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He was knocking down game winners so we wasnt worried about his FT attempts
The 2014-2015 NBA Season Thread. Lock It Up Please: The Golden State Warriors Are The Champions
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off more contact and real fouls.
he did get some bad calls but watch harden and he gets calls that well... should be a foul call.
im not a harden hater but lets be real mam
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was scrolling though my fb newsfeed this morning and saw some generic practice jerseys and didnt think much of them
just now realised that those are this years allstar jerseys
adidas making trash jerseys year after year all so they can eventually save money by not even hiring a designer anymore
just now realised that those are this years allstar jerseys
adidas making trash jerseys year after year all so they can eventually save money by not even hiring a designer anymore
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Most definitely are.
They don't want to risk waiting another couple of weeks for him to return since it'll be too much pressure on them to win 42-45 games.
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The Harden stuff is overblown. If you don't reach or foul him, he'll turn the game into a layup drill.
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Arenas has the higher scoring games, but again he wasn't making the plays harden makes. He played in the Princeton offense which gave playmaking opportunities to all 5 players.
I don't think he had the passing ability harden has. There's an article out there of gilbert saying he knew was an average playmaker
I don't think he had the passing ability harden has. There's an article out there of gilbert saying he knew was an average playmaker
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is that what happened when they were not calling fouls in the playoffs last year
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is that what happened when they were not calling fouls in the playoffs last year
Real good defense is what happened. Wes Matthews kept harden in front of him, kept his hands off of him, and funneled him into robin lopez every time.
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Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi · 1h1 hour ago
If OKC gets in position to claim the 8 seed (and they will) the positioning or lack thereof for the 1 seed in the West will be interesting.
Honestly, even if OKC gets into the 8 spot, I don't think teams at the top are going to start trying to drop games to avoid them. I guess we'll see though. OKC has a lot of catching up to do before it should even be discussed.
If OKC gets in position to claim the 8 seed (and they will) the positioning or lack thereof for the 1 seed in the West will be interesting.
Honestly, even if OKC gets into the 8 spot, I don't think teams at the top are going to start trying to drop games to avoid them. I guess we'll see though. OKC has a lot of catching up to do before it should even be discussed.
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so what you're saying is they played good defense without fouling him too much, and it wasnt a layup drill for himReal good defense is what happened. Wes Matthews kept harden in front of him, kept his hands off of him, and funneled him into robin lopez every time.is that what happened when they were not calling fouls in the playoffs last year
its not like portland is some nightmare matchup, every playoff team will have a combo of wing defense and rim protection to do the same thing wes and lopez did
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lets hope they show the Thunder game on National TV.
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It was a combination of good defense and the refs swallowing their whistles (which they always do in the playoffs.)
Harden made adjustments after game 2 but they were already victims of a LMA 2k performance by then
Harden made adjustments after game 2 but they were already victims of a LMA 2k performance by then
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They should, I wouldn't want to play a healthy Thunder team even if I have home court.
KD/AD tonight.
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okc will probably be closer to the 6-7th seed
unless one of their guys get injured, i dont see them having trouble securing a spot
unless one of their guys get injured, i dont see them having trouble securing a spot
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In game 1 dude was playing on Rookie with the sliders up.
Never seen a more proud parent than his mother at that game.
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good defense isnt an excuse, every playoff team has good defense
what makes great players great is getting the job done despite good defense
harden has shot under 40% in his last 3 playoff series, so its not just because wes mathews is a good defender
what makes great players great is getting the job done despite good defense
harden has shot under 40% in his last 3 playoff series, so its not just because wes mathews is a good defender
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Harden and Manu are very similar on offence, infact they are pretty much twins. but Manu was an elite defender in his prime so Manu gets the edge.
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If the top 7 teams have a winning % somewhere between 65-70% like it is now, OKC will more than likely get the 8th seed. I'm sure some of those %'s will drop, but I'm not sure who's going to go on a bad 10 game stretch out of those top 7 teams. The West is just brutal :x
12-5 got you 7th in the West, but 2nd in the East.
12-5 got you 7th in the West, but 2nd in the East.
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What great player hasn't had playoff struggles at 23 and 24 years old?
It's not like harden is averaging 15 like Vince was doing his first couple of years as a Raptor
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West has 7 teams over .700
East? 1.
East? 1.
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Yeah. Even if a team wants to duck OKC, its not like whoever ends up in the 7 seed is going to be a cake walk. Right now its the Clippers. But it could end up being Houston, Portland, Dallas, etc. Whoever it is, its going to be a good team.
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Bron took a Cavs team with Larry Hughes as his second best player to the Finals when he was 22 back when he wasn't a winner with no killer instinct.
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what?
hardens first couple years in the league
year 1 9.9 ppg
year 2 12.2 ppg
vince first couple years in the league
year 1 18.3 ppg
year 2 25.7 ppg
what are you talking aboot?
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