Taylor Rooks: “You are 1 of 4 players averaging 25/5/8 joining Luka, Jokic and Cade aka don’t let him call you old…” -James Harden: “Who said that? You just making up your own stuff now. Nobody said that but you”
First man not folding in front of Taylor Rooks
His will has been strengthened into steel by med students who pay for tuition by dancing.
That will was forged into steel with fire of lust
15% concentrated power of will
He might have more than 5% pleasure though š¤£š¤£
But maybe the 50% pain is his pleasure.
Thereās a 100 percent chance he wonāt remember their name
Remember the name
Yall are too funny
Not as cool or funny as the James Harden stories but I supervised a resident physician who said she made her money by being a “dancer” at a club in Toronto that had lots of NBA talent show up. She’s mentioned some guys who aren’t as common NBA players I would have guessed that were frequenters or splurged a lot.
Patrick Patterson, Bebe, and Paul George were some of the big spenders. She said LeBron frequented too but contracts had to be signed so no one could share anything, but LeBron barely spent anything ever and just came with his “team.”
She said Kevin Durant came a few times and the girls giving him dances were upset because he wouldn’t get aroused and seemed unentertained the entire time. She said it felt like he was being forced to come in.
John wall was apparently another good client. There were other smaller/lesser players like role players but i cant remember their names as much.
KD wishing he could be duelling internet warriors on Twitter, instead.
LeBron being cheap
KD disinterested because his brain is only ever focused on hooping
Checks out
How is Paul George surprising? He knocked up a stripper while cheating on his then GF iirc
Oh, I didn’t know that. Story checks out then lol.
He actually captain save a hoe
He decided to triple down and wife her too
LeBron barely spent anything ever
Yep thats definitely him
Billionaire still using free streams to watch NBA games. Probably has a shared Netflix password too.
You out here snitching, fam
Doubt she cares. Best story was Lou Williams apparently showed up with his own girls (from the outside) once and the club allowed it but told him not to do it again due to policy lol.
Another funny story was one of the guys on the Bulls apparently kept critiquing all the girls bodies and no one wanted him to enter again. Along the lines of “this one has a flat ass” or “no chest” etc. I don’t want to mis-name the Bulls player but for the love of God can’t remember him.
Itās not her youāre snitching on
Shot in the dark Iām assuming it was Nikola Mirotic
Nah 100% Bobby Portis
“showed up with his own girls (from the outside)”
This made me laugh.
He has portable poles
Drake already snitched on LeBron
Canadians out here telling it all
Lebron being a cheapskate and KD being unentertained make this all the more believable.
I know this story is 100% true. Went to college with John Wall, literally the horniest human ive ever seen, he was a massive dickhead tho that would take dudes girlfriends and walk out of parties with them. KD ive seen in vegas at clubs, he literally waves 24 out of 25 girls away with a simple hand gesture before they can even get close to him. Until he gets the one he wants lol… Taylor rooks and her school friend have a lot of pictures with shirtless lebron in gyms, only those 3 in a closed gym….., Paul George…. well his history just speaks for itself.
What could even be the context for her and her friend taking those photos with LeBron.
Yeah, I mean, Iām just a dude who sniffed a couple of cups of coffee in the leagueā¦when youāve had your dick wet thousands of times unless youāre an addict, you get tired of the lifestyle sometimes.
I was making SNOW ANGELS on the basketball court when you were taking your MCATs
“Just one more semester away from that degree.”
He has done more than talked to many beautiful women across many area codes. Dude is calloused.
And he knows that’s how you bag them. He’s a professional scorer. Simping won’t score you a Taylor Rooks
He loves them freethrows tho
harden about to start negging taylor
ISO!
I’m in Rio rn. Take one walk along the beach and your scale is broken for life.
I know a passport bro when I see one
I’m here to see family lol
Should be out there making families
It helps when youāre hanging out with the hottest dudes
And wear the freshest clothes
All the bands dropped at houston strip clubs prepared him for this
D wade on the other hand looks like he is pissing himself at hardens presence
Fun fact: James Harden and D Wade have signed jerseys hung on the wall at one of the most famous strip clubs in Miami š
Hall of fame tippers. Early jersey retirement
My first thought
Jaylen Brown needs to watch this
He playing it cool
I would fold you for Taylor Rooks.
Outta pocket lmao
Thatās because women fold in front of James Harden not the other way around lol.
Legacy points added.
It hit different when you know she married now and cant flirt as much šš Now ima let you have it lmaoo
This is history
I remember a young Jaylen Brown fighting for his life to not look down during a taylor rooks interview. It was so goddamn funny.
They will never make me hate you
Harden/KD
Lol Harden is so much more likable than KD
harden is more likable if you follow basketball
KD is more likable if you watch basketball
Damn this is like SGA/Jokic
Which one is Hitler and which one is Voldemort
This is such a reddit comment
Harden no. Kd anyone can easily dislike lmao
I see a lot of myself in KD and that makes me want to be a better person.
Tell us what part of yourself you see inside KD
Show us on this doll which part kd touched of yours
Found KDās new burner.
Sorry my man, Iām a fan of your game, but you gotta get a handle on those fantasies.
Lmaoooo
Heās top 5 shooting guard of all time. Number 4 in my book.
The post-MVP year where he was getting doubled at half-court was legit the craziest thing Iāve ever seen on a basketball court. I got him fifth cuz the logo is 4th
Heās only behind Jordan and Kobe. D. Wade donāt do enough to carry those post Shaq teams for me to put him above Harden.
He’s not a shooting guard but if he were he’s number 2
Only in reg szn
As a warriors fan aint no way I can hate James harden. He was the only player in the west to constantly challenge the warriors dynasty. I feel like that alone is an understatement for how well he played those years
No one’s making you hate him but you š
King SASSY
I imagined the eye roll walk off he did during an interview years and years ago. Sassy as hellĀ
lol heās the goat š at šš¾āāļø
Honestly the comedic timing here, he doesnāt even break cadence šš
Itās his true talent lol
These arbitrary stat thresholds to prove an arbitrary point are so dumb. They don’t really tell you anything. Jalen Johnson is averaging 24/10/8. Sengun 23/9/7.
What happened to Thaddeus Young stats? Heās been retired too long and now this sub forgets
I miss my thaddy šš¦š¦
the 6th player under the age of 28 to average 23/9/3/1 for the month of December.
On Tuesday games.
after eating 3 burritos
Totally agree. They compare to Hardenās 5 rebound as if Jokicās 12 in the same package because they have that threshold.
Focus stats that matter. His points and his assists. His assist is top 10 and his point is top 15.
But at the same time, avg 26 is not even a top 5 in the league, this just says so much about stats in todayās game. His numbers are better than most seasons other than those peak seasons.
Curry won his first MVP 10 years ago averaging 24/4/8. Those are current 36 year old Harden numbers lmao. The game has changed
The refs are the issue. No call on illegal screens, travels, carry, dragging pivot, off arm pushing. They just make every player to do illegal stuff even more without penalty.
It would like robbing a store but no police cares.
Aka all the stuff curry built his whole career on lol
I’ll give you illegal screens but literally nothing else on that list is a crutch curry needs, like what are you even talking about
While the NBA product has become more lame to watch. Ref ball and shit like that and how much gambling as tainted the sport itself, yuck. Bring us back to hard fouls and players being more in the paint than a 3 point fiesta that began with Curry.
A whole lot less defense
Nothing the defense can do. Just try to fight through a moving screen. Try to go near the offense when they can use off arm for pushing. Try to time the block but they can travel 4 steps.
And I have not even bring up head snap foul bait.
Ya the one thing I hate about current sports stats is how people make up completely random stat lines to group players together. What ever happened to simple like 25 5 and 5 or 20 10 and 5 and not this weird 8 shit
So Jalen is clearly +1/-1/+1 better than Sengun. It’s math! Numbers don’t lie!
Every player named so far is a high level All Starā¦
The Thaddeus Young theorem
I guess it says heās still good, but yeah nothing revealed specifically by the threshold
All those boozy nights when the dancer claiming you owe her for four dances, but you know she only gave you three, and you gotta check her back to reality, nonconfrontationally… a veteran of the process, right here
Bro, I got robbed at a strip club as a kid. Bitch took a 50 and danced for a minute
Never again, said beard-less James Harden
Villain origin story
Starts that way. You wouldn’t say that after the chapter where he goes in with some stubble looking for stripclub retribution, but a bartender double-crosses him right as “I’m In Luv With A…” blares over the sound system…
Oh god, that’s hilarious.
Happened on my birthday bro back in college. Only been to the strip club once before. One of the girls asked me if I wanted a dance. Of course I said yes, thinking it was a favor. Take me to the back, get a mediocre 1 minute lap dance, they say that’s \(40. I'm like tf, big bouncers looking at me. I take out \)40 and grumble back to the main area, pissed on my birthday no less. \(40 was not a small hit back then, would be like \)80 with inflation now. I had a gf too, so was getting it on the reg, and did not need some mid lap dance.
Next birthday, I went to a diff strip club, wanted to get some bday strip club redemption. Me and my boy were getting dances, had it all planned out. Except he took the hotter one and I was left with this absolute giant tall woman. We was in the same room so I had to watch my guy get a great dance while I’m getting slapped in the face by amazonian tits. Bday dance again disappointed and I’ve never been back to a strip club since.Ā
Nothing wrong with Amazonian tits, brother
Just wait until you’re getting slapped in the face w em like a weapon lol. Not that same as making loveĀ
What a bitch lmao, you know what one of them corner girls wouldāve provided you for 50?
Harden is so sassy lmao. Reminded me of that video of him walking at a mall and a woman said she was the biggest fan and he casually said that thats cap lol.
Last year, game 6 playoffs I was sitting courtside (I know humble brag) and as the game started and the players all walked by I put my hand out to high five the guys. Harden puts his hand out as he goes by me but goes under my hand. I think āoops awkward high five miss by usā.
Later in the game he walks by me and I give him a compliment and I put my hand out for a high five, and this time he puts his hand out but goes over mine.
At that point I knew the dude was sassing me š¤£
Dude cool story and all, but thatās nothing. I saw Steve Blake at a grocery store in Los Angeles years ago. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didnāt want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, āOh, like youāre doing now?ā I was taken aback, and all I could say was āHuh?ā but he kept cutting me off and going āhuh? huh? huh?ā and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like āSir, you need to pay for those first.ā At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually āto prevent any electrical infetterence,ā and then turned around and winked at me. I donāt even think thatās a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
Holy fuck throw back pasta. What is the origin of this I forget
I’m not the biggest fan of Harden as a player (I think he’s really good, but not as good as his career stats would lead you to believe), but he’s a really funny dude. I love when pro athletes have interesting personalities, as long as they’re not jerks.
but not as good as his career stats would lead you to believe
What? May I ask what his stats would lead us to believe?
Iām his biggest fan.
Yes, “a lot of people are saying” usually means “I’m saying.”
But in this case it also means āa lot of people are sayingā
For real, Iām glad he called her out. Hate when reporters do that.
lol you donāt think anyone else is calling a 36 year-old point guard old?
Even aside from his age I can assure you itās not just her. I hear it brought up in podcasts when possibly trading him comes up.
You want her to name drop all 5 million people that called him old this year?
Its not just Taylor who says it,a lot of people say it, Sports Illustrated says it.
The Chicago Tribune says it.
Bingo
Gimme āshit ppl said that annoyed me during those weird timesā Alex for $200?
LMAO DWade can’t even look at Harden
ā¦what dumbass narrative are we trying to push now?
Are we just forgetting when Wade called harden a stat padder essentially ?
Who would care enough to remember that
Same people who care enough to be on a basketball subreddit
TouchƩ
And thatās why you think Wade is looking at Taylor Rooks instead of Harden in this videoā¦? Because he previously ācalled harden a stat padder essentiallyā?
You donāt think it might have something do to with the fact that sheās the only one talking?
Heās looking at Taylor because sheās speaking.
lol hes executing on the most basic social normā¦ sometimes i wonder if ppl here are weird bots or if half the sub is just terminally online
youre on redditā¦ everyone here is terminally online
Gave him 9⁄10 only
Dude knows he talked hella shit about him and has to face him now
James Harden in China this summer āTaylor Rooks is a liarā
Fair play James
10 toes down
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I donāt even know what it means
My GOAT
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āAlso known as donāt let them call you oldā? Does she not know what aka means?
Taylor Rooks thirst trapping brothers.
James āthey not gonna Rooks usā Harden
She tried to play him… kinda disrespectful tbh. You act like youre giving flowers but give nothing but a backhanded compliment.
How? By saying heās older? Itās not back handed at all, being older and exceeding expectations is an extra compliment.
Wait, Did you not see his reaction?Ā
Yeah he reacted but I donāt understand. Itās a compliment that an older player is playing as well as the younger guys.
He reacted with pride, not hostility. He wasnāt truly offended, just suavely shutting down the perception of himself as an old man by pointing out he hasnāt heard that one before.
I donāt think he reacted wrong at all, the commentās saying what she said was back handed are what have me perplexed.
but like plently of people have called him old and washed, including myself but I’m merely a redditor. He’s old and washed but yes the stats are nice.
idk. talking heads? I can’t find a clip but dude is definitely past his prime.
you don’t agree that’s not an ongoing talking point about Harden???
Brother. The point remains. She brought up the narrative of him being old.Ā I dont see why youre defending her. I didnt say F her. I simply said she gave a backhanded compliment.Ā
Iām not defending her personally what she said isnāt offensive if you donāt immediately get sensitive. Sheās saying the narrative heās old or washed is wrong. That is in no way implying heās old or washed and Iām not sure how itās back habded unless you came from the CCP media training academy where you just pretend there is no opposition. Itās not like no one has been calling him old are washed. When he got to the Clips years ago that was the narrative
Worked for an NBA team. Had two instances of timing issues with having school kids (choirs) on the court to sing anthems right before tip. One was against the rockets- Harden realized the group was descending into chaos and not getting off the floor quickly enough, looked at me with a shit eating grin, and said āoh you gonna get in trouble for thisā.
In the other instance, Meyers Leonard screamed at 4th graders to get the fuck off the court. š
Sounds like those kids got off lightly if that’s all he screamed at em š
This is my goat.
I wish the clippers didnāt mess up the Nolan Powell trade! James doesnāt deserve to have his final years like this
They just keep making up stats
I’ll totally watch a james harden reality show.
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They weren’t saying old, they were saying fat.
I miss the days when TV studio analysts were able to articulate thoughts in English.
What?
Okay you’re fat, is that better?
I know heās a perennial choke artist in game 7s in the playoffs but if you think Harden is not better than D-Wade in literally any other situation I canāt respect your basketball opinions.
Ik that opinion sounds kinda stupid bc you need to close series to advance but to me heās better and itās not close.
You can’t respect someone’s opinions on basketball if they think Wade is better? That’s pretty idiotic. How old are you?
most people on this subreddit are on winter break so Iād say itās a safe bet theyāre 13-15.
College students get winter break too so 13~25 depending on how long college takes. Large range of bad takes
DWade not only was unstoppable on offense but he also was great in defense, consistently top 3 throughout his career in blocks per game compared to other guards and had good hands with quick lateral movement, so yeah youāre the one with the stupid opinion. Harden is good but stop with this āif your opinion is not thisā bullshit
that opinion sounds kinda stupid bc you need to close series to advance
I think it’s stupider to discredit someone’s career because of like 4 games
https://www.tomthefinder.com/p/the-mystery-of-james-hardens-game
“Since 1983-84, there have been 95 players who have played in at least five Game 7s, from the Kevin McHales of the world to the Kawhi Leonards of the world.
Of those 95 players, do you know who leads all players in steals per game in Game 7s?
Itās James Harden, with 2.6 steals.
Do you know who averages as many blocks in those games as Tim Duncan, tied for 12th on the list among 95 players?
Itās James Harden, with 1.3 blocks.”
James harden has shot 35.5% from the field and 22.4% from deep in those games. Why on earth would you highlight his stock numbers? He still has a negative defensive bpm over the five games too lol. Stocks gotta be the worst stat to try and make some point he isnāt a choker when the stats are clear he is.
You have a future career as the MITWestbrook of James Harden
HarvardHarden username incomingĀ
Theyāre both top 30 players OAT but old heads and young dummies will tell you otherwise
Yung dummie is my favorite rapper right now
No love for Lil Dumdum?Ā
Are people really putting these guys outside their top 30? I guess I’d need to see the lists but that seems crazy. Probably would contain some players neither of us have watched and are very debatable.
Correction perennial choke artist in games 4-7s*
D-Wade was a great 2-way player. His defensive prowess makes him the clear winner IMO. That’s not to mention the 3 NBA championships. If D-Wade could shoot, he’d probably be a top ten all-time player.
Which version of Wade? Prime Wade? The one who was on par with prime Lebron and Kobe as a 2-way superstar and won Finals MVP carrying his own team?
The 2006 finals Wadeās foul baiting won them the championship
Wade was literally THE master of foul baiting on rip throughs, and practically the inventor of the pump fake and flail yourself into the defender move lolā¦their gameās as a whole were not so similar, but hardenās foul baiting was essentially an evolution of Wadeās.
Wades entire legacy is built off a rigged finals series where he took 15 FTA