James Harden's comments on Giannis game: "takes no skill"

[QUOTE=Smook A.;13938015]Are you slow or something? Did you not see the shots Giannis threw at Harden? Harden has every right to clap back. First Giannis said he wanted a passer, so he picked Kemba over Harden. Harden is a much better passer than Kemba is. Right after the ASG, Giannis said his team was trying to pass it to the player that was being guarded by Harden towards the end of the game when it was close. Guess what? Harden stopped whoever he guarded

Don’t come around here and say Harden sounds bitter when Giannis is the one who threw the shots first and honestly they were really petty[/QUOTE]


and the ultimate irony was kemba was straight garbage in the 4th, with team G spotted a big lead.

They wouldve won if they had harden.

[QUOTE=highwhey;13937980]He's kind of right. Harden fouls his way into the paint and the league lets him do it.[/QUOTE]
This statement is equally true.

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Exactly. Understanding and using length(and positions on the court to utilize it in) is a skill; otherwise Javale Mcgee would be the goat. But Javale plays hunched over like he's no taller than 6'1" sometimes, and is never in the right spots.

Understanding his length is why Kawhi is so good. He realizes he's only 6'7" but essentially 7'2" with his arms.

Not sure I'll ride with the no skill commentary, but in relation to what Harden has developed? Sure. And Giannis pretty much was asking for this with his previous jabs. Crazy shit not many will realize is big ball handlers got a huge pass a few years back. There was a season where i recall Kd being called for carrys like all big guys attempting to do too much with the ball did, Giannis faced a similar struggle. Once the refs respect them enough to let that slide their games and profiles flourished as a result......just an honest opinion from an anonymous observer.

I’ve said for years much of the supposed improvement in big man handles is allowing them to carry to change direction. There arent 5 guys Giannis or Durants length with tight enough handle to not carry. You have like....Tmac, maybe Lamar Odom, Darius Miles perhaps....add Grant Hill if we count him. Joe Johnson for sure. And most of those guys aren’t the full 6’10” KD and Giannis are.

Its tough....but it is what it is. The nba looks the other way on big guard handles....and let’s Harden do literally whatever he wants. Don’t like it....but that’s the game now.

he's right

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855;13938087]I’ve said for years much of the supposed improvement in big man handles is allowing them to carry to change direction. There arent 5 guys Giannis or Durants length with tight enough handle to not carry. You have like....Tmac, maybe Lamar Odom, Darius Miles perhaps....add Grant Hill if we count him. Joe Johnson for sure. And most of those guys aren’t the full 6’10” KD and Giannis are.

Its tough....but it is what it is. The nba looks the other way on big guard handles....and let’s Harden do literally whatever he wants. Don’t like it....but that’s the game now.[/QUOTE]

Paul George, Ben Simmons, Karl Anthony-Towns...probably could throw Blake Griffin in there, he's probably a hair under 6'10".

Yea I’ll throw George and Ben in there though Ben doesn’t do the kind of moves that often require quick changes in the half court. He Magic Johnsons it a bit.

I disagree with Harden. It definitely takes a lot of skill to do what Giannis is doing. But he has to respond to Anus' obvious hate. :confusedshrug:
And I disagree with Anus too. Harden is a hellova passer and man to man defender.

Beef between players is always welcome in this buddy buddy league.

I don’t think he means Harden can’t pass. I think he means:



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isn’t fun to play with.

I assume most would agree. The rockets don’t seem like a fun environment to play in like the Bucks do.

I don't think they have actual beef, they're just trolling eachother because they know social media will eat it up

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855;13938111]I don’t think he means Harden can’t pass. I think he means:



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isn’t fun to play with.

I assume most would agree. The rockets don’t seem like a fun environment to play in like the Bucks do.[/QUOTE]

He created about 5-6 feet of separation there. This doesn't happen every play. You mofos don't even watch the Rockets/ Just cherry pick gifs from the internet. Anyways I'd love to get paid millions to watch him do all that work. MFers act like he's a ball hog and any one else could do it. People hate on Harden because nobody's ever seen anything like him and he broke this silly ass game. I know I know ... wait til playoffs. I get it. But Harden is a unique talent and I've never heard anything about his teammates having a problem with him.

Please provide a citation where someone doesn't like playing with Harden. Never heard anything like that.

Harden says he doesn't see any other play get double teamed?

Obviously he is not very observant.

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855;13938111]The rockets don’t seem like a fun environment to play in like the Bucks do.[/QUOTE]

Pocket Rockets are playing kinda like the Bucks with Westbrook playing the Giannis role. 4 shooters and Russ attacks. Rockets are hella fun since, tune into a game or 2 some time.