clippers were good, had an identity and a defined roles. now its a mess and they probably win 38 games if they keep this team. blow it up and get some assets for pg and kawhi before they opt out in offseason and u get nothing

I feel like the Clippers have gotten the current version of the James Harden experience. He will make some very poor plays and have bad numbers some nights, he’ll be kind of ok most of the time, then he’ll have a game or two every so often when he reminds of us that he’s still James Harden.

The issue is that 99% of the world realizes that the first two scenarios are what we get about 90% of the time now. James Harden is not in that 99%, which causes issues, because he could still be a GREAT pass-first PG if he just adapted his game to accommodate his physical limitations.

This was all entirely predictable before the trade. I expect that at the end of the season there will be only one team that wants his services, the Clippers bc they are too embarrassed to admit they made a mistake. Ironically he will be Westbrook mark 2. Those two players seem tied at the hip

Philly fan;

I do think he will adjust, and 11 games is still within a reasonable grace period in my mind.

The biggest detractors for him are

1. that he clearly didn’t condition or do enough prep on his own time to come in and make an impact. It’s fine if you don’t want to practice with the sixers (probably should have for both optics and conditioning) but either way he should have been working out hard to start the season, even if that means scrimmaging with g-leaguers or college guys/ out of the league guys. Fringe players do this all the time, just hoping for a call and knowing they will be ready if it comes. No excuse for a former mvp on the back none of his career coming off a meh playoffs run to just take the off-season and camps off. If his name didn’t carry as much weight he would be in jeopardy of being out of the league.

2. the clippers clearly need a playmaker like him, but most of their guys are ball dominant, and they have lost a good portion of offball shooter role players, who can also play good defense. Those kind of guys have always been important to hardens game, because the open up passing lanes, but now more than ever because he can’t get to the cup at will anymore. It’s also tough because I do think that one of kawhi or PG will need to take a back seat, like bosh with the heat for harden to be most effective, and with where everyone is in their careers, I’m not sure that makes sense. It’s also a factor that LAC doesn’t really have any secondary playmakers, so if you run an offense through harden bench lineups or partial bench lineups will look way different. Usually the only time that works is when the offensive scheme is well formed, like the warriors with Sean Livingston as opposed to Steph curry.

i liked when he shit the ball away and just gave it to the nuggets while sitting on his ass

defensive clutch stat 0 for the system

Nuggets didnt have joker so they could olay fast

Every time they gave the ball to Harden in the 4th, Nuggets fans all cheered.

He isn’t terribly playing but the amount of attention and money he wants it’s looking terrible. If he’s looking for a $20mil per year extension sure, but a max? Again, terrible.

When he said 10 game window, he meant 10 HOME games and 10 AWAY games window

Time to start learning chinese

im sure Charlotte or Detroit will offer him 2 years 100mil

How many months before he wants to be traded to the next super team?

This sub loves hating goddamn

I wonder where the people hating on morey for not maxing harden are. That contract would look worse then russ last contract