Yikes indeedI like the energy Green brings but he's a terrible player IMHO, terrible as in his behavior (this season he sucks in general). He's a loudmouth who screams "And one!!" every time he goes to the basket. It's automatic
I like the energy Green brings but he's a terrible player IMHO, terrible as in his behavior (this season he sucks in general). He's a loudmouth who screams "And one!!" every time he goes to the basket. It's automatic
edit: Siakam for most improved player ?
He's a good player but too much of his antics feel fake.
So it's okay to shit on everyone else, ie Rockets and Lakers, but not okay to say anything bad about the Warriors?
True, greatst scorers shouldn't try their hardest to score, or they'd be compared to a guy called Kobe Bryant who was shit at BBall and only won 5 rings.
Why are Warriors fans such massive snowflakes.
Makes sense.
Has to be.
I believe 36% is Harden's CAREER average, so while it was not a great outing for Steph it wasn't terrible especially on a night where Klay was 2-16 from the field. In addition, he missed his last 4 shots so for the first three quarters he was at 50%. The Blazers shut him down in the 4th - credit where credit is due. As to padding stats, this is a guy that invariably doesn't play in the 4th quarter if the team is in front so that is not a fair criticism to make either. The best example I can give is the consecutive 3 point steak that Steph had going over a 2 year period. He had 157 games with a made three pointer, but in the game where the streak was finally broken the Dubs were down by a bunch so he came out of the game with over 4 minutes to go. The game was lost so the streak didn't matter.
I have no problem with Harden trying to score. The problem I have is that he is being lauded for a streak that he (and his team mates to be fair) seems to be keeping going at what sometimes appears to be the good of the team. If the Rockets were winning every game I'd be cheering along with the rest but last night he took 34 shots for his 42 points. As a comparison, the Wolves top 2 scorers (KAT and Jeff Teague) took 34 shots between them but scored 52 points. It's great if one man can do it all, but IMLTHO you've got to win for it to mean anything. I said the same thing a couple of years ago with Russell Westbrook's triple double streak. On the surface it's spectacular but they only won 46 games for the season. I believe what he's doing this year is a lot more impressive because OKC is winning. He appears to have taken a step back, stopped shooting so many ridiculous shots and the team is benefitting.
To be fair, it's not the Warriors people are giving a hard time to, but if you can't take it you shoudn't dish it out.
Please! I give shit, I expect shit. It's part of the game.
Baron Davis and Jason Richardson
Davis on AK47 is one of my fav playoff moments ever, I think.I'm guessing I've probably followed the Dubs longer than you've been alive. As to David Lee, he's not pre-Curry.
Who would you rather take the shots at this rockets team? Did you look at the box score and see the percentages last night? Rockets main problem last night imo was lack of Capela.
It's not just the shots it's the entire way they play. Did you not notice in the 35 minutes that Chris Paul was on the floor the team was +4, but in the 40 minutes that James Harden was on the floor they were -14.
You mean Paul who shot 30% last night?
Do you just not understand? When James Harden is on the floor the Rockets play a certain way. This contributes to every players' performance - including their shooting percentages. With James Harden on the floor the team was -14. The players have crappy shooting percentages because Harden is the focus of the team. The rest of the players take what they can get. When Chris Paul is on the floor without Harden, the team plays entirely different. When he was pulling the strings the team was +4. Harden is extremely impressive and I fear the Rockets more than any other team but this streak is killing them. The sooner it's over and they can go back to playing a more team oriented basketball, the better they will be.
Baron Davis and Jason Richardson
Take a look how Minnesota's bench performed vs their starters. You're misleading people that don't know how +/- works.
Now you're just being facetious (more my style than yours I thought) plus the fact DeAndre is now in New York.
Thunder D wasn't great, lots of layups. The refs also did some homecooking imo. And then George missed all those 3s as you mentioned. Pelicans fans were not interested in watching this game, arena was half empty.
