Utah and Phoenix fans are unbelievable!
Now do his playoffs resume.
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I wonder how many people have Pandemic P > Kyrie. Thatâs a real litmus test.
Giannis should never take another 3 in the playoffs again. Itâs a -ev shot thatâs going to cost then a game.
And you think if you switched Kyrie for Harden in those teams they do better? They donât get out of the first round, or even have home court.
Kyrie is in that next tier of dudes who if he is your best player youâre winning ~50 games. Heâs great as a second guy, insane as a third guy right now, but over Harden is a galactic take.
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My hypothetical involves fantasy drafting a team and there are zero combinations that involve the least clutch player in the league.
Lots of scorching bad takes itt
Itâs more of an obsession with good vs evil imo
You mean like how modern super teams arent a thing?
Also Malone and the glove in ring vulture mode were not top players.
Wat.
We are nearing play the game the right way territory
Give me Utah vs Phoenix in the West finals please. Iâm over this weak Clippers team.
Why is Zubac getting minutes right now? Donovan just torches him over and over.
âHotter than fish greaseâ
Gmafb. Stolen from Reddit.
Thereâs no doubt that James Harden is a phenomenal basketball player and is everyoneâs top 10 list.
Over the past handful of seasons, he has been a regular season dynamo whoâs in MVP convo each year.
James Harden has already won an MVP-award and is on race with Giannis to win this yearâs MVP.
If we only counted regular season performances, Harden is maybe the 2nd best shooting guard ever behind MJ.
However, thatâs not really how it works.
The playoffs are crème de la crème in NBA and where legacies are created.
Kobe Bryant is rightfully the 2nd best shooting guard ever due to his performances in playoffs.
Never mind that Dwyane Wade is seen as 3rd best shooting guard ever due to his performances in playoffs.
And unlike Harden & Kobe, weâve to remember that Wade actually never won an MVP award.
Hardenâs last 4 playoffs (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) have ended by him breaking the playoffs single game turnover record with 13 turnovers, getting blown out by 33 points by a team missing their best player due to injury, getting blown out at home by 39 points by a team missing their best player due to injury in addition to missing their starting point guard. Harden was also extremely inefficient in the Blazers series in 2014.
2012: Harden choked in the Finals when he played for OKC.
2013: Harden choked in the first round against a team missing Westbrook. Harden shot 7/22 at home in the elimination game against an OKC team missing Westbrook.
2014: Harden choked in the first round losing the first two games at home to the Blazers. Harden had an extremely inefficient series. Harden had 1 made field goal for 2 points, 0 free throws made, and 0 assists in the last 18 minutes of 2014 game 6 in a close game.
2015: Harden choked again. Harden got benched in a elimination game in the previous round and needed Josh Smith/Corey Brewer/Dwight to save him. Then in the next round against the Warriors, the Rockets lost by 35 at home in game 3 and Harden was terrible. Harden broke the record for most turnovers in a playoff game ever in game 5, and the Rockets were eliminated.
2016: Harden choked and got blown out multiple times by a team missing Curry (reigning back to back league MVP at the time).
2017: Harden choked against a team missing Kawhi and Parker. Harden lost by 39 points at home in game 6 to a Spurs team missing Kawhi and Parker and got eliminated. Harden had 3 times as many turnovers than field goals made in game 6. Harden lost at home by 39 points to a team missing a consensus top 5 player and best 2 way player in the league. After the game, 5 Hall of Fame players said Harden quit.
2018: Harden shoots 24 percent from 3 and goes 0-22 from three at one point during the wcf. Had Houston looking to Eric Gordon for ball movements and scoring late in games 6-7-
2019: Harden shoot 11-25 from the field, 58.3% from free throws (3rd worst game of this season by FT%) and caused 6 turnovers which accounted 10 points for a Golden State Warriors team without Kevin Durant, DeMarcus Cousins and a depleted bench. Never mind that Harden missed plenty defensive assignments (which doesnât shows in box score) and that offensive foul against Dray with the remaining 2 minutes left during 4th quarter in a one possession game was inexcusable.
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âHeâs bad because of these 5 games and not the other 300â
Real âmessi isnât one of the best ever because he hasnât won the world cupâ territory.
But thatâs sports at its purest. Being able to root against good teams is better than just relying on who gets lucky in the draft lottery.
I canât even
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Players who have been consistently great in the playoffs over the last decade:
Curry
Lebron
Kawhii
Thatâs the list! And Kawhii choked last year, Lebron choked this.
I tap out when we get to clutch. Thatâs like RIT debates
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