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Jay Fye
March 2, 2019 at 10:53 am
“Coach I wanna transition cause when I think about Houston *Stutters horribly* coach I wanna transition cause when I think about houston
cameron smith
March 2, 2019 at 12:40 pm
We all know harden has had playoff success but we also watched him choke away a few series as well. I don’t blame him for not making the finals with the warriors in the West. Harden is a great player top 5 in the nba easily I just hate how he has folded in most of the big games in the playoffs but I guess he ran out of gas.
CodyS777
March 2, 2019 at 2:12 pm
Hahahaha Yea Right. Harden is a CHOKER!
Hj Styles
March 2, 2019 at 2:14 pm
Who Cares
Hj Styles
March 2, 2019 at 2:14 pm
Golden State Warriors 2019 NBA Champion
Jason U
March 2, 2019 at 3:42 pm
James Harden gets less calls in the playoffs, and the reason this is important is because HE GETS TO REST while shooting freethrows, his team GETS TO REST while watching him shoot freethrows and his coach gets to plan while watching him shoot free throws.
Its basically the equivalent of a team having 4-5 extra timeouts, to catch there breath and think. remove that and he fizzles out.
Ken M
March 2, 2019 at 8:03 pm
That’s bs because he still averages 30 in the playoffs. The dude killed it in the playoffs last year and pushed the warriors to 7 games and only lost cuz cp3 was injured
Well Maybe...
March 2, 2019 at 4:04 pm
Get rid of Dantoni and Morey. Bring in Tom T
SloppeyJoe 6D9
March 2, 2019 at 4:45 pm
Hardens Playoff failure is overblown because he had the worst playoff game ever against the spurs
gothatway09
March 2, 2019 at 6:21 pm
People act like Harden gets swept in the first round every year. Dude runs into one of the greatest NBA teams (Warriors) of all time most years and it’s crazy people hold that against him. There was that one year against the Spurs he did get gassed in Game 6, but even that was the 2nd round.
gothatway09
March 2, 2019 at 6:24 pm
The rest of the NBA (except maybey OKC) don’t know what it’s like for us Houston Rockets fans to have the most hated man on earth to be our superstar player. It sucks ass everytime he does something amazing, to just listen to the national hate and doubting of James Harden. Yeah yeah I know Durant is hated, but the rest of the Warriors are rather beloved and admired, so don’t bring that up. Having your superstar player be so damn hated is taxing for a fan.
IonlyROBwhite DrugDealers
March 2, 2019 at 6:32 pm
Harden plays a bad brand of basketball
IonlyROBwhite DrugDealers
March 2, 2019 at 6:33 pm
Harden plays a TERRIBLE brand of basketball… Flopping and chucking up shots
Jordan Cole
March 2, 2019 at 6:38 pm
Hardens averages always go down in the playoffs.
That’s the problem…
They should be going up.
Ken M
March 2, 2019 at 8:05 pm
Did u even see his averages in the playoffs last year?
Artistic Krys
March 2, 2019 at 6:52 pm
James Hardens Post Season success is honestly pretty damn good for a guy of his caliber. This is a shooting guard that will go down as the 3rd best of all time, easily if he wins one ring
Jordan
March 2, 2019 at 6:59 pm
He can’t play in elimination games
BlackizGold 89
March 2, 2019 at 7:29 pm
Only if Having Chris Paul and the rest of the team healthy they can beat Golden state warriors. Bet on that.
Ty Lito
March 2, 2019 at 7:32 pm
Everyone said this last year lmao
Joah Curry
March 2, 2019 at 7:43 pm
If Lebron James couldn’t win one game against that team with a hall of fame Kevin Love on his roster why was we expecting Harden to win alone? Once Paul went down we all knew it was over.
Areesh Kirmani
March 3, 2019 at 3:21 pm
Kevin love?hall of fame??????
Joah Curry
March 3, 2019 at 3:28 pm
+Areesh Kirmani you crazy if you think Love not getting in
Prince K
March 2, 2019 at 8:49 pm
The debate should be Harden and PG
David Avanesyan
March 2, 2019 at 9:00 pm
Ok let’s all be honest with our selves when it comes to playoff basketball the 5 best players in the league are 1. Lebron 2. Kd 3. Kawhi 4. Steph curry 5. James harden
C Dai
March 2, 2019 at 11:38 pm
Westbrook stat pads for a triple double for 2 seasons and loses in the first round back 2 back but know talks about his playoff performances.
suqies
March 3, 2019 at 8:56 am
where is this “bad in the playoffs” narrative coming from? He took the rockets to the conference finals twice in the west
Le3- 6
March 3, 2019 at 2:35 pm
James harden is gonna be just like Steve Nash. Getting to the wcf or playoffs every year but never winning the big one. It happens with all d Antonis teams they seem to never win the big one. D antonis offense can only take you so far :/
Loso Banks
March 3, 2019 at 2:48 pm
HOUSTON ROCKETS ? WILL GO TO PLAY OFFS GET TREVER ARIZA BACK AND HOODIE MELO WITH THE TEAM THEY GOT NOW THEY Will kill golden state warriors mark my words team rockets ? let’s go ???????????????????????I BEEN A HOUSTON FAN SINCE TRACEY MC GRADY YAO MING
Fake
March 3, 2019 at 7:10 pm
Chris Paul needs the ball in the playoffs more
Jabari McGee
March 3, 2019 at 7:59 pm
The only time My Boy Didn’t show up, was Against the Spurs in 2017. That’s It That’s All