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Personally think Westbrook gets a bad rap when he has the most will to win of all 3. I love the passion he brings to the game and how much he wants to win. He isn't shooting all these shots because of the stats. He is doing it because his team is garbage and there best chance to win is that he has the ball the entire game. If Durant had half of Westbrook fire the Thunder would of won 3-4 championships while he was there. Bottom line if I am building a team and those 3 are on the board. Westbrook is my first pick. What he has done this season is simply amazing. |
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04-20-2017, 01:32 PM | #137 |
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yea with 3 other teammates about to make 20 million plus
while Harden does it with guys making 3, 6, 7 million |
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Who on the Thunder do you want for the Rockets? Starter for starter if you could swap their position with Houston's counterpart.
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The fact that OKc decided to get rid of Harden in favor of being able to keep Kendrick Perkins in retrospect is one of the worst decisions in basketball history.
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You Westbrook homers are just mad because that Rockets scheme worked when nobody expected it to. James Harden is elevating the play of a bunch of 30 year old journeyman and you're only counter is "well those guys are more talented than what Westbrook has to work with" It's really a joke. Like nobody building a roster in their right mind would take 31 year old Trevor Ariza over the 23 year old 7 foot center Steven Adams. You're just reaching at that point and you don't want to admit that James Harden's efficiency and floor spacing scheme with a bunch of spare parts is beating the Thunder and their younger talent, 3 of which are on maxed contracts. |
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Resigning Perkins by itself is one of the worst decisions in basketball history. In the bigger picture, you'd also have to work a young Jeff Green into the calculus as well.
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Nene - Veteran with no knees, can't even be played full time platooned with a younger guy to play the 5. 100 years old
Clint Capela - breakout season, didn't real do anything great until playing in this scheme where he's the only guy in the paint. 22 years old Ryan Anderson - nice stretch big for today's era, only guy on the roster make any big money besides Harden. 2nd highest paid player (LOL). This is only the second time in his career he's started every game in a season he's played in. He was a 6th man in NO. 28 years old Eric Gordon - 6th man relegated to 7th man by mid season, never played more than 64 games in a season. 28 years old Trevor Ariza - been in the league about 20 years. 31 years old Patrick Beverly - Harden's Delly, scrappy hustle guy 28 years old Lou Williams - 30. journeymen. great season. Dekkear - young 22 nice season. Steven Adams - 23, 7 footer Jerami Grant - 23, blocks shots, working on 3 ball Enes Kanter - 24, offensive spark, useless liability in todays game Taj Gibson - 31, saavy tradition veteran PF Doug McBuckets - 25, shooter Oladipo - 24 combo guard Roberson - 25 plays defense Singler - 28 sucks Abrines - 23, shooter So what are you mad at, that Harden is beating the younger more athletic team with a bunch of older spare parts shooters? Like you're telling me you'd rather Eric Gordon or Lou Williams over Oladipo? so because Ryan Anderson is a matchup nightmare and is making Enes Kanter useless everybody else just sucks? If Harden was on the Thunder he would make McBuckets, Roberson, Abrines, etc just as good as he does Lou, Gordon, Ariza. He plays a different more efficient game. He would actually have the younger more athletic versions of what he currently has so he might even be better. |
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Gordon? Nope. Statistically, he is not having even close to his best year. Percentages are all down. Ariza? Nope. Same thing. His percentages are not at the top of his career. Beverley? Nope. His shooting percentages this year are not better than other years of his career. Lou Williams? All of his percentages were substantially better when he was a Laker. Ryan Anderson? Nope While his eFG% is better than the last couple of years, his FG% is down this year, and his 3P% is below some of his other seasons. Bottom line is, people saying Harden is making these guys what they are currently, are talking out of their ass. The Rockets simply have better players around Harden than what Russ has around him. The idea that Harden is making these players is not based on anything. If that was really the case, these guys would all be having career years. They arent. Meanwhile, Victor Oladipo, who isnt a very good player, is having a career year in FG%, 3P%, and eFG%. But Russ doesnt make the players around him better and Harden does. |
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you just called all those guys shitty around Harden then say in the next sentence they are better than what Russ has around him
It can't be both. Russ can't have the worse players and then Harden also has worse players he's not making better. Someone between the two is elevating the talent around them either by talent or scheme, that's how this game works. |
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Wow. THAT is your interpretation of what I wrote? SMH. Reading comprehension skills are severely lacking, if that is what you think I meant.
In spite of your claims, I never called those guys shitty. Not once. All I said was that the idea that Harden is making these guys better than they have been in years past is categorically false. You are right that it cant be both. And I never once said it was both. And then you continue to say that Harden is elevating their play. Care to show me how? Because the 5 players I mentioned are not playing better than they played in years past. Its simply a narrative that you and others are choosing to run with because the Rockets record is so good. |
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If you had to pick a supporting cast for one year, no one is picking the Thunder's over the rockets.
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LeBron to sit 2nd half?
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