Why Playoffs James Harden Sucks 

James Harden turns into Jim Harden in the playoffs

I've always disliked JH's game. I know he is great BUT his inconsistency is maddening. Excellent breakdown of his checkered career.

Harden is the guy that can send you to the playoffs but once in there you should send him to the bench 😅

Harden was pretty bad after he traded himself to 76ers. He had one best game and many bad games in the last playoffs, so 76ers was luckily to let him gone .

As a rockets fan.. Harden is not someone you build around. He disappears in big games.

Really added context to playoff harden...great vid!

If you can’t perform at a high level in the playoffs, regular season and finals you shouldn’t be in the fall of fame. You supposed to be able to perform at a high level on all stages

Harden is always a hit or miss player in the playoff here's good sometimes but he will disappear in a big game at the wrong time I'm a big fan of him but he's just really bad in big games he only had 7pts in game 5

One of the greatest choker ever in the history of NBA 😂

You mean big playoffs games that count, maybe. But he’s averaging like 25 a game in the playoffs for his career

Losing doesn't bother James. After the finals loss in Miami, James was at the strip club. After playoff losses on Houston, he was at the strip club. He quit on 3 teams also.

I mean hey he’s won multiple championships (In the strip club so many as a matter of fact his jersey is retired there) The true MVP (Most Valuable Payer)

Jersey in the thumbnail is literally all his teams without even trying to be

Paul Georges Press Conference Interview after they got eliminated prolly sums up the Mindset of a lot of players like Harden, George etc at this point they prolly dont even care. At least the likes of Embiid and Kawhi care. They just cant stay healthy to save themselves

The double team him, not his fault

My favorite player but gosh it's been tough supporting him these past few years.

All the info in this video is wrong😂😂 Check Harden’s playoff game logs on basketball reference

The fact that some people think he’s better than wade or iverson is insane😂

He turns into Ben Simmons in the playoffs

Folks don't understand..Harden suffers from PTSD since the playoff incident with Ron Artest when he played with OKC.

I like how yall are against load manage in the regular season. Yet bash Harden for balling in the regular season during his prime. While skipping other teams who will load manage and skip games. That's actually the spurs "playoff secret". That was the whole point of CP3 after 2017. The spurs are now the reason why players skip games Who do you think taught Kawhi Leonard to sit out so many games. Heck he joined and already 60 win team while also adding post defense in Marc Gasol. Yet Kawhi Leonard was still using load management. There was one point where Harden played more games than both KD and Kyrie combined and Kyrie wasn't even hurt. What about how Harden had to play without Joel embiid at one point against both Boston and Miami. Keep in mind Dwight Howard played in more games with Kobe than in any season he did with Harden. Plus Kobe had Steve Nash as well that year. But hey let's pretend none of this happened. Let's give no credit to LaMarcus Aldridge greatest playoff performance in his entire career. Nope let Dame get all the credit. Now people wonder why Dame is a "top 75" hahaha!!! You can also debate Wade 2006 team was better than any Harden had in his prime. Just to put the 2000s, 2010s, and the beginning of the 2020s into perspective. Hakeem dominated the era of the centers. Shaq "dominated" the era of the power forward. Huge difference. Plus Shaq (and Kobe) got bailed out in 2000 and 2002. Can you even call this a legitimate threepeat let alone a back to back? Cute. Look at giannis weak champ. Imagine if Hakeem missed games in the playoff while his team advanced without him to the next round during a champ run. Yet that's exactly what happened to giannis in 2021. The 1971 Bucks played against an injured Lakers and Baltimore team. Yet you can still debate 1971 was more competitive than 2021. Which do you prefer? 1971 Bucks or 2021? Sorry Giannis fans. LeBron, Kobe, and Wade traveled so much they had to change the travel rule in 2009 to allow an extra step. Hey remember when kobe would hit people in the neck and head area when defended well. Harden is a cleaner version of Kobe. The double standard is adorable. Players like LeBron, Derek Fisher, and Vlade are examples of real flopping. Do you remember Lebron flopping in Miami. On ball off ball heck LeBron was flopping during timouts. Yet hey let's pretend none of this happened. So what happened to kobe in 2004? What happened to kobe after he ran Shaq and Phil off? Right. Nothing. Kobe even missed the playoffs during his prime. In his prime. It took three players to replace Shaq in Odom, Gasol, and Andrew Bynum. While Phil Jackson returned. The Rockets took kobe to game 7 in 2009. Keep in mind Tmac missed the entire series while Yao missed half the series. Plus game 7 of 2010 is another example of kobe bricking and getting bailed out. Yet this is suppose to save kobe from the shaq talk? Hahaha!!! Kobe and Shaq loved themselves more than the game. Meanwhile, Spurs started load management. That's the spurs "playoff secret" during the Tim era. You can thank Tim spurs for the reason players play less now. Lebron picked up kobe and Shaq selfishness and the Spurs load management tactics. Plus Team USA wasn't the best during the 2000s even with LeBron and prime Tim. With all due respect. Plus I like how Tim fans pretend Tim never choked to an eight seed in the first round. Plus Tim choked at the free throw line. Yes Tim was hackable. Hey remember when warriors kept fouling Rockets to keep them from breaking another 3 pt record. They even had Draymond Green commit flagrant foul on the Rockets. This was around 2013. Houston Rockets are the only team in history to lead the league in three attempts and made. While also winning the champ in the same season. No other team have done this even once. Rockets did it twice. 2018 was going to be only the third time in NBA history. "but but but they missed all those 3's in game 7". Cute, the "greatest of all time" warriors couldn't even win back to back at the time. Hey remember when spur fans claimed Bruce Bowen wasn't dirty. He injured other teams top stars multiple times doing this. Kinda ironic Zaza from the warriors used the Bruce Bowen move on Kawhi and injured him in 2017. Warriors resorted to doing the same in 2018 as well. Keep in mind even with missed threes, the difference in the roster, and last resort Bruce Bowen moves. Warriors won by only 9 points. Sorry. Warriors are far from "the greatest of all time". With all due respect. 2010s is the era of superteam choking and getting exposed in their prime. Where's lebron seven champ? Hahaha!!! Warriors never won a champ without injuries to their opponents top two stars. This includes 2015, 2017, and 2018. Doesn't this includes dirty plays when they clearly had the better rosters in 2017 and 2018. Guess they didn't believe in curry like they claimed. Glass ankle curry couldn't even win FMVP until half the league was injured. Cute. Before KD warriors had no back to back and a 3-1 choke job. Kinda funny to see curry fans bash KD for his overrated ring. When curry shares the same overrated ring. They're trying to cut the finger to save the hand. The same people who said Harden MVP means nothing. Were also the same people moving the goal post just so curry and westbrook can get the MVP when Harden deserves them. I like how yall try to use Kevin McHale against Harden. He was very much like Doc Rivers. Always throwing his player under the buss. Please enlighten what has Kevin McHale done outside of ruining the Timberwolves and Kevin Garrett prime years. Hey remember when LeBron and KD blamed the old Rockets and old Celtics for joining superteams in their 20s. Drexler and Charles didn't even join Hakeem until after a decade in the league. The "youngest" Celtics 3 (Paul, Kevin, and Ray) was older than the Heat 3 "oldest" player. LeBron was 25 at the time be created a superteam. That's adorable. LeBron beat only one 50 win team up to 2010. That was a Detroit Piston who didn't even have Ben Wallace. Plus lebron 2007 team was a defensive minded team. They even held the spurs to 85 or less in three out of the four games. They gave LeBron a chance to win. What happened? They forced LeBron into more jump shots. What's next? His fake 2020 bubble champ that was clearly handed to him? Please enlighten. I'll debate today's game is just as good as ever. The fans of lebron, kobe, shaq, tim, and curry are the one's holding back basketball. All the load management since the 2000s. They're the ones who started the "regular season don't matter but I'll still take the fans money while our players sit out". The superteams getting exposed in their prime when "playoffs matter" during 2010s. Adorable.

Playoff Harden is like Playoff Kershaw.

Funny you don't mention how almsot every team he has lost to were favorites in their respective series or than almsot every one his stars get injured during the playoffs or the fact that he played well in the playoffs the last 4-5 years.

Hm... how did harden get this and not westbrick😂

Big thing of why he continues to suck is he keeps trying to draw fouls in such poor ways. If that’s how you feel you can only win, that’s not a good idea

I understand that he does contribute to the loss with bad performance but his rosters were never championship contenders expect for 2018 and they were still playing a superteam. He was an 8th seed in 2013 and 2016. 2017 he did choked in game 6 but even if they won they wouldn’t have beaten the 2017 warriors and you still say he choked

How to destroy someone’s reputation

Hardens stats drop in the playoffs so what lol that should surprise no one since most superstars numbers decline in the playoffs in both efficiency and points and he was still able to perform at all nba levels during his prime in the playoffs

Say whatever you want about Harden during playoffs. The facts remain, stakes 💰💵 are high during post season….and he pocketted huge! That’s playoff Harden most cant decipher🤣 He is genius, after all!😂

Lmao "plummets to 58% TS" Like that's still not WELL above average 😂😂😂 no shit your win rate & TS% are gonna decline in the playoffs, that's true for almost every player outside of LeBron & Kawhi. He averages almost 28ppg on 58% TS in the playoffs since he went to Houston, which is better than everyone in the NBA in that same span aside from maybe 4-5 guys

you are leaving context? All the series harden lost he was never favored and play better teams every year with little talent compared to the opponents. How did he choke against the lakers? When he was doubled on every possession with no center and his co star is being left wide open on every possession. He had one bad game the entire series and he averaged 29 . In 2019 he was the sole reason why the rockets even with to game 6 despite cp3 and capela declined in the playoffs. His team choked and yes he had terrible shot selections but the rockets played style was to jack up threes and no midrange without their second best player. Why is one player expected to keep up with a superteam with two top 5 players on one team?

Bro had to play the spurs/warriors in playoffs with and without Durant for like 5 years straight with a rockets team that was decent at best he wasnt winning anything those years if we honest

Like nba Kirk Cousins

His game is not consistent Aldo font forget he does not like playing defense cause that's not his this he's like a lazy ball player who thinks things suppose to come to him at demand. But as they say great defense sets the tone for great offense.

It's because he is lazy and can't handle playing consecutive competitive games.

Just like melo he a fraud

Someday someone is going to tell me James Harden should be in the Hall of Fame. If that is true then the Hall of Fame has become a joke. Just put everyone in. Harden plays when he feels like it, works out if he feels like it. Cares if he has the time. Never played defense a day in his life. And has never led a team to the finals. He was not a starter when OKC went to finals. Remember when he missed 27 straight 3's against the Warriors in the playoffs. 27!!!!