bizarre.

He’s the guy who has to dribble after the catch to feel comfortable. Wilt would have killed him when he was assist whoring for the 76ers and you didn’t get one if the guy so much as dribbled or pump faked before shooting in those days.

[Kblaze8855]

I think his ‘beef’ is that players like Harden make it hard for a lot of fans to care about the game. People have been saying right here on this board for years what that guy said about him. It’s a known thing. Not some obscure personal beef.

The fact Harden has been enabled this long to be a selfish, lazy, moping bum and get all the max contracts and trade requests he wants is an insult to every fan of the game. It’s a **** you.

Morey’s as responsible for it as Harden himself, as are the owners who signed off, and frankly so are the fans. Some people, like myself and others, spotted Harden as a fraud YEARS ago. Many however continued slurping this dude right up until this year because whoaaa he made a crazy stepback against the hornets in that one regular season game!!!! That means hes elite!!!!!

Sweet moves are nice but only as icing on the cake. If a guy is an established white-flag waiving loser instead of a brass-balled professional, miss me with the excitement over his flashy regular season mixtape moves. Keep that shit for the And1 Tour with Hot Sauce and The Professor.

Hes more a bone collector guy…though professor is out there as well


https://youtu.be/l8JLlaj7hKU?si=u12dK6cpldMXLyHU

[Charlie Sheen]

I think his ‘beef’ is that players like Harden make it hard for a lot of fans to care about the game. People have been saying right here on this board for years what that guy said about him. It’s a known thing. Not some obscure personal beef.

The fact Harden has been enabled this long to be a selfish, lazy, moping bum and get all the max contracts and trade requests he wants is an insult to every fan of the game. It’s a **** you.

Morey’s as responsible for it as Harden himself, as are the owners who signed off, and frankly so are the fans. Some people, like myself and others, spotted Harden as a fraud YEARS ago. Many however continued slurping this dude right up until this year because whoaaa he made a crazy stepback against the hornets in that one regular season game!!!! That means hes elite!!!!!

Sweet moves are nice but only as icing on the cake. If a guy is an established white-flag waiving loser instead of a brass-balled professional, miss me with the excitement over his flashy regular season mixtape moves. Keep that shit for the And1 Tour with Hot Sauce and The Professor.

The message is not what I have issue with. Bullet point the list he ran down Harden for on a graphic and treat him like a punchline. Whatever.

The delivery has that personal feel. He starts off with several I statements and he presents like he is speaking directly to Harden.

[FultzNationRISE]

The message is not what I have issue with. Bullet point the list he ran down Harden for on a graphic and treat him like a punchline. Whatever.

The delivery has that personal feel. He starts off with several I statements and he presents like he is speaking directly to Harden.


I feel you, altho from my perspective he kept it basketball related and the criticisms were valid. So I dont have an issue. I think it’s fair for a broadcaster to say what the public is thinking. It’s part of their job frankly, as long as it’s relevant to the topic at hand.

Harden gets paid hundreds of millions of dollars. His professionalism is not above public rebuke IMO.

[Mask the Embiid]

The irony of a Luka stan saying all this when it will all apply (most of it already does) to Luka in about 5 years.

Chased off porzingis
Chased off Dennis the menace
Made them trade dinwiddie for Kyrie
Has mark Cuban kissing his ass doing everything for him
Ect ect ect….



Hard Cringe….bump this in 5 years when he completes everything in the rant in his own cancerous way….n keep that same energy u little bch

[Proctor]

The irony of a Luka stan saying all this when it will all apply (most of it already does) to Luka in about 5 years.

Chased off porzingis
Chased off Dennis the menace
Made them trade dinwiddie for Kyrie
Has mark Cuban kissing his ass doing everything for him
Ect ect ect….



Hard Cringe….bump this in 5 years when he completes everything in the rant in his own cancerous way….n keep that same energy u little bch

Dennis.....Smith?



:roll::roll::roll:

[Xiao Yao You]

Law Murray: James Harden to reporters last night in Dallas: “For me individually, this is only my third game. I didn’t have a training camp, I didn’t have a preseason, so everything is still moving fast speed for me. I need about a 10-game window then kind of see where I am from there.” (https://*********.com/social/)

– via Twitter LawMurrayTheNU (https://twitter.com/LawMurrayTheNU)




whose fault is it for not having a training camp or pre-season?

[Wally450]

whose fault is it for not having a training camp or pre-season?

Darryl Morey's apparently.

[Axe]

Things haven't been going so well for harden.

[FireDavidKahn]

https://streamable.com/8qsega

Damn.

Good luck LA.

OH
MY
GOD

:roll: