Paul Pierce, Tracy McGrady and Rachel Nichols of The Jump evaluate whether James Harden's historic scoring rate is sustainable, or if he will get burned out by end of the regular season. McGrady says that defenses will make it a lot harder for Harden in the 2018-19 NBA playoffs, and Pierce expresses his concern that the Rockets cannot win games without a big performance from Harden.
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wweecwwcwtnanba1928
Easy. Cause he always draw a foul and complains whenever he doesn’t and travels alot and chokes during playoff time. Why is this even a question?
C Dai
How does he choke in the playoffs when he went to the WCF? Russ lost in the first round back 2 back seasons . Harden is the best player in the nba.
SK 15
C Dai you right man!
Darnell Tobar
C Dai he only went last year because of the players they picked up, but it won’t be easy this year!!
M1 A1
C Dai how does he choke in the playoffs? Where are his rings?
RJ Powell
I mean he should be more popular with the fans but because of his style of play (dribbling a lot, iso basketball, drawing millions of fouls) and his lack of success in the post season
Justyn Allen
Because he purposely draws fouls for points. He flops. It’s boring to watch. He’s inefficient. Come playoffs, he won’t be able to get away with it.
Wilson
+Herosennin Cheap? Haha, let’s be real here, the only reason nobody else “flops”, draws fouls, “pays the ref”, whatever you want to describe getting calls is because nobody else KNOWS HOW TO. Drawing fouls is a skill too, and you guys are acting as tho you can take them away, and you can still compare players right. It’s not Harden’s fault Curry is too physically weak and not gifted enough to draw contact the way Harden can.
john wick
DrAwiNg FoUls iS apArt Of tHe gAme
Master Pierce
+SK 15 huh
Zain Rahman
not to mention stat padder
neirad537
Harden is as efficient as Lebron
PiMpiNx187
Cuz if he isn’t flopping he’s traveling
Bryan Umadhay
+King Similien I see you in almost every comment section saying that..don’t suck dicks too much bro 😂😂
Josiah Serevi
+King Similien that’s just lil bit gay
Team 8hunnid
Stfu u not a fucking ref so stop trynna call fouls like u are 1
Kitt
and you should read up on the Gather Step..
D Relle
Because he’s boring to watch. Who wants to see a guy dribble for 20secs only to shoot freethrows.
Hải Nam Ngô
http://WatchVideoAnimal.com/7_ngeimro36.html
Jaime Sapoznikov
+Monreaco Usen yeah any nba allstar caliber player would have 30 plus a night if they had a usage rate of 41% just saying
Jaime Sapoznikov
+Team 8hunnid the point is he’s playing hero ball
David Elsea
+Monreaco Usen didnt he stay in a game late in the 4th in a blowout to just hit 30? lol yeah, we will go with boring
Toke 420
He is a flopping, ref baiting chode.
J Lee
And traveling code too
Danigeh Hucood
Nope ppl hate Houston ask Deshaun Watson
Julio El Chavez
If he didn’t flop and get special treatment every game by getting away with traveling, fans wouldn’t hate him as much.
*Starr Playa Entertainment* TM
It’s not a travel crybaby
Davonte Gooden
He dont travel all the time i watch this dude
Chris Huery
He’s a player….not a ref
Hải Nam Ngô
http://WatchVideoAnimal.com/7_ngeimro39.html
Love Dance
Inefficient, disappears in the playoffs, plays boring foul baiting and flopping basketball. Should I go on ?
daniel baker
Love Dance go on please
S Fly
He’s one of the most efficient players in the league look at his true shooting percentage.
Tony Vu
Since when does averaging 36 on 24 attempts considered inefficient?
Joshua Han
yes!
sholove Sholove
+Ali Aziz No sir. Cris paul got injured in game 5, and they lost the next 2 games. And he didn’t play great. He was horrible, which included going 1 for 11 from the three. His numbers went down every playoff round
Devin X SnkrS
Cause he could smack his own wrist and still get the call
Pablo Ramos
Lmaoo im dyinggg
money trees30
Devin X SnkrS probably happened tbh
montemonte51
Miso Miran 😂😂
Master Pierce
I actually saw him reach his arms out lose the ball and slap his arm and got the call
Earth
Have y’all watched him play lol
The Keeper
Because we don’t like his cheap style of play
chef curry
I love it
Latre Love
+Eric Gilbreath this doesn’t even make sense is this English
Eric Gilbreath
+Latre Love I am using my microphone to type for me on the new Nokia from cricket. You can’t be taken seriously unless you fix that sentence fragment, sir.
Eric Gilbreath
+darealliljable players like Jordan Bryant James Wade Curry Harden they are hard to come by
Eric Gilbreath
Alright alright we are being silly even thinking about a Houston championship you know it is not going to happen so don’t even start that talk don’t even start that crazy talk
Q B
All that prancing, flopping, no defense, no ball movement and foul baiting. Oh and he travels every possession.
Sebastian Soto
James Harden FanBoy For real. He’s number 2 in steals this season after Paul George and does good on the post defensively. He’s no all defensive team, but he does have some solid defense now imho
Davonte Gooden
Sebastian soto he said one of key words one of
x rated
Everybody in the league travels
Activerici 23
Actually his defense has been pretty good this season, he averages over two steals and almost a block a game.
Cornrows Melo
The thing with Westbrook is everyone just calls him a stat padder… that’s it! The thing with Harden is not only is he a stat padder, but he flops, and he takes 20 free throws a game. Westbrook plays the game the right way and fair even tho he is in a shooting slump.
Ballin Too
+Slimv3 .1 Adam’s avg 11 rebounds paul george avg 8. No pg can rebound like russ
Slimv3 .1
Ballin Too that’s because it’s not a point guards job. Point guards should not be chasing rebounds. PG is westbricks saving grace. Without him they’d likely be out of the playoffs.
mandlenkosi lungu
Master of the Universe there was no instagram dumbass, and what he’s done is amazing he should be proud its easy to criticize when you jus a spectator .why don’t the players hate like the fans?
thang hanghal
+AzzizzLX and big men aren’t supposed to be on the perimeter shooting 3s. The game is evolving, get with the times man.
LA FLAME- 5-0
because we don’t like foul cheating basketball
King KY
Harden scores so much unassisted because if the ball isn’t in his hand he stands in the corner lifeless af
Jake Mackay
Harden last night stays in the game when they clearly had won just to get his 30 points all he cares about is the MVP and come playoffs he will do what he has done his whole career choke cause he won’t get the calls and cause teams can actually guard him from three he gets exposed as a three point shooter.
Kamau Cumberbatch
Not really the Mavs were Rallying back. And the night before they choked a 25 point lead in a quarter. If you watch the game he was passing to teammates until the end when he needed to close out the game idiot
James Harden
Bro stop talking to people who repeat what opinion media thinks about harden ..he clearly doesnt watch harden play
Marco Vi
His only redeeming factor is that he scores, but shoots too much. And the way he scores bends the rules the game is played, he’s too intelligent (in regular season games of course).People don’t want his style to be used by other stars because it is boring. But at least we see a player who plays differently and looks at the game outside the box and plays around the rules other than just pure athleticism, although with the addition of infamy
Lafayette Mitchell
Self centered, not a team player, gets too many MANUFACURED fouls.. volume doesn’t mean SKILL..if you take MORE shots than EVRRYBODY it should be easy to lead in scoring..
Z M
Why isnt James Harden more popular with fans? Hmmm maybe because the league is so soft that you have to keep at least 1 foot between your body and his while you’re guarding him or he’s going to the line. You’re forced to let him score because you can’t defend him with any kind of physicality. Until the playoffs come and the refs let you play and his scoring outbursts disappear. He’s a fun player to watch regular season thats it.