SaxMan_Spiff

400 | 5 hours ago

As a Cavs fan, I’ve been completely asleep on how elite this dudes court vision is. Holy shit he’s so fun to watch when he’s on your team, especially one not running the heliocentric offense

PatientlyAnxious9 | Cavaliers

164 | 5 hours ago

Yeah I knew he was a good passer but actually watching him on your team you really get to appreciate how good he actually is.

I also don’t think this is all about Harden, that Hunter for Schroeder/Ellis trade had a equally massive impact because the perimeter defense is now great.

latman | Nets

124 | 5 hours ago

Everyone who has Harden on their team always discovers this. I remember when he got to Brooklyn being blown away by how good of a passer he is

liquidcalories | Rockets

76 | 5 hours ago

Houston fans were saying this the whole time but he was “literally Hitler” on here and the Ringerverse guys all say they “don’t like to watch him play” as if he’s just a foulbaiting ballhog purely out for himself

WalkingOnSunshine_ | Cavaliers

23 | 5 hours ago

Simmons is still going on about how unwatchable he is and the reason he wasn’t going to Clippers games. He’s genuinely a joy to watch move the ball around and orchestrate an offense

Niceguydan8

6 | 4 hours ago

I remember one time Simmons was raving about how Luka get’s “real assists” because of a really nice in between the legs PnR pass and made some weird shot like “not like Harden assists” out of nowhere despite Harden doing that exact move with Capela like 5 years prior to Bill talking about it.

gerardguey | Bulls

4 | 3 hours ago

all his complaints can be applied to jokic, his favorite “play the right way” guy. thats all i’ll say

boneappletv | Celtics

3 | 4 hours ago

It’s the off ball stuff they don’t love. He has a tendency to just stand and not cut when he doesn’t have the ball. Like when he’s not involved in the play it’s obvious to everyone in the gym which does hurt the team.

asonkidd

22 | 4 hours ago

No, Bill is just a biased moron. When pressed about this Harden stuff when he loves Luka, his answer was that Luka’s demeanor and whining to the refs was entertaining. I kid you not. Said it to House who thought he was nuts.

jaloru95 | OKC

9 | 5 hours ago

You could swap out Harden in Houston with Shai right now and say the same thing. r/nba is such an echo chamber it’s wild

dont-YOLO-ragequit | Raptors

1 | 5 hours ago

Not really. This sub has a lot of casuals and trolls who like to post based on their social media feeds.

You let a subject linger long enough and you are bound to have followers taking it too far just because they want to still be in on the joke.

jaloru95 | OKC

6 | 5 hours ago

Am I crazy or are you agreeing with everything I said because that’s exactly what I meant? lmao

Jacob_toasted | Timberwolves

4 | 4 hours ago

Not really, I’d say your points were actually quite similar

jaloru95 | OKC

1 | 4 hours ago

Again, them being similar is the point I was trying to make, which is why the “not really” at the beginning threw me off

Jacob_toasted | Timberwolves

3 | 4 hours ago

Yeah I understood, my comment was a joke lol

dont-YOLO-ragequit | Raptors

1 | 4 hours ago

My bad my, I thought you meant this sub as most people on here when I was trying to say these are more like NBA CircleJerk or people who don’t always come to this sub that push these non sense posts and jump from jokes to joke.

So these memes are more often too of the day or rising because there is nothing worth discussing but if you sort by top week or month, these post disappeared because way more people care about other stuff than meme.

notsohottake | Timberwolves

2 | 4 hours ago

I honestly don’t understand why people don’t like watching Shai. I feel like the free throw merchant narratives have gotten way overblown and blind people from his actual talent. He gets a great whistle but his foul baiting isn’t as egregious as Luka or prime Harden. And his game is unique and extremely aesthetically pleasing.

Niceguydan8

4 | 4 hours ago

I don’t really have a problem with Shai, he foul bits a bit and some of it is pretty ugly, but I don’t think he’s like out of line for a superstar in that regard.

It’s that on top of the way they play defense that makes it really unpleasant to watch. Shai is out here baiting touch fouls (again, not really a huge deal on it’s own) and then Dort is out there injuring guys with wreckless play year after year with no recourse.

No-Mine-3982 | Knicks

2 | 3 hours ago

Honestly Shai is nowhere near as bad of a flopper as Brunson is as well

computer_love91 | MIL

1 | 5 hours ago

He can be an excellent passer and still not be fun to watch.

Albiceleste_D10S

2 | 4 hours ago

I mean, those helio Harden years at Houston were NOT fun to watch—there was very little ball or player movement, and almost every possession was 4 guys spacing the court to let Harden iso

TempestStrayDogz | Rockets

1 | 41 minutes ago

People took that shit way too far, now you have adults just finally realizing a 15yr veteran, ex-MVP, who led the league in asts can pass. Crazy.

Friend72 | Celtics

3 | 4 hours ago

He was the best player in that 2021 against the Celtics and I don’t even think that’s a hot take. The scariest unit was Harden with the bench

Th3-3rr0r | Kings

19 | 5 hours ago

Glad to introduce you with our Lisan Al Gaib, the one and only Keon Ellis

People here were laughing at me for saying he can be the Cavs Derrick White, I say just wait

Frosty-Language-3335

2 | 5 hours ago

Stop. I can’t get that excited. Fr? He’s got that in him if you were to scale up?

megaman47 | Kings

10 | 5 hours ago

The thing with keon is hes not a great 1v1 defender hes good but he gambles too much but hes an amazing team defender and if the gambles pay off he can have 4-5 steal games… also hes a flamethrower at 43%

fundraiser | Kings

5 | 5 hours ago

absolutely. he must have slept with vivek’s wife or something because mike brown and doug christie were allergic to giving this guy burn. he is a stud defender and his outside stroke is pure. we should have either locked this dude up or gotten a frp out of him, but so it goes.

i hope this dude balls the eff out because it would be another dagger into the heart of the putrid kings franchise

RepresentativeAge444

11 | 5 hours ago

Everyone who has league pass and keeps up across the NBA knows this. That’s why most NBA discourse is so frustrating to me. Because it’s mostly made up of people who don’t know what they’re talking about.

mecon320 | Cavaliers

4 | 5 hours ago

Kenny’s been pushing the team to play defense this way all year, but the personnel just wasn’t there until the trades, plus Tyson playing his way into a major rotation spot. He’s especially been having Jarrett drill and practice defending five-out scenarios, since he struggled there in the playoffs last year.

Chipaton | Rockets

1 | 3 hours ago

He’s such a floor commander, there’s a reason I was never opposed to him returning to the Rockets in some fashion. His game has aged really well.

TheRealestGayle | Magic

43 | 5 hours ago

Everyone does. This guy is an offensive savant. One of the greatest players of all time and he gets crushed because he hasn’t won a title yet. Perfect year to fix that!

AstralAfroToo

-13 | 5 hours ago

Lol. He gets crushed because he routinely, and severely, underperforms in high leverage situations in the postseason.

lebronjamesgoat1 | Lakers

12 | 4 hours ago

TIL pushing the KD warriors to 7 and 6 is underperforming. LeBron and everyone else got swept and got praised for it

donald-duck23 | Lakers

-5 | 4 hours ago

Not sure why this is downvoted. There is no surer bet than James Harden playing terrible in his team’s final game of the season

SugarFreeCummiBears

19 | 5 hours ago

If Harden played two games for the Lakers this subs opinion on him would completely shift

gigglios

10 | 5 hours ago

He has made cavs an instant favourite out of the east. Vintage harden is real. What we witnessed from 2017 to 2021 from him is fkin wild. He is still star lvl and one of the best playmakers

d1t0m6 | Nets

8 | 5 hours ago

Nice when fans of ~~Brooklyn~~, ~~Philly~~, ~~Clippers~~ Cleveland realize this

Complete_Chocolate_2 | Clippers

5 | 5 hours ago

The system

ElChapo1515

3 | 5 hours ago

“Say the line, Bart”

Hovi_Bryant | Pistons

4 | 5 hours ago

King James

fireman2004

4 | 5 hours ago

Daryl Morey is a liar.

MrSlippery87

2 | 4 hours ago

Enjoy the playoffs. Haha

SwampDragonsFan | Nets

1 | 3 hours ago

Maaan I remember his first game with the Nets. 30 point triple double with some disgusting passes. Miss that guy

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0 | 5 hours ago

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HornedCoog91 | Nuggets

1 | 4 hours ago

Fuck off with the lame hitler references that’s the weakest fucking shit

AshenSacrifice | Clippers

-1 | 5 hours ago

Offensive savant, sadly his defense is really bad and as the game tightens in the playoffs he can get…worse, I’ll just say that

CountOff | Pistons

187 | 5 hours ago

Man I love a good Harden Honeymoon

the_main_entrance | Cavaliers

54 | 5 hours ago

The Harden Honeymoon ends in the same place as the JB honeymoon.

OThePlacesYouWillGo

31 | 5 hours ago

Wait for the playoffs when the defenses tighten up, and the league sees just how bad a jump shooting team the Pistons are.

bullionlogic | Cavaliers

6 | 5 hours ago

a second round exit will be a big improvement for them to be fair

ASS_BASHER | Mavericks

1 | 2 hours ago

I couldn’t figure out if JB meant JB Bickerstaff or Jaylen Brown, but both make sense

TempestStrayDogz | Rockets

1 | an hour ago

Username checks out

TP_Cornetto

1 | 24 minutes ago

They don’t tho considering JB is a finals MVp lol

Frequent-Ferret-5110 | Clippers

16 | 4 hours ago

Clippers fans only liked him more and more up until he left, not sure that’s how a honeymoon works except maybe on White Lotus

BigfootEatsBabys | Rockets

10 | 4 hours ago

what harden honeymoon are you talking about? Harden arguably won more playoff games for the sixers than embiid did when they were together and harden got injured on the nets.

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6 | 5 hours ago

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Colin2837 | Cavaliers

22 | 5 hours ago

He’s playing in the spot of a ghost(Garland was hurt for most of the season) so the fact we are getting positive contribution, and also seeing the offense flow extremely has made this team feel the way we thought it could. He doesn’t need to average 25/5/9. He needs to just find ways to contribute to winning, which is what he has been doing

BlackTriceratops

10 | 5 hours ago

Couldn’t have said it any better. Anything is better than a guy who doesn’t play

chakrablocker | Thunder

3 | 5 hours ago

meanwhile the cavs sub hated the trade when it happened

Colin2837 | Cavaliers

3 | 4 hours ago

Not really, it was just the heartbreak of Garland leaving. We knew Harden would make this team better, especially with the injuries Garland had been dealing with, but we didn’t want to see him go.

WhiteStephCurry | Warriors

11 | 5 hours ago

The 5-0 part probably helps but idk

heyiknowstuff | New Jersey Nets

2 | 4 hours ago

?? I’m surprised it’s not obvious. It’s not like he cant score his usual 25+, but he is accepting a role where he is taking less, but more efficient shots, and it’s leading to wins. When star players can fit into a role, vs making the team fit around them, it generally leads to success.

Throwawayforme3123 | Celtics

7 | 5 hours ago

Everytime man….

Might be better than the Hield experience

morecador3000

22 | 5 hours ago

Neither Rockets or Clippers ever fell out of the honeymoon. Rockets depended on Harden to be what they were for years, and although the divorce was ugly, it was not about his skill.

Clippers didn’t have a divorce, they were dating and it was good, until it was not and both sides decided to stay friends.

HornedCoog91 | Nuggets

5 | 4 hours ago

Nor did the nets or sixers. Those ended because of other problems (kai, Daryl)

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

7 | 4 hours ago

Nets also had Harden playing through injury which seriously fucked him up. Took a while to get him back to being able to play fully healthy.

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

5 | 4 hours ago

Harden on the Clippers played better this season than he had in years. At worst you can say he hadn’t been putting up the stats he was early season the last few weeks there but that’s obviously because other guys on the team started stepping up and being useful.

Renzel0311

-4 | 5 hours ago

Same cycle lol rinse and repeat everyone knows who harden is in the regular season can he do that in the playoffs thooooooo

Gristle__McThornbody | Lakers

165 | 5 hours ago

Rockets messed up not being more aggressive for Harden.

Travmacdaddy | Rockets

56 | 5 hours ago

For real, it’s what they’re missing.

nahs | Clippers

3 | 4 hours ago

I wouldn’t have minded a harden KD swap

Murasasme | Spurs

12 | 3 hours ago

There are not enough burner accounts in the world for the amount of hate Kevin Durant would unleash if he was playing for the current Clippers team.

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

23 | 4 hours ago

That’s a really tough trade to figure out considering Harden and FVV both had NTCs. That and I value wise, Garland is more a valuable bet than just Reed or Bari alone, but can’t imagine Houston would be willing to include both AND FVV.

SHansen45 | Rockets

3 | 3 hours ago

we had the chance way back, when we first signed FVV for 43 million, we could have gotten Harden

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

0 | 3 hours ago

I mean sure, but going that far back is complete revisionist history and you could have done a LOT more differently.

FVV has been good for the Rockets and the culture, and if he wasn’t injured, I don’t think there would be THIS level of regret. And you can’t exactly factor that into the equation.

SHansen45 | Rockets

6 | 3 hours ago

no i most certainly choosing Harden injury or not it’s logic, would you rather FVV or Harden? yeah, love FVV and he was absolutely great for us putting the team on his back after Jalen disappeared in the playoffs last year but i still would have liked Harden more

nahs | Clippers

-2 | 4 hours ago

Harden for KD straight up

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

3 | 3 hours ago

This does nothing for LAC because then they lack a point guard as well and still aren’t contenders. The entire point of the Garland trade was to change their approach to the future.

nahs | Clippers

1 | an hour ago

I will not accept this Kris Dunn erasure 😤

legoislyfe

6 | 5 hours ago

They were too much in their ego, they already took old head Kevin Durant and lowkey getting clowned for it.

They thought adding another old head would get ppl making fun of them for taking back their ex player.

Also for some reason they are trying to develop Amen Thompson, a guy who literally can’t even shoot into a point guard.

Rockets are a whole mess that no one thinks will make a serious playoff run now. Harden would’ve elevated them to at least the 2nd or 3rd round of playoffs, we’ve already seen KD likes harden and they play well together.

BigfootEatsBabys | Rockets

5 | 4 hours ago

I would love to have harden back on this team, hes exactly what we need. im starting to fall off the sengun train. hes not becoming the all nba player we thought he could be. but theres still time

RecordReal123

-1 | 5 hours ago

FVV is a dog though

Dabanks9000

0 | 4 hours ago

I mean they had him at the start of all this bs n lost him because they don’t know how to build a team n Daryl is a fraud

skibididoodoo

50 | 5 hours ago

If I knew trading for Harden was also going to come with a thousands parrots screaming “but playoffs” in every thread about him…

d1t0m6 | Nets

21 | 5 hours ago

Have you been asleep for the last decade?

Boysoythesoyboy

7 | 4 hours ago

Yeah the guy couldn’t even beat prime warriors in the playoffs. What a scrub.

PeanutButterAndGelo

7 | 4 hours ago

Yeah it’s sad how people can’t just appreciate good basketball for what it is

Ebonicz94 | Thunder

5 | 3 hours ago

He would probably have at least one ring if the the majority of his career was in the east. Going up against the god mode Warriors and the gauntlet that’s the western conference ain’t easy.

TempestStrayDogz | Rockets

2 | an hour ago

He didn’t even need that. He could’ve won on all the teams he’s played on except the 76ers. One of the goats.

hblonghorn

2 | 34 minutes ago

I think he only ever lost two series where he was favored while on the Rockets.

2014 against the Blazers early in his Rockets career
2016 against the Spurs when Kawhi was out

The Spurs loss is the only one I hold against him. All the other losses or ‘flameouts’ he was never favored in the series.

nicklovin508 | Celtics

-9 | 5 hours ago

You act like it’s not a totally valid concern lol

skibididoodoo

16 | 5 hours ago

Valid or not, it’s irrelevant for about 99.9% of the posts that it’s spammed on. It’s just sad at this point.

HornedCoog91 | Nuggets

1 | 4 hours ago

^doesnt know ball

ejiggle | Trail Blazers

26 | 5 hours ago

I’ve seen these headlines before!

Jarxzz | United States

3 | 5 hours ago

Harden’s had a honeymoon phase with every single team he’s joined post rockets

I don’t think he’s destined to lost in the playoffs but I’d be cautiously optimistic considering we’ve seen this story for years upon years now

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

7 | 4 hours ago

The honeymoon ended with the Nets because he got injured, ended with the Clippers literally never. Sixers I don’t remember much of his regular season play tbh but he dropped 40 multiple times in the playoffs and was the reason the series went to 7. He had some off nights like all stars do but the MVP wasn’t able to do his job on those nights.

AemonSteelsong | HOU

1 | 16 minutes ago

When the Nets arrived in town and kicked them in the teeth with Harden scoring in single digit was when the honeymoon ended for the Sixers.

Jarxzz | United States

1 | 16 minutes ago

He collapsed in the end of both the clippers and Sixers series

HornedCoog91 | Nuggets

2 | 4 hours ago

You certainly seem like the headline type

heirofsorrows | Clippers

23 | 5 hours ago

Since the Clippers won’t be doing it, I hope the Cavs win it all this year.

lebronjamesgoat1 | Lakers

6 | 4 hours ago

I know it won’t happen but I’d love a kd-harden finals for old times sake

Kaladin_Depressed | Thunder

22 | 5 hours ago

I think this is only the second game OKC has been the underdog this season (last Spurs matchup was the first). So naturally I expect us to lose by 20.

No-Shop-6020

-14 | 5 hours ago

okc jerseys should just be a big bullseye

spurs are gonna eat yalls lunch in the postseason if nobody else eats it first

Kaladin_Depressed | Thunder

9 | 5 hours ago

Spurs have to make it to us first, and hopefully we’ll be healthy.

No-Shop-6020

-5 | 5 hours ago

i look forward to keldon johnson dropping 30 on yall in the wcf

Kaladin_Depressed | Thunder

5 | 5 hours ago

Well considering he hasn’t “dropped 30” on anyone since 2023, I wouldn’t be rushing to place that prop bet.

No-Shop-6020

-4 | 5 hours ago

hes going to win 6th man of the year

this has been by far his best season

SunKing210 | Spurs

2 | 4 hours ago

Seriously, Keldon has a season where he was a 20+ ppg scorer and shooting 40% from three, yet this season where he’s playing a reduced but much more defined role is his BEST season.

His production has helped the Spurs a ton

nutelamitbutter | Rockets

19 | 5 hours ago

Win a ring please, James

HenrikCrown | Pelicans

12 | 5 hours ago

I wanna believe this is different, I just do, but I can’t trust this guy

Him having not just Mitchell but Allen and Mobley make me want to believe in them though

shahoftheworld | BRK

10 | 5 hours ago

Its a shame Allen had to be traded to get Harden because i really believe that even with Kyrie shenanigans, that duo with Durant would have sleepwalked to a chip.

AemonSteelsong | HOU

1 | 14 minutes ago

If he didn’t have to carry a huge offensive load without Kyrie and KD, he wouldn’t have gotten injured. It’s criminal that those 3 had only one playoffs together, an injured one at that.

moby323 | 76ers

15 | 5 hours ago

That’s why in today’s game I think the Cavs are the good guys and the Thunder are the bad guys.

OThePlacesYouWillGo

12 | 5 hours ago

So much chatter about a playoff drop. At this point, Harden has been trying to be a facilitator and not a scorer for the past 4+seasons. Unfortunately, he has kept being put in a position where his teams all of a sudden need him to be a first option to win.

With the Clippers, there was not a single ball handler or playmaker beside him. Norm Powell and Bogi forgot how to dribble and shoot in the playoffs. The result was a game 7, where an old and exhausted Harden got blitzed by Westbrook and Braun at half court. The Clippers couldn’t hit anything and Harden’s legs were gone at the end of a grueling which prevented him from driving.

Cleveland picked up Schroder who will alleviate a lot for James. He’s a high energy playmaker, who is also a scrappy defender. All of that will keep Harden’s legs fresh.

Donovan will get his 25+ every game, while the bigs will feast with Harden. The Cavs are a strong team for the playoffs

BigAlTheBeardedOne

11 | 5 hours ago

To be fair, this guy clearly has shown he’s elite at the game of basketball. I guess I’ve just written him off as he’s aged and bounced around the whole league. Lob threats and confidence with spacing might actually make the Cavs dangerous with him involved.

twovles31

5 | 5 hours ago

He does that, lets see how the playoffs go.

Frequent_Read_7636

1 | 5 hours ago

A motivated Harden is insane, too bad he loses that motivation real quick.

Actually-Yo-Momma

15 | 5 hours ago

He won’t lose it if the playoffs are only a couple months away and his team is winning lol. a major team injury would change this tho

Certain_Bet_8970

-8 | 5 hours ago

He’s almost guaranteed to disappear in an elimination game or series clinching game, just gotta hope Mitchell can carry those lol

EightBlocked | NBA

9 | 4 hours ago

bot opinion

Frequent-Ferret-5110 | Clippers

6 | 4 hours ago

yeah, seen this basic (and really just nonsensical) comment parroted enough times that it’s hard not to earnestly think these aren’t bots

Hungry-Ad3303

8 | 4 hours ago

Harden is one of the most motivated players bro what are you talking about

Frequent_Read_7636

-4 | 4 hours ago

Motivated at the buffet and strip clubs.

Hungry-Ad3303

6 | 4 hours ago

And basketball. Hasn’t missed the playoffs his entire career

Frequent_Read_7636

-2 | 4 hours ago

Ah, I guess playing but not showing up also means he’s motivated.

Glittering_Fig4548

-10 | 5 hours ago

Dude just does NOT have that dawg in him.

JustdoitJules | Nuggets

5 | 5 hours ago

Harden really got sent from Philly to the 4th seed Clippers only to miraculously end up on the 4th seed Cavs with a stacked team.

Bro can still hoop but man James lucky hes on the Cavs atm

_Tar_Ar_Ais_

3 | 5 hours ago

Lebron about to come home smh

geoduckSF | SAC

1 | 4 hours ago

Almost guaranteed.

AppropriateCattle69

1 | 3 hours ago

Harden, Mitchell, LeBron, Mobley, Allen would be a hell of a starting 5.

Chickachic-aaaaahhh | Thunder

2 | 5 hours ago

His skill is undeniable. Sad that his free throws during his MVP years overshadowed alot of his accomplishments but he was legit. Dude was a monster in his prime and still is.

chakrablocker | Thunder

2 | 5 hours ago

anyone expected to be disappoint does not know ball.

WorldChampionNuggets | Nuggets

2 | 4 hours ago

Glad he was able to adapt his game after the league stopped calling all those BS fouls for him back in Houston

Gold4Lokos4Breakfast

2 | 4 hours ago

If only you could win a championship in the regular season

bearcat--

2 | 2 hours ago

i have no doubt Harden is a great regular season player, it’s the playoffs where he drops off a little and sometimes even disappears completely. He will have a couple of takeover games and then poof - it is midnight.

Mood_Academic | Lakers

1 | 5 hours ago

Just imagine this team next year with a vet min LeBron

geoduckSF | SAC

1 | 4 hours ago

LeBron totally going to this team now.

Gandalf_from_3 | Celtics

1 | 5 hours ago

Are Mobley and Allen the best big duo Harden has played with? He got Dwight Howard but on the decline.

TDS_Reaper

1 | 5 hours ago

The one good part about superstars going to a new team every few years is that more fanbases realise their greatness. People hate on these stars without following their games just to push agendas, but when they’re on your own team you just cannot help but appreciate.

AutisticFingerBang | Knicks

1 | 5 hours ago

Man I was really enjoying sleepwalking into the 2 seed. They’re actually terrifying now. Fuck.

Hour_Ad9846

1 | 5 hours ago

Cleveland who were favs out of the east are NOW finally showing they are favs out of the east? This season has been wild

i7ive4thedrop | Nuggets

1 | 4 hours ago

This might be the best James in Cavaliers history

AltruisticPool2430

1 | 4 hours ago

He will be godlike until game 7 of the playoffs - then expect 3 of 17 with 9 turnovers

Rustycake

1 | 4 hours ago

This is how it always starts..

swaggylonglegs46

1 | 4 hours ago

Do they put the point differential on every game? Not even trying to be funny, but are we so bad at math now that they have to show us this all the time?

fuckst1cK1

1 | 4 hours ago

I find the headline confusing. 5-0 in games he has played in and going for 6 (8 overall). So they also won 2 and lost none.

woundedviking

1 | 4 hours ago

If you’re just finding out in 2026 how Harden is literally an all time PG and has some of the highest floor raising ability of any player ever, you’re a fucking casual that doesn’t know basketball. This man has been doing this for a decade plus but y’all too busy listening to espn narratives.

Dabanks9000

1 | 4 hours ago

Finally people recognizing hardens greatness once again

Mindless-Dealer-5630 | Clippers

1 | 3 hours ago

Always love for Uno, glad it ended on good terms for him

Cade_02 | Pistons

1 | 2 hours ago

Detroit going to take a shit on them.

Cade_02 | Pistons

1 | 2 hours ago

Fat Harden scary as cloudy day.

Broken_Lute

1 | 2 hours ago

L

i-piss-excellence32 | Knicks

1 | 2 hours ago

They have been really good. It would be great if they can use the momentum in the playoffs and make the ecf then lose to the Knicks

BisonWorth9910 | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

Well nope

Additional-Extent-28

1 | an hour ago

It’s hilarious. This happens with every team he joins. They’ll be on a roll heading into the playoffs. He’ll go on a heater for part of the series, but then…

Rahnamatta | Heat

1 | an hour ago

TREMENDA MUFA

Either-Needleworker9

1 | an hour ago

The amazing thing is that for several assists, the players weren’t even expecting the ball. Imagine what the Cavs will look like when the chemistry is established.

SnacksGPT | Supersonics

1 | an hour ago

Just in time to secure that next bag, lol. Enjoy it, Cavs fans. You’ve seen how this ends three different times now.

Luciolover345 | Thunder

1 | 18 minutes ago

Jinxed it.

AemonSteelsong | HOU

1 | 9 minutes ago

At the start of a series Harden plays well. He hits first and then the opposing team adjusts as the series go while old Harden gets run to the ground. Eventually by game 6 or 7, the role players shit the bed and the exhausted Harden who’s being blitzed at half court shoots 3-12 with 5 turnovers and gets eliminated.

Dude undoubtedly plays below his level in the playoffs, and probably is the most unclutch superstar of thr last 20 years. But his shortcomings in the playoffs are overblown.

FirewLight3753

0 | 5 hours ago

This harden is the harden we need to see in the playoffs

Elecastria

-3 | 5 hours ago

You won’t sorry

A_Diabolical_Toaster

0 | 5 hours ago

Every time I see something like this that involves Harden I just immediately think “Get back to me when the postseason starts.”

Consistent-Mine5006

0 | 4 hours ago

Harden when he understands that he doesnt need to chug 50 shots a game is still elite

hitmobilegamehsr

-1 | 5 hours ago

And he’ll be shit once the playoffs start like every single year of his career lol

HandstandsMcGoo | Knicks

-1 | 4 hours ago

Dude been playing in the strong ass western conference for 15 years, eastern conference is easy mode

lambopanda | Rockets

4 | 4 hours ago

Brooklyn and Philadelphia are in the East.

HandstandsMcGoo | Knicks

0 | 4 hours ago

This is true

I rescind my statement

I forget this dude has been on 20 teams

Glittering_Fig4548

-2 | 5 hours ago

I still think Harden is washed

mynewusernamedodgers

-6 | 5 hours ago

Clippers are like the angels. Just will always suck and waste talent

Ok-Tree4365

7 | 5 hours ago

The Clippers have the 2nd most wins over the last 15 seasons in the NBA.

The Angels have the 20th most wins over the last 15 seasons in the MLB.

The Clippers went 117-78 with Harden. (203-106 with Kawhi, btw.) How is that wasting talent?

chakrablocker | Thunder

-3 | 5 hours ago

because they built a superteam that didn’t win a ring.

supersonicnat45 | Knicks

-4 | 4 hours ago

and the clippers have the 3rd worst win-loss percentage in NBA history with .426. They’re 0.001 above the nets who are .425 and .008 above the wolves who are the worst with .418. Even with the recency bias, regular season wins pale in comparison to playoff success, in which the clippers are literally tied (with the grizzlies) for the worst playoff resume ever with one whole conference finals appearance.

mynewusernamedodgers

-6 | 5 hours ago

Doesn’t mean shit if you don’t win championships. Wow cool winning record when it doesn’t matter

Extreme-Transport

-9 | 5 hours ago

They got really lucky to win multiple of those games, and now facing OKC without SGA

New_Akatsuki

3 | 5 hours ago

Lucky? How was luck involved in the Denver or Charlotte win?

Extreme-Transport

1 | 2 hours ago

Told you they’re not as good with Harden as the record indicated

SpeedyQuicky | Cavaliers

-4 | 5 hours ago

By getting to play against Charlotte

New_Akatsuki

3 | 5 hours ago

Charlotte is a good team

SpeedyQuicky | Cavaliers

-2 | 5 hours ago

They’re the 10 seed in the east. They’re ok

New_Akatsuki

1 | 4 hours ago

They were one of the best teams in the entire league for the last month before the brawl. They’re good.

PROSEALLTHEWAY | San Francisco Warriors

-19 | 5 hours ago

Where’s that Nick Wright clip?? This is the Harden classic - he shows out for a couple of weeks in the regular season for the new team that picked him up after he bailed on the team he signed with and that supported him after some playoff choke jobs. This is the honeymoon phase. Now, in a couple of weeks, we’ll get to watch the Cavs choke in the playoffs to the Celtics or Knicks or Pistons and Harden will go like 2-11 or something in the finals game of the series

edit: come get me after the playoffs, I’m literally not reading replies until then

Resident_Durian_478 | Spurs

7 | 5 hours ago

Even if they choke in the playoffs it doesn’t mean he doesn’t make them better, or that he’s not better than garland

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

8 | 5 hours ago

Harden showed out for 2.5 years for the Clippers up until his final game there. If anything, he got better as time went on. You think maybe it’ll take him 3 years with the Cavs for the honeymoon to end?

GriffinQ | WAS

9 | 5 hours ago

The worst kind of sports fan is the guy you’re responding to. Successes don’t matter because unless you’re one of the few 1A players who win the title in any given decade (and sometimes even not then!), you’re garbage.

Everything is just filed under “honeymoon period” until you lose, regardless of length of time.

OThePlacesYouWillGo

6 | 5 hours ago

It’s a shame that Harden has never played on a team where he could have an off night in the playoffs and his well-constructed team still won, like Steph.

TheRealestGayle | Magic

4 | 5 hours ago

Shitty narrative. This guy had incredible injury unlucky runs in the playoffs.

ABaker4646 | Cavaliers

2 | 5 hours ago

As a Cavs fan, I’m well aware of his history. My hope is:

he is extra motivated to win because it might be his last best chance
he isn’t the Cavs #1 scorer, so he doesn’t as much have pressure to score
he is clearly a better size and play-style fit than DG, and he is very durable. Cavs have lacked durability

McJuggernaugh7

1 | 5 hours ago

You can copy and paste this basically his stints in Brooklyn and LAC

OutlaW32 | NBA

7 | 5 hours ago

Wasn’t he really good in both those places?

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

6 | 5 hours ago

Harden was playing ridiculously well in Brooklyn in the playoffs until he got injured, at which point he came back and essentially ended his peak because the team just needed him out there as a decoy. His fit on the court was perfect in Brooklyn, he just got a major injury that ruined things. I’m really not sure what you think he should have done there that he didn’t do.

Aidanj927 | Spurs

5 | 5 hours ago

Well the Brooklyn stint was plagued by a bad hamstring strain and Kyrie hating Jewish people so unless Donovan Mitchell has similar views it won’t be the same

[Highlight] Since joining the Cavaliers, James Harden is averaging 18.4 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 8.6 APG, and 48.1 3P% as Cleveland has gone 5-0 in games he has played in. They seek their 6th straight win with Harden, and 8th straight win overall today against Oklahoma City.