MVP with 24/11 vs Mavs

[RepMe]

[QUOTE=StephHamann]Joe Crawford ladies and ****



[I]"The Mavs have a 2

[NuggetsFan]

Team defend 3's in the post season, they don't just let you shoot them un-guarded. The refs swallow their whistles. Thus Harden continually struggling in the post season where REAL superstars solidify their legend.

Huh? Teams don't defend the 3 in the regular season? Silly. Defense obviously gets tighter but the 3 is always defended. I just pointed out that Harden averaged 11 FTA his first playoff series with Houston. 8.3 the next series and 17 so far. Refs aren't "swallowing" their whistles that well are they?

It's the fact that he's shooting 42% and 43% in both years from 2. That's where the big drop off comes. He shot 30% from 3 last year in the playoffs. That's awful and just shrinking or having a bad 6 game stretch. He's played bad in the playoffs but the whole free throw thing is a myth.

Everybody gets the whistle in today's NBA.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Huh? Teams don't defend the 3 in the regular season?

Like the attention, and sense of urgency in the playoffs? Silly.

[NuggetsFan]

Like the attention, and sense of urgency in the playoffs? Silly.

Enough for James Harden to shoot 6% less? Hardly. That's just a poor outing. Sense of urgency? It was the first round. Teams defend the 3 in the regular season. Things are tighter in the playoffs but not so that you go from shooting 36-37% to below 30%.

Ignore the rest. The whole FTA and his 2pt% and his just poor overall shooting. Whatever fits your agenda.

[masonanddixon]

Damn.

Thats Danny Crawford.

Also, Joey made that charge call on Lebron in Game 5 with Tyson just inside the restricted area, which was a ballsy ****ing call.

[Dresta]

Says it all. OP with the premature ejaculation: it was one game, against Dallas (below average defense), and where he got 17 fts. He still shot 4-11, and this could well be his good game of the series.

[JebronLames]

if brans style barely won 2 with 2 superstars then how much more for a shorter version of bran with lesser teammates.

Can't wait to watch those two superstars in this years playoffs

[dunksby]

Good rebuttal. I remember facing OKC when Harden was on the team. Watching all 3 looking for FT's. Like I said tho it's whatever because every single player does it. It's hilariously naive to think coaches aren't telling the players to flop and look for contact given how the game is reffed.

You get FT's for everything. How soon people forget Durant and the rip move that the NBA basically had to step in and say they weren't going to call as a shooting foul. Many players did it like Billups, Pierce etc. but Durant much like Harden has with today's rules mastered it.

You would sleep with a Durant jersey every night if he was playing for the Nuggets, he is better than any player that irrelevant franchise ever had.

[ILLsmak]

haha.

Well, I think this is gonna be a good series anyway.

-Smak