James Harden in his Cavs debut: 23 points, 8 assists, 7⁄13 FG, 5⁄8 3PT, and 4⁄4 FT in a win against the Kings
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810611
23 points
8 assists
7⁄13 FG
5⁄8 3PT
4⁄4 FT
He started slow (1⁄6) but heated up in the second half (6⁄7)
15 in the 4th!
Him and Mitchell in the 4th is gonna be unfair for the league. Mitchell the #1 4th quarter scorer
*#1 2nd half scorer. Don’t believe he’s first in 4th quarter scoring
Edit: I stand corrected. Long live HarDon
In 4th quarter he leads by 49 total points over #2 Maxey
Oh shit. Shout out Maxey bruh.
True but Mitchell has done that in roughly 40 less minutes than Maxey
HarDon is the best player combo name i’ve seen in years
Best since SexLand. RIP.
SexLand died so HarDon could live
One day the Raps will finally have BlackDick
Clippers know who they need to sign/trade for now.
They showed the graphic during the game. He’s like 45 points ahead of 2nd place in 4Q scoring
You can take away our Sexland, but you’ll never get our Hardon!
Mitchell is the 4th quarter scoring leader. Because a guy like Shai doesn’t need to play many 4th quarters lol
Still the move where he kind of carries the ball and makes a big circle in the air with it as he Euro steps is quite lethal. Since it’s not being called, I really don’t know why more aren’t using it.
This is some of the saltiest shit I’ve ever heard LMAO this wasn’t even about Shai. Chill
6 / 7
Haha nice
99% percent of basketball players stop shooting moments before they’re about to get hot
Dion Waiters doing the DiCaprio point at this comnent
Yah, cause he hasn’t played with the whole team ever, nor practiced with them either.
Hi Cavs fans,
Welcome to the “Harden played on my favorite team” club.
One of the first things you’ll discover is
“This guy is a better passer than I thought. I mean, yeah, I knew he was a great passer, no question, one of the best passers in the league, but like I didn’t know he was THIS good.”
The hope is with this team around him, if everyone’s healthy he knows he doesn’t have to be ‘that guy’
The passing isn’t going anywhere in the playoffs, it’s the scoring that drops off because he doesn’t get as many foul calls. If he’s willing to be a 16⁄10 type of guy in the playoffs, just doing a Steve Nash impression, I think this team could go far. But might just be overoptimistic.
The problem on offense is that he doesn’t really know how to be reactive.
Like if he is driving the offense he is amazing but if not he just becomes a spectator sometimes but I think he can improve off-ball with a good coaching staff
Harden doesn’t move off ball but his shooting off the catch is really good. Great for when Mitchell inevitably gets doubled.
I think he just needs to be able to take some pressure off of Mitchell because he always gets the opponents best defender
It kinda happened last night. Middle-end of the 4th quarter two straight possessions saw the Kings overreact to Mitchell who was able to hit Harden on the wing for wide open 3.
I found that in Philly he did more catch and shoot than he probably has since he was on the Thunder because Embiid commanded enough gravity inside and has developed enough as a passer to make those reads. Like you said he might not move a ton but he’s more willing to take those than before when he was always taking the pull up
Harden is 36. I feel like he is who he is at this point
Yep, and he still demands a ball denial defender even out at 35 feet. That should be enough
You still can’t leave him open off ball as a 40% C&S 3P shooter
I think you’ll go as far as Mobley will take you with his scoring then
Mitchell is gonna average 25-35 in the playoffs, but you really need that 20 ppg secondary guy, if Mobley can step up you guys could win the east
I’ve been saying that Mobley is the key. If he can become a true consistent 20+ PPG scorer and add that in with his already elite defense, the sky’s the limit for the Cavs.
No bucks most likely. Celtics and Pacers not 100%. It’s an open door for the Cavs.
That’s what they said in Brooklyn, Philly, and LA
I mean that’s kind of what he was in LA last year in the playoffs. 19 and 9. Only took 14 shots per game. If he’s that with the Cavs it’ll be perfect, they’ve proven how good they can be with a good point running the show. If the Cavs are healthy they have the depth to support lower shots per game more than the Clippers did.
harden averaged 27/7/10 in brooklyn in the playoffs when he was healthy on 76% ts
He got a reputation as a scorer because of the Rockets run, but the dude’s really just a basketball savant. He was scoring like he was because there wasn’t another option, but he really prefers playing a more traditional PG type role - he’s one of those guys who makes everyone else on the floor better. I gained a lot of respect for him during the BKY/MIL series when he was out there basically on one leg and still was able to contribute enough that the defense wouldn’t leave him alone.
I think he really had to learn the PG/facilitator type role. He was playing SG for us for the first few years and never really meshed with Dwight.
Mike D’Antoni really turned him into the PG/scorer, but that allowed him to evolve as a passer and playmaker, and he grew into that in Brooklyn when he finally was playing with guys who were on his level or even better.
I think he always had been a good playmaking 2 guard (probably more like Book is now) and he even did say that Manu inspired him a lot. But you’re right I remember when the Rockets went for Ty Lawson as the PG before realizing someone like Pat Bev being a 3 and D PG who could handle a bit made more sense next to him than someone more traditional (along with Ty not being good on the rockets).
Like fucking clockwork
he’s fukkin insane.
It’s crazy how Harden’s scoring made people unaware of his passing. He’s a career 7.3 assists, he has 2 assist titles. He is going to be completely underrated if he never gets a ring. Truly a top 5 all time offensive talent.
One reason I’m happy that Harden has moved around so much. People used to laugh when I called him a top 3 passer during his time in Houston. Like no one actually watches him until he’s on their team.
Lmaoooo get of out my brain with that quote. I said the exact thing when he was on the sixers.
Lol that is EXACTLY how my experience was watching last night.
That’s the best part about Harden. Idk what happened to DG’s passing, but he just cannot find people the way he did in like 2022. Harden will always be elite at navigating pnrs and even in this game he had a few hockey assists that DG just never would’ve seen that lead to easy baskets.
Imagine how good that passing would be if defenders had to guard him like the best scorer in the league…
Great post
I’ve always known Harden was good. Great passer, great shooter, and sneaky great on defense.
But I look at it in the way I looked at it when we picked up Shaq. We have a guy who was peak superstar at his prime, but is nearing the end of his career. How much do we expect out of him? Hoping he can just continue to be that 22-25ppg kinda guy, and it seems like he knows he can just support what is going on, and doesn’t have to be the focus of the team.
I don’t think anyone would say Harden has been great on D since he put more effort into it as the 6th man on OKC but I think he at least can body people up and not be pushed around like Garland and not have to deal with having 2 small guards for wings to try and go at. I also do think Harden is much better player than Shaq was as a Cavalier
What is another thing you’ll discover as a fan of a Harden team? I bet it’s that each time you NEED him to come up big in the playoff, he vanishes off the face of the earth.
Our alternative couldn’t even make it onto the court so I guess I’ll take the guy who is available.
seems like you’re not figuring for all the times he plays great in big playoff games btw. if not, you should figure those in to your assessment.
JA is now the happiest man in the NBA
Mobley is gonna feast too when he’s back - I am quickly understanding why we made this trade
i was sick watching all the Cavs fans that were talking shit about Harden and saying the trade was a terrible move, keeping Garland would have been so much better, blah blah blah. put some respect on the Beard fr
It was crazy. Even on the post highlights they really were expressing their dislike
Lots of fans on Cavs sub have an annoying obsession with Garland. Praying for it to go bad so they can say I told you so.
The idea of Garland is alluring I guess
Also the fact that he was like there longest tenured player who was there first homegrown all star since Kyrie, it makes sense that Cavs fans would be attached
He’s also just a great guy, he has like a kid-like joy when he’s playing well a lot of people found to be endearing. Wish him nothing but the best on the clips
I get it, like I completely understand the attachment to him as Their Guy
I don’t like that the expression of that attachment was baselessly shitting on Harden
We all love DG
Sure, but we have to love the team more
It was insane. Dudes an all time great, not a borderline all star.
Like an all time great among all time greats lol there’s levels to this… Those that have never watched harden from the perspective of him being your guy just do not seem to understand 95% of the time, it’s wild
Everyone just thinks he’s out for himself and his next contract but dude has consistently tried to put himself in winning situations, willing to take less money to do so. He got backstabbed in PHI and Ky fucked BKN up. The HOU roster was cooked because they went all in trying to beat the warriors. I’m stoked we’re going for it. Love Darius but I think we all had seen enough of the experiment.
I honestly think most fans haven’t seen who he’s been since Houston, and even then he figured out how to play with cp3 really effectively. The injury luck his teams have had in the playoffs is absolutely insane. He’s honestly one of the unluckiest super stars I can remember. He’s played with a number of talented guys but I don’t remember a single playoff series where he hasn’t lost his 1a or 1b or both since being on teams talented enough to win.
Harden is the perfect example of a player where lowlight reels are all anyone has ever seen of him. They’ll say he’s boring on offense because they just watch thirty minutes of every foul he went out of his way to draw in an entire season and ignore that he was putting people on skates every other possession with a new variation from his fairly hefty bag or making the perfect (and often exciting) pass to the open man
It’s insane. I can totally understand the element of trading a young all star for an aging hall of famer with the next 5 years in mind, but this team objectively got better with the addition of Harden
I think it boils down to a few things. First, you’re trading a 26 year old for a 36 year old. And you have to pay that 36 year old. That’s basically always going to be a bad value proposition. The beauty of this team was that you could expect it to be very good for a very long time. Now the championship window is tied to a 36 year old continuing to play at an all-NBA level.
Second, no matter how you feel about Harden, his playoff record is sort of undeniable. And the idea that he’s the guy you got to be a better playoff team raises an eyebrow.
Third has to do with Garland. He was one of our guys. He was statistically the worst player in the league his rookie year and we watched him turn into an all-star. If you don’t follow the Cavs during the regular season, it obviously seems like he barely plays. But it’s all been weird, flukey unrelated injuries. And before this year, he’s actually largely been healthy during the regular season and just happened to get hurt at the worst possible time (the four years before this one he played 68, 69, 57, and 75 games). I also think people who don’t watch the Cavs regularly pretty seriously underrate Garland. He was flat out better than Mitchell for the first two thirds of the season last year. Our offense was best in the league because of him, not Mitchell. He really elevates the guys around him and was the engine of our offense.
All of this together makes us pretty bummed about the trade. I get why the team did it. But I’m skeptical that it was worth trading a 26 year old whose value is likely lower than it has been in a few years due to actually missing a bunch of the regular season this year for someone who is very soon going to age out of all star caliber production.
This sub doesn’t watch basketball, you shouldn’t give a fuck what they say lmao
Right? One of the greatest shooters of all time. I’m thrilled to get to go see him play. I was at a Cavs game a couple weeks ago with my fiance….we go to a lot of games….and she asked me what NBA player that’s I’ve never seen in person would I most want to see and my answer was Harden. I think we really improved through this trade.
I think a lot of people have been greatly overestimating garland. He was so good when was 22, but he hasn’t really improved his game since then. He’s much closer to 10-15 range as a pg than Cavs fans were willing to admit. He’s a traditional pg and it’s fun to have a true field general, but when he’s not holding the ball he’s such a non-factor. If he had developed his off ball game on offense or gotten strong enough to be even mediocre on defense it would be one thing, but he really can’t do enough as the 2nd best offensive player, and Cavs needed him to be 3rd to have a chance in the playoffs. I’m not sure mobley will grow into the offensive player I think he can be, but harden is good enough right now it doesn’t matter. He’s going to elevate so many people on this roster, and even if he’s not a great defender, his size alleviates so many issues garland created.
lol I’m guessing the same people downvoting me are the same people who were arguing DG is better than Harden before the TD… yet who needed to attach draft capital? The league isn’t high on garland. These undersized pgs who can’t do other shit is universally recognized as not that valuable. Otherwise DG, Ja, DG etc would be commanding more in trades.
I pretty much agree with all of this but I scratch my head at your off ball game bit…
Ppl in here were saying he’s got some Steph in him the way he plays off ball and idt they were just saying that just to be nice
He doesn’t do that at all. Steph’s movement off ball is constant and while he can’t screen he can get guys open by losing his own guys and forcing defenses to switch or shade towards him to recover. Garland does not have the same off ball movement at all- part of it is condition and part of it is strength; Steph is really fcking strong. He’s also not as good at breaking towards the rim and tossing something up like other elite pgs be he he’s not a very good finisher. Steph and Kyrie for example are much better below the rim with odd angles. Garland is just ridiculously limited as a player. What he does are good things, but his a lack of ability to contribute in other ways is just too much to overcome without being an all nba caliber player. If he was luka/harden/curry level offensive player he could get away with it, but he’s not. He’s second or third options need to do more.
Harden is one of those players who will elevate his big men and make their lives absolutely wonderful. Just look at how well Zubac played the past few years with him.
He made Clint Capella a lot of money
Embiid got the MVP too. Clax improved immensely also.
Hopefully Hali will have a similar effect on Zu next year. That’s gonna be some beautiful basketball
I also feel like people underrate how good Zu will be for Pascal running the pick and roll both as a finisher and as a screener. A lot of people’s opinion of him as a shooter was shaped by how he was a few years ago. His 3 despite Hali being out is still above average (and has been since he has been a Pacer) and his midrange is also a decent part of his bag and is made better by having a good pnr roll partner
It makes easy sense since the consistency between garland and the group wasn’t there. Harden might not bring defense but he’s a consistent teammate raiser and offensive engine.
Yeah, he’s the big man whisperer and the Cavs have two great big men. The only big man he didn’t work well with was Dwight and that was due to egos.
it’s a win now trade, and Harden doesn’t get injured like DG. He’s had maybe one year where he was actually injured.
29 points on 11⁄12 FG is a great sign, I know the kings are short handed but the Harden effect is there
Being short handed is what helped make this a game lol got play Clifford real minutes and Carter with the other rookies. If Lavine & Monk were there, they wouldn’t have gotten the minutes and Cleveland woulda won this game easily.
This is the only poorly built team where “Tanking” is actually playing your star veteran max contract players real minutes while DNPing your rookies and “role players” lol
Yeah they had an All-Dogs lineup in at one point (Russ, Clifford the Big Red, Devin Carter, Plowden and Cardwell). Every where you look, there’s a dog.
I remember borderline shouting at the TV “can we get a fucking rebound?!” Respect to the kids, great game.
Thanks for appreciating that. It was a fun game and most of the Kings on the floor the majority of the night were rookies and g-leaguers, but the narrative (for people who didn’t watch) is still, “Haha, typical Kings sucking ass!” instead of, “Wow, those inexperienced guys played their asses off and kept it competitive!”
Edited to add: for the record I’m rooting for the Cavs as my eastern team now, because Ellis was my guy. I hope he is great for y’all and you take good care of him.
Some of the baskets he was getting in the first half specifically were insanely easy looks generated out of a Harden pass.
Like comically easy
there’s like 6-8pts generated by harden that just come from thin air with an unexpected pass from halfcourt to under the basket lol
He missed a few amazing dimes because he just didn’t expect the pass. It’ll get even better over time, once he learns to play with Harden
Getting Allen and Mobley these reps in the 2 man game with Harden is going to be a godsend for them
Ja on the other hand..
Cavs scored 132 and everyone else only hit six threes combined
This team is scary. The upgrade from today’s DG to Harden is massive and the bench is upgraded too
The emergence of Jaylon Tyson has been big too. He’s averaging 14 points as a second year player, pretty impressive
Cavs have been desperate for a consistent wing for a long time. Hunter could score but that’s all. Tyson does a little bit of everything and is a wonderful complimentary piece on both sides of the ball.
It’s a breath of fresh air. Agreed about Hunter; if Tyson continues to develop he could be a legitimate do-everything threat at the wing.
This. Mip
Nah gotta give that to the guy who shot 29 free throws in a game.
Who
The IDF soldier
Crazy they didn’t even have Mobley either. Looking spooky
I don’t like counting chickens before they hatch, but barring injuries, the 2 best teams in the East are 1000% New York and Cleveland
There’s a bunch of good stories but those teams have the best rosters pound for pound
nah pistons r fr. they play an undeniable brand of basketball
There is no world where I will trust a JB bickerstaff led team in the playoffs.
Saying that while having Harden on your team is definitely a choice
Harden has gone deep. Bick, on the other hand, we have very real experience with.
They’re 10x better than they were last season and last season they were like a play away from beating the Knicks
Pretending you think a coach just can’t win despite objectively achieving great records is very stupid
Imagine thinking 1 no call in game 4 means you’re a play away from beating the team that didn’t even need the 7th game to beat you…
Remember when Pistons fans kept trying to tell us Drummond isn’t actually good and contributes nothing to winning basketball when he finally left Detroit for Cleveland then the Lakers and nobody believed them because the numbers were too good for that to be true?
Believe the Cavs fans now about JB
They have one playmaker and one shooter. Their brand is sustainable for regular season basketball but they don’t scream finals when they blatantly ignored some of their biggest needs
Losing to Washington’s 3rd stringers while fully healthy is concerning too
They did nearly beat the Knicks last playoffs without Beef Stew, who’s a critical part of their team.
His rim protection is imperative since Duren isn’t great at that aspect. His spacing also allows the team to play Duren and Stew together or 5 out with Stew and 4 other 3 point shooters.
I’m still inclined to favour the Knicks because they have greater top end talent and are more proven in the playoffs, but I definitely am not disregarding the Pistons as an unserious threat.
and we beat your hallmark knicks by 69 points combined in two games, but i’m guessing that’s not concerning right
The Knicks went something like 0-9 against the top 3 seeds last year during the regular season and made it to the ECF. If you think the regular season is any indicator of playoff success then you’re in for a rude awakening.
The regular season is a massive predictor of playoff success. Maybe not for specific matchups but for general success it is
Lol it’s definitely not. Unproven top seeds lose early in the playoffs all the time because it’s a completely different game. Look at the Cavs, Bucks, Jazz, Suns, Grizzlies…and that’s all within just the last 5 years.
I wish you guys weren’t so injured in last year’s run but oh well, that’s part of the game
And they got spooked by this same Pistons team in round 1, without their best rim defender in Beef Stew.
Spooked because games were close in the series they wrapped up in 6?
If you think the pistons taking the Knicks to 6 with a crucial no call that should’ve made it 7 in their first year in the playoffs with this roster and now being way better than they were last year doesn’t make them a threat to win the east than you need your head checked
Yes, that no call at the end of game 4 turns it into a 7 game series. Arguably, having Beef Stew also could have turned it into 7. Spooked because the Knicks probably didn’t even expect it to go to 6 games
Don’t get ahead of yourself with the regular season pre-allstar break success lol
They’re still coached by JB Bickerstaff.
yeah bro ur coach cooked last year in the playoffs!
You’re on year two of the Bickerstaff cycle. He’s an awesome regular season coach and is genuinely very good at establishing a culture and scheming regular season defense. But he turns into a deer in the headlights in the playoffs. He’s very bad at adjusting both in and between games and his fairly simplistic offenses get really exposed against teams that scout the shit out of them. His destiny will always be to do four year stints where he turns around the culture of a team before getting out of the way for someone who is a better tactician. That’s not a terrible thing. He’s really good at what he does. Weeks after I was happy the Cavs fired him, I thought he was a great hire by the Pistons. But he is who he is. And the nature of who he is means that seeing him in the playoffs doesn’t scare me.
I’m responding in good faith to what was a pretty lazy “what about” argument, but I will say that I wasn’t thrilled with Atkinson’s coaching in the second round and thought Carlisle outclassed him. With that said, Carlisle outclassed everyone he went against—including, I think, Daignult. OKC just had too much of a talent advantage. Carlisle was also the coach of the team that made perhaps the single most challenging title run ever. Given Atkinson’s playoff inexperience and the fact that it was Carlisle who out-coached him, there’s plenty of reason to think Atkinson can improve. Cavs fans got sick of Bickerstaff because it became clear he wasn’t improving as a playoff coach. Jamal Mosley gave him fits and Thibs thoroughly out coached him. Those guys aren’t Carlisle. Maybe JB will improve in Detroit, but after watching a good deal of his playoff coaching, I’m not counting on it. Every year we had the same problem where the offense stalled out because it was too easy to counter and then he failed to adapt.
Made it farther than you. And I’ve watched bickerstaff enough, that his problems are still there. Great culture setter tho.
As a Cavs fan, I’ve seen JB and he’s a not a good playoff coach.
i honestly haven’t had a chance to watch more than a couple small snippets of pistons games this year. can someone give me a rundown of their style this year? i’m curious
woof woof
They’re an elite defense, second best in the league and the gap between them and third is the same as the gap between 3rd and 14th. They have tons of athletic wing defenders, Ausar Thompson might be the best perimeter defender in the NBA and Ron Holland and Javonte green are insanely disruptive. Isaiah Stewart is a dominant rim defender and Duren is no slouch either, Cades mix of size, strength, and agility make him a luxury to have on defense too. The team’s also super deep which again helps their defense as they can keep every one well rested and energetic at all times. Their offense is 9th ranked in the NBA last I checked, so good but not great, they’re focused on pounding the paint which is pretty easy for them due to their abundance of athleticism, and Duren and Cade being amazing at creating shots at the rim. Duncan Robinson does a lot of the heavy lifting on their 3 point shooting which is probably the team’s biggest (albeit a little overblown) weakness. Cade’s good enough that his passing can raise the floor of those around him and he can go into attack mode and control the game when needed.
worddd thanks for the breakdown! most of these teams i rly don’t have the time to watch much in the regular season, but it’s fun to try to understand what’s going on. i’ll be interested to check them out in the playoffs
best two rosters on paper =/= best two teams
JA’s second half FG% is going to be legendary.
and mobley is out
The upgrade from today’s DG to Harden is massive
Emphasis on “today’s” (injured) DG. With last year’s DG this team was just as scary.
DG is a better shooter, Harden is a better passer, DG is more active off ball, Harden is stouter on defense.
Pros and cons with both, but the biggest pro is availability… which this team needs this year.
it will be scary until it’s a critical moment in the second round of the playoffs, then you can count them out.
I feel like we shook up the roster enough for that to no longer be the best assumption
your center literally has said the lights were too bright. your team is really good, especially with harden but there is 0 reason to think you won’t fall apart in the playoffs again until you prove it wrong
That was 3 years ago. It’s crazy that Knicks fans still cling to that series.
and its still funny how mad ppl get when its brought up
Idk man, a new 2nd option & almost entirely new bench is more than 0 reason but we’ll see.
spida is one of my fav players in the league so i’d def be rooting for you guys to get a ring if we flame out so ya we’ll see
You know what you are right, why even try. Just lay down and let the knicks, Celtics and Pistons go through. Trade everyone.
Dirk was a choker till he wasn’t. Better to try than die
not like garland was showing up for them in the playoffs either.
They won’t get away with doubling him at the halfway line on this team
I mean he wont be the main guy in that critical moment. That will be on Donovan Mitchell.
And who knows, maybe non-main option Harden might be a playoff stud
They fine in the East as long as they avoid New York in the first 2 rounds. Everyone else has major flaws or clearly just regular season juggernauts
look guys they beat the worst record team in the NBA by 6 and only took a decisive lead in the final minute. This is no evidence at all in favor of Harden not choking in the playoffs again
Dude was shocked at the Cavs whistle. Gonna see his FTA cut in half playing for Cleveland.
Maybe it’ll help him get ready for the playoffs?
Yeah cause he played for notably ref biased clippers team lmao
Is this just a universal sports thing? Fans complaining that their team isn’t reffed fairly and everyone is against them lol
Yes. The only truth is that some players individually are reffed differently, and the Lakers legitimately get more free throws.
I think the only exceptions to that (i.e. legitimate complaints) are the cases where even everyone else remarks on their awful whistle
so in the NBA it’s really just steph curry and the Kings
All fans might think this but for Detroit fans, it’s actually true.
and Heat fans of course
I can tell you’re being sarcastic. The pistons have been bottom ten in free throw attempts for 30 years, the Tigers pitcher gallaraga is the reason instant replay was implemented in the MLB and Detroit lions Calvin Johnson is the reason the rules on what defines a catch were changed in the rule book. The Pittsburgh penguins had an extra man on the Ice for 30 seconds against the Red wings in one of the Stanley cup games. There is no “Miami vs Everybody” saying
Unless you’re the fucking lakers lmao
seems like he brought his whistle to the Cavs, outshot the Kings 32-20 from the line today in a narrow win. 28-20 excluding intentional fouls at the end of the game
A lot of those came from being over the limit, not shooting fouls that got missed.
honestly I watched the game and your Cavs are super inconsistent. terrible effort on a 0-10 run only to play great the rest of the way and give up no easy points till the end.
almost like it’s this roster’s first time playing together or something
NBA teams are made of humans so inherently there is going to be inconsistency.
A 10-0 run with bad effort isn’t surprising or noteworthy at all. Bringing it up as your example is ridiculous. Runs like that happen in probably almost every game every night
Right? It’s kinda funny he said he watched it cuz it might be the only game he’s watched in awhile if he hasn’t seen 10-0 runs before lol
This guy hates. Some say he’s the best hater. Truly a special hater
It was so weird seeing Westbrook on the Kings guarding Harden on the Cavs.
Including 15 in the last qtr to drag them back from down 7 with 4 minutes to play.
Harden went 4⁄4 from the field 3⁄3 from deep 4⁄4 from FT in the last
i love uno
Harden is getting some very clean looks with Donovan handling the ball and kicking out once the defense collapses.
15 points on 100% shooting in the 4th
My king
Loved those back to back triples in the 4th
bearded basketball god
I love me some James harden step backs
Still feel weird seeing him in a Cavs uniform
Honestly good game from him
He is the system
This was very close to being an embarrassing loss with Harden being -20. Instead he made some big shots and Don took over in the 4th. Nuggets are gonna be a huge test though.
Rockets Harden used to own Mitchell’s Jazz, it’s so weird seeing them on the same team lol
For reference DG only had 5 games this year over 23 pts, 13 games over 8 assists, and 3 games exceeding 23-8.
Harden did this after a film session while playing without Mobley.
This sounds exactly like when Baker tried to play though injuries and was demonized by some of the cleveland fanbase lol. Garland got injured and so many so called fans seem to take so much pleasure in shitting on him every chance they get now.
It’s a down year for DG. Good trade. But how good must DG be if a team is willing to swap a hall of famer playing at an elite level straight up for him?
LAC doesn’t want to pay Harden and will likely be rebuilding this summer. DG makes more sense.
Sure does. They get a young All-Star who could be hitting his prime next season
james harden gonna have his lowest fta season playing for the cavs
Pandemic sexland flashbacks - this hardon duo is fun to watch
Strong debut with new team. Just James Harden things.
The Merc with a Beard
FEAR THE BEARDDDD
All that was needed to make his game watchable was him joining us, because he won’t be getting many calls with us lol
strip club theorem is working
No surprises here, the real test is in a couple of months….
I am worried for jaylon tyson, should i drop him for bagley?
Nothing quite like the harden honeymoon phase. He really is so good to watch until you’re really relying on him in the playoffs
lol fuck James Harden.
But when does he play against a real nba team?
Fair question, it def won’t happen anytime they set foot in California