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James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
he turns the ball over 6 times and scores 15 points on 5-15 shooting.
Yep, like I said first two games, he went up against crappy defenses. Now that he is finally going up against elite defenses and elite perimeter defenders, he is being exposed. In OKC, the third best perimeter defender guarded him which was usually some scrub and he took advantage of that. The best perimeter defender is now on him and now he is being shown that he is no Westbrook nor Durant.
Tony Allen will shut him down on Friday night.
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
it wasn't just Iggy, it was Faried too. he was all over the place.
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
RG, he still averages 30 points per game, he has been OK this far.
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
Originally Posted by KDthunderup
Kevin Martin averaging 19.5ppg on 51% fg as 3rd option
People overreacted big time after Harden's two first games, OKC didn't get robbed. Good picks, Kevin Martin and the talented Jeremy Lamb is not bad for Harden.
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
Knew this was coming when he had a bad game..
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
Originally Posted by All Net
Knew this was coming when he had a bad game..
He had bad game against Portland. I didn't make any thread because I actually thought he was fatigued and that was a legitimate argument. He had 3 days rest coming into tonight's game and he was shut down by the superior Andre Iguodala.
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Nuggets/Avs/Broncos.
Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
Originally Posted by Godzuki
it wasn't just Iggy, it was Faried too. he was all over the place.
Yeah. Iggy did a great job on him and really locked down the perimeter but Denver is a team that's constantly switching. Worked tonight, usually gets them burned by somebody.
I'd say Iggy did most of the damage but guy's like Gallo, Faried defended him from time to time and helped out.
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
harden got paid son, get off him
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
He's going to struggle against teams that guard screen and roll penetration well.
Show high, and trap on his ass and he'll have uneven game. But it's easier said than done.
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
Originally Posted by All Net
Knew this was coming when he had a bad game..
Of course you knew it was coming, because people overreacted big time initially when he was playing his ass off and now they're going to get on him when he's struggling... pretty predictable.
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
Originally Posted by PJR
He's going to struggle against teams that guard screen and roll penetration well.
Show high, and trap on his ass and he'll have uneven game. But it's easier said then done.
He'll struggle against those teams and teams that have very good perimeter defenders. Miami did a great job defending him in the Finals because it was usually either Lebron or Battier guarding him, both who are top 10 perimeter defenders in the league. Usually teams' 2nd/3rd best perimeter defender aren't that good but Miami's perimeter defense is/was stacked like pancakes and that is why Harden got exposed in the Finals last season.
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
Originally Posted by PJR
He's going to struggle against teams that guard screen and roll penetration well.
Show high, and trap on his ass and he'll have uneven game. But it's easier said than done.
Tell that ninja to develop a post game ...
Or watch video of Ray Allen / Reggie Miller / Mitch Richmond / RIP Hamilton
Move without the ball to get yourself free, and not need to dribble all the time to be effective.
Learn how to cut. Lost art.
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
Originally Posted by StateOfMind12
he turns the ball over 6 times and scores 15 points on 5-15 shooting.
Yep, like I said first two games, he went up against crappy defenses. Now that he is finally going up against elite defenses and elite perimeter defenders, he is being exposed. In OKC, the third best perimeter defender guarded him which was usually some scrub and he took advantage of that. The best perimeter defender is now on him and now he is being shown that he is no Westbrook nor Durant.
Tony Allen will shut him down on Friday night.
tbf, Westbrook does that once a week. Kobe is doing that as we speak
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Re: James Harden goes up against elite defender in Iguodala and....
Tony Allen is the best man defender in the game.
Harden will play well.
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