James Harden in the first round this year:

[SOD 21]

The truth about James Harden is that he's not a great athlete, obviuosly, and is dependant on screens to free him up. He can be taken out of his game by hard traps and teams with good size and athleticism on the perimeter; not to mention he doesn't get some of the foul calls in the playoffs that he gets in the regular season.

When the game gets more physical in the playoffs and teams can game plan for him he isn't nearly as affective. He's averaged only 38% fg the last two years in the playoffs and also only 37% fg in the 2012 NBA finals.

And as everyone knows, he's a seive defensively with no commitment to that end of the court. Many of these flaws weren't as obvious as role player with OKC but are becoming more obvious with each passing season in Houston.

He's a good regular player though but has a lot to prove in the playoffs.

[YouGotServed]

Contenders

Yeah.

[GimmeThat]

The truth about James Harden is that he's not a great athlete, obviuosly, and is dependant on screens to free him up. He can be taken out of his game by hard traps and teams with good size and athleticism on the perimeter; not to mention he doesn't get some of the foul calls in the playoffs that he gets in the regular season.

When the game gets more physical in the playoffs and teams can game plan for him he isn't nearly as affective. He's averaged only 38% fg the last two years in the playoffs and also only 37% fg in the 2012 NBA finals.

And as everyone knows, he's a seive defensively with no commitment to that end of the court. Many of these flaws weren't as obvious as role player with OKC but are becoming more obvious with each passing season in Houston.

He's a good regular player though but has a lot to prove in the playoffs.

I think these were the same criticism about him going into the draft. Who he also had a so so rookie season.

He's not quite the volume scorer in the playoff setting I agree, and he does need to pay more attention on the defensive end.

But why are we talking about as if anything would change until Kevin McHale is fired?

[Jameerthefear]

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