Stephen A.: This was the most ATROCIOUS performances by a star! | First Take 

“If James harden doesn’t like something, he shuts down.” Freaking THANK YOU. THIS is all anyone needs to be saying about this dude.

In 30 years people will look at James Harden's stats and wonder why he's not ranked higher all-time, but the people who watched him will know why.

It's amazing how James Harden quit on not one but TWO MVP candidates in ONE SEASON. Make that make sense to me.

“James harden was so bad it almost looked like he did it on purpose” 😂💀

I haven’t heard Stephen A Smith like this since the Jay Cutler contract 😂

Amare hearing Stephen A say the same thing multiple times on multiple shows this morning 😂

End of the game: Embiid,: Cries in the locker room Harden: What club we going to tonight

Perk: “he need to turn in his dam jacket” 😂🤣😂🤣

Seeing a “Real Hooper” like harden fall from grace and seeing “a no skill player” like Giannis rise has been awesome

It’ll be SO SICK if James fr did this on purpose. The 76ers truly gave it their all despite their injuries and performance. They REALLY gave it their all and to think 1 dude came in at the end of their season and ended their season is sick.

I’m dying when Stephen asked Amare if he could take more than two shots in a half right now 😂😂😂😂😂

Joel should be mad. He’s the star not James

This is who Harden is. Shows up in the regular season, but no show in the playoffs.

All I gotta say is Tobias Harris really out here living his best life with a max contract and no blame or responsibility whatsoever. Always a complete no show

Maxey doesn’t like Harden, people need to talk more about this

Bro James harden literally walked/jogged the entire game except for one chase down which he gave up. If you think I’m joking go watch the game back, I’m dead serious.

😂 It’s almost like Ben Simmons never left.

Amare in his prime was a HUGE, HUGE , HUGE problem, love that guy!

I love Stephen A. Smith " it almost look like he did it on purpose"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The way the league let’s James Harden get away with this BS year after year is ridiculous smh.

It's kind of concerning how Harden played with more legitimate stars than almost everyone else in the last 10-15 years and he still hasn't managed to make it work... It's definitely hard to win in the NBA, that's for sure and it isn't going to get any easier for the Sixers.

Hey remember when Perkins said they were shaq and Kobe ? 😂😂😂😂

That analogy by Stephen A was a BAR There's no defense in the world that prevent him from shooting 2 shots in the 2nd half "You get into the ring with Mike Tyson, you might get knocked out but your tryna tell me you can't run for 20 seconds"😂😂😂😂

So good to see Amar'e. Aint seen him in yrs. He was a baller back in the day. Wish he was healthy enough to get at least 1 'chip

Meanwhile, no mention of how awesome Miami’s defense is.

This is random. But I’m so PROUD of JJ Reddick, Amare, Richard Jefferson, and Big Perk, and VC!! Once players in the game, and now they’re on TV!! Love it!

He should’ve stayed in Brooklyn. There he was perfectly shielded.

“You can’t run for 20 seconds “😂😂

Big Perk: “It’s a Pattering going “😂😂

Joel was honest about James after the game

I wanna hear the inside stories that Stat has with the Nets, because you can just tell he's holding back everything lol 😆😆

he didn't intentionally shut down. He choked.. He has been choking in the big moments his whole career. He is scared of the big moments and yesterday was another proof of that.

People actually said Harden was better than WADE LMAO!!

The way harden plays in the playoffs really makes you think the man is fixing games

I just love how they don't start off with his OKC days like he wasn't known to choke even back then. 😂😂🤷🏿‍♂️

“He need to turn in his jacket” 😂

James Harden will never win a championship. 20 years from now, he'll be on Inside the NBA sitting in Charles Barkley's seat getting roasted by Draymond Green and Giannis about not having any rings.

He’s right look how he exited the game at the end, he did it on purpose

It’s deliberate, plain n simple- he was asked about us performance and he said- when he passed the ball, he didn’t get it back, I was done with harden from this point on, he’s done

Anddddd harden does it again this year. Atleast he's consistent

Lol Max tried to tell you for years SAS. But you don’t wanna acknowledge guys like Giannis and Luka when Max told you they were better than Harden & said the reason why Harden can score is because of the rules and he’s on a Mike D’Antoni team 😂😂

“A petteren going” 😂

Love the way Steven AKA nailed it again break's it down!!!

He needs to turn in his jacket 😂😂😂 Perk right though 💯

Playoff Harden always turns into Casper The Ghost 😂

I can't believe he's still labeled a star. He's been in the NBA for 13 years and the last 3 or 4 he hasn't done anything. I don't know many "stars" who spend a quarter of their careers doing terrible

A few years ago he quit on the Rockets in the playoffs when they faced San Antonio in a Win Or Go Home game. But nobody said anything about it. Now all of a sudden people are noticing. In Houston he quit on his team and then quit the team, then he goes to Brooklyn and quits again, same thing here.

Love my man stat more of him on TV

I agree with Perk “It’s a Pattering.“😂😂

running for 20 seconds in a ring with mike tyson sounds a lot harder than throwing two shots up in 20 minutes

Perk's been on fire lately. Good job, big fella!

"That's like getting in the ring with Mike Tyson you might get knocked out! But you mean to tell me you can't run for 20 seconds?!" lmaaaooo

They really traded Ben Simmons for nothing when u look back at it 😂

When Justify won the Triple Crown that year, I wore my Sixers shirt and Niners hat each time. I really wanted the Sixers to be my favorite team in the East. But they made mistake after mistake like drafting Markelle and trading Mikal.

Chris Ryan on BS’s podcast this morning said something I also saw yesterday. Miami was crashing offensive boards hard in the 4th specifically because they knew even though we will give up transition baskets doing it, every offensive rebound they get will cause a flurry of boos from that trash-a** Philly crowd that will send the 76ers into a shame spiral. Which is exactly what happened. There is no home court advantage in Philly. Their fans are worse to their own team than opposing fans in away games.

We not gon talk about Big Perks "Pattereryn" lol 😆 😂

- Choosing Ben and Brett Brown over Butler - Giving Harris a max contract - Giving Horford a max contract The best thing the Sixers had was the Embiid-Butler connection and they blew it. They screwed up big time. Morey came in and fixed a lot, but the Harden risk clearly hasn’t paid off

Someone please save Embiid. He quite literally cannot do anymore than he has done for this franchise, save winning MVP.

Ayyy Amare Stoudemire! He was one of my favorite players.

For those not in the restaurant biz, 86’D means completely out, basically all done. Very good word play

James Harden needs to turn in his Top 75 badge.

It’s either mental or simply physical with him. Harden is out of shape/too heavy, for starters, but was in Houston the last few years. His game might be slipping from underneath him but I also have a wild theory. . . Maybe this is the way he wants to play for now and won’t publicly announce it. He’s obviously been deferring and taking less shots, that’s all intentional doing. 🤷🏽‍♂️

5:05 "It's ah patteren!" --Perkins

5:29 lol… Big Perk was watching Friday After Next

You know when they mentioned Houston I thought they were going to bring up the Spurs Rockets series...anyone remember the Game 6 against the Spurs in Houston and Kawhi doesn't even play? James Harden completely disappeared in an elimination game. If anyone goes back to a few clips in the game you can see Harden clearly isn't playing defense and hardly puts up a fight on offense...Spurs end up winning by 20 or something like that. Yep Kendrick Perk you're right...definitely is a pattern.

Hiring Morey and Rivers was the final straw for me. I was already pissed they traded Mikal. Won 2 titles in Villanova. His mom worked for the Sixers. They traded a local kid to PHX for Zhaire Smith who is where now? 🤦🏻‍♂️ G-League.

Look how perk and stoudemire are sitting like it’s a campfire lmao

Mr. Kendrick Perkins, WHAT is a “patterin???”🤣

Harden stans will say he the 3rd best SG not Wade.😂😂😂😂

Harden did this before 💀💀💀 G4 in bubble vs Lakers and vs Spurs with no Kawhi

Same as he did with Kevin Mchale, Cleveland’s coach

I’ve never been the biggest harden fan but this moves him down on my all time list

Speaking from experience. I often shut down when I don’t like something. So, I’m able to see it when it happens. He Shut Down 🚷🚮 Ain’t no way around it. I wouldn’t give him a max deal or nothing. Dump his contract or trade him but 76ers won’t get any value from it. Pathetic Harden from now on 💯🤧😭 IVERSON WOULD OF NEVER TOOK 2 SHOTS IN A HALF 😩🤷🏽‍♂️

Harden can never speak about Antetokounmpo ever again!!

SAS analogy at the end with Mike Tyson is pretty much spot on.

“You might get knocked out, but you mean to tell me you can’t run for 20 seconds “ 😂😂😂

If you are shocked about this, you’re already too late. Both with Russ and Harden I have been able to see through their stat padding since 2015-16 because when you saw them play, it wasn’t winning basketball and they’ve never shown willingness to adapt to a winning style. If the sixers even pay him half of what he earns now it’s a terrible signing...

Still not worse than his game 6 vs the spurs in 2017

3:36 nooo amarie cut off his dread powers 🤣

Joel Embiid is playing his heart out the last 2 years went for naught. From Ben Simmons now James Harden. Sixers now from "Trust the Process" to "Quit the Process".

I'm still mad about that jarren Allen trade...Nets wouldnt be in this mess if him and levert were still there, I'm not even a Nets fan lol

It’s a problem when this isn’t the first time this has been brought up. I remember years ago when he choked against the spurs they said he looked like he was drugged. His entire game is based on getting fouls and when he can’t he crumbles.

He actually said the title of the Video 🙌🏼😂

Love the new guy

Bro went from a all star to looking like he’d be good coming off the bench

Cp3 in game 3,4,5,6 ???? Ohhh I forgot we don't criticise cp3

The Friday reference😂 big perk

Let’s go AMARE!!!! Great job.

JH played liked he didn't gaf 😤

I agree. Speak the truth Stephen A Smith. Get rid of Harden.

"I'm gonna watch Daryl Morey like a fine tooth comb" - Stephen A. Smith

Love stat

It remains a mystery to me why guys prop up James Harden as a Top 75 Player and as the greatest scorer ever. An honest evaluation of his career must look not just at his regular season performances but, more so, at his post-season chokes. I do not think he belongs in the top players of all time conversation.

Bruh...Harden arguably cost Embiid the MVP, they was actually doing fine before Jump-ship James got there. I really believed this dude wanted a 'chip. clown

🤣😂 turn in your jacket oohhwee lol

the 2022 playoff was special since we got guest appearances from ames Haren and Bench Simmons.

Imagine you not doing your job you make someone lose theirs 🤦🏻‍♂️🤬

3 months ago everybody blamed Harden actions on Kyrie lol now he doing it with a player they like (Embiid) and they holding Harden accountable

“You could jack up a shot Molly” lmao

Big perk was driving the Harden train when the Philly trade went down we ain’t forget 😂😂