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People really thought a James Harden lead team would be anything less than ELITE 💀 despite not having a ring he's (which he will have by the end of this season) he has never missed the playoffs like LeBron, KD, Curry, Kyrie or Luka and he's lead the Nets, 6ers, and Rockets to some of the beat offenses weve ever seen
@@TaeddgafHe has always been underrated even when he was at his peak, the amount of hate he has gotten over the course of has career is unmatched and not justifiable for how legendary he has been.
Is Paul George the most overrated player in the league? Seriously, why is this guy so popular? He never averages more than 22, 23 PPG. He goes through entire months where he's ineffective. Don't even get me started on how overrated his defense is. He's not even top 30 In DPOY conversations. He's barely above league average with 57 TS%. He isn't a playmaker. He gets empty rebounds (one of the league leaders in open rebound %). It's well documented how bad he is in the clutch. What am I missing here? He's not even top 25-30 for me.
@@sac1211because he doesn't have a stand out weakness he can do everything well but nothing special. Naturally talented but yeah he's never been an S tier player
Underrated? We know he can play D he’s just too lazy to do it consistently. We know his defense can get the job done but it’s rated exactly where it should be since he doesn’t focus to much on defense. As a clippers he has no choice but to prove the haters wrong
@@user-ck8fv1we8nIt’s been underrated for a minute. That Rockets 2018 team was great because of their defense, not their offense (stats back me up and CP3 said it himself). Part of the reason why was because everyone 1-5 could guard any position, including Capela guarding PGs and CP3/Harden guarding centers. Harden was especially good at post D, so when big men tried to go at him they struggled to gain any ground. Harden is underrated on defense all because of that trash 2016 season where the Rockets had a ton of chemistry issues (Howard and Harden hated each other) so Harden got put on Shaqtin a Fool a lot.
@@user-ck8fv1we8n I seen a ref call a foul on him once and he turned to the ref and it looked like he said. I ain't even playing defense!! Maybe that is what is looked like and he said something else. Made me LOL.
28 points, 83% from three, 92% FT, 15 assists, 7 rebounds, 4 blocks and 1 steal. The haters didn't understand why i been saying harden is the only hope for the clippers, been saying the last thing they need to cruise to the finals is PG to come off the bench and be manu ginobili. he got upset when they acquired harden and played poorly trying to get the fans to blame on harden and get him traded. but PG played well tonight and LAC wins 6 straight
Well they took it to the suns last yr without pg13 then some games without kawhi so I’d say yes. They been dogging the lakers for yrs so again yea. Nuggets is the only question due to the size of they can get plumlee to get physical with jokic as well as zu then yea they have a chance
@@rodrigofuentes296 They don’t have a single player that can guard KD or Booker so I’ll still take the Suns over them. Those regular season wins against Lakers don’t mean shit unless they can show it in the playoffs, which I doubt! Lakers never take them seriously ever since they blew that 3-1 lead to ruin the battle of LA. Every time Bron takes them seriously, he dogs their asses out like he did earlier this season despite Kawhi, PG & Russ having their best game together. Nuggets are just flat out better cause again no one can guard Jokic or Jamal Murray in that team.
Harden's really good at basketball. He's a genius. If you watch a game, it's a real system Espnba panelists ignored Harden. Please give him some compliments. Harden is a genius. The system itself is so good when you watch the real game
THANK god a sensible person harden literally is top 5 iq of all time but yeah people have been hating him from his prime everyone here rides the media narrative
People really thought a James Harden lead team would be anything less than ELITE 💀 despite not having a ring he's (which he will have by the end of this season) he has never missed the playoffs like LeBron, KD, Curry, Kyrie or Luka and he's lead the Nets, 6ers, and Rockets to some of the beat offenses weve ever seen
Big ups to Steve Balmer, with his positive mentality and energy, Clippers have built a great team, Infact trading for a world class player JAMES HARDEN after bn dismantled by the media and bringing him his confidence back, this is the great efforts of team leadership.
1:28 harden step back man after all these yrs ppl still cant guard that, this is the 1st time i saw a defender jump twice, 1st it was too early, like always, 2nd was too slow, n harden shoots in between that gap, man this is crazy
Harden finally rounding into game shape and looking sharp. He is such a great passer and deferring nicely to Leonard and George. Clips are looking stealth!
Bro harden defense was amazing in the late game like bro was damn near getting strips at will its makes clip where he tip the ball without looking on a face break make so much more sense bro actually practicing this shit
Is Paul George the most overrated player in the league? Seriously, why is this guy so popular? He never averages more than 22, 23 PPG. He goes through entire months where he's ineffective. Don't even get me started on how overrated his defense is. He's not even top 30 In DPOY conversations. He's barely above league average with 57 TS%. He isn't a playmaker. He gets empty rebounds (one of the league leaders in open rebound %). It's well documented how bad he is in the clutch. What am I missing here? He's not even top 25-30 for me.
the beard is the bonafide leader of the clippers as a tactical genius who makes the ball move. of course kawhi is the two way superstar who is the main star but he is too quiet to vocally lead a team. harden and kawhi combo is a deadly good championship combo
Everyone knows it all runs through Kawhi. He’s their leader not harden. James is benefiting from Kawhi no nonsense approach. He’s not the only one either pg and Russ benefits from Kawhi calm, no nonsense, just business approach to things.
@@RADIOACTIVEYOUTH the offense runs to harden he decides who shoots and when for most of the game but kawaii is nice enough to call his own number, the defense runs through kawaii he’s lock up and van guard 1-5
@@joancarlosperezgaro4283 when the games matter in the playoffs everything will run through Kawhi on both sides. Harden will initiate the offense of course but Kawhi is the guy at the top of the pecking order.
Im a say this, if James Harden is in his bag, the league is in trouble. This guy is phenomenal. Good luck bc youre gonna need it. Im not sure how you stop this team when they play like this. The Warriors gave it all they had and respect to them for getting back into it but this team is making a splash now
I genuinely can’t believe people thought trading for Harden would be bad for the Clippers. I saw it as a net neutral at worst but it’s turning out to very positive rn
Ong, those people are immensely idiotic, they literally gave up nothing, a bunch of random bench warmers and a pick, they didn't give up norman powell or terrence mann, they gave up nothing and got one of the best players ever
Harden finally has the right teammates. He dont match to play with a center who needs a lot of ball. He plays well with those guard and power forwards. In 76ers, Maxey is just a I thomas cannot say as a real big. Tobias is weak. In Nets, those bench players are really sucks. Clippers bench is really good , just Russ will give some minus effiency. In Houston, only CP3 is his best match but no luck. In Clippers, they have 3 more strong players. I think if they can win the match vs Bucks and Celtics, they can win the champion this year. I think zubic and daniel theis can block AD. If they afraid the injury they can sign howard or cousions again. Zubac and Russ can acts as Capliea to do the Alley hoop. He dont need a center like Embiid always hold the ball to shoot. He just needs a partner to do slam dunk near the rim. This team is perfect match for Harden to see the hope for champion.
Harden aint a bad defender, hes just lazy. He’s lead the league in steals before but he put all his energy on offense. Now that he has kawhi, pg and westbrook, he can finally spend more of his energy on defense. Hes not a kawhi or pg level defender but he’s great at getting steals and contesting shots
Hardens effect is quite observable. PG13 looks more confident to take every shot he could take, kawhi much more comfortable now to take the ball down low knowing harden can always bail him out from the key and reset everything with minor effort. Just hope harden could be more effective attacking the paint coz its been inconsistent
now everybody wanna get back on the bandwagon smh Harden is my favorite player of all time next to A.I. one of the best offensive players this game has had a 1-on-1 gawd, most 4 pt. plays ever respect my mans fr
Very slept on aspect of his game. This guy just knows how to do it all. If he goes hard on both ends this guy is a problem for every team in the league. And when he's cooking shit on offense like he was tonight he's one of the most unstoppable players ever
@@NotThatLikelyGuy54way better than Kobe or Jordan. Fuck the rings, them dudes couldn’t guard him one on one. Stop it. Kawhi, PG, Giannis, Bron & Butler are 🗣️ELITE defenders and yet they jump every. single. time. He does his step back 3/crossover. He’d cook any guard/wing in history, and that’s a fact. Watch the film.
If Harden can just stay at 50% of his prime through the season and continue to give effort on D like tonight this team is gonna be a BIG problem for anyone.
As a James hater, harden has changed his game so many times and now he is turning out to be the point guard we needed.. he gets easy shots for everybody, especially the big men, he is playing pretty good defense and he has a good attitude from what I can see… I think ima put my James harden hating hat 🧢 down… 🫡
Harden fast hand make him look a good defender. We dont know how good his defense is if he'll actually try. With those perfect anticipation at tipping ball with fast hand, he will be a great defender for sure.
It’s only one game and at that the regular season, I need him to play like this when it counts we know how good he is .. need him to step up like this in playoffs as well. Good game JH13 💪🏾 please keep this up.
they are using him just right, let him be harden. if his off night kawhi or PG can take over. Kawhi can focus on D and PG can be a spot up 3 pt. west brook can come off the bench, he can be that corner 3 or dive. if he just spent the entire season practicing a left corner 3 i believe he will be respectable corner 3pt
If they pulled the trigger on the trade in the offseason and properly integrated him into the team instead of doing it as the season is going along, LAC probably has a Top 3 record in WC right now. It took a lot of adjustments but it's definitely on the right path now.
Yeah EAT THAT MFS EAT THAT HARDEN HAD 4 BLOCKS 4 EFFING BLOCKS !!!!!!!!! BUT STILL CASUALS SAY """ HE IS LAZY NO DEFENSE""' BRO PLAYED 42 MINUTES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE HE DID IN HIS PRIME BUT NO FLOWERS TO THIS MAN HARDE IS THE REAL GOAT🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The sixers offensive scheme was ass. It consisted of harden and embiid taking 15 seconds for a pick and roll to develop and embiid getting the ball and not kicking it out like he should. This trade worked well for both teams.
