James Harden: “What chatter? I play basketball and whatever this team needs me to do, I’m gonna go out there and do it … Win the game and that’s what we did.”
he don’t got Internet
Probably doesn’t give a damn about the opinions of a bunch of fucking losers.
Always cracks me up when people frame it this way. Without the losers that care about his team, this guy would be a fucking gas station attendant.
The game was doing just fine when fans didn’t have the ability to directly send their dumbass thoughts to these players. You used to have to write an actual letter that probably had no chance of being read by them or find them irl and talk some shit in punching distance.
Wah the millionaire has to sometimes hear he isn’t the greatest thing on earth for shooting a basketball.
While I get it, he gets paid a kings ransom to play a kids game and is extremely privileged. The average non competitive person in this thread would also probably have a legit mental breakdown reading the shit thats accessible that 2026 athletes have to no matter the money.
Both are true.
Speak for yourself bro I spent time out of my life rooting for the Cavs to beat the Pistons last week when he played like he was a make a wish kid hitting the court. Nobody is a bigger loser than those who have to root for playoff teams this guy represents.
He obviously don’t know what’s right or wrong
Internet doesn’t do lap dances
It can if you know where to navigate lol
He doesn’t do the emails
It’s just email!
I’m pretty sure people say he doesn’t check social media and are serious about it.
All time quote lol
No wifi in Cleveland’s strip clubs
I think a lot of serious players stay off social media during the playoffs
Anti KD
I am so here for the kimbo slice era for harden
Can’t wait til he takes on Big Mac!
Kimbo Slice is dead bro
Nothing/nobody will ever make me hate you, James Harden.
Bring my fat man back home
Ok, you’ve twisted my arm, we’ll take Amen
You can have DFS
I still need to know how he did that transformation from the rockets to the nets in a couple of days
Fat suit
They don’t got Pluckers in Brooklyn.
Udoka coming in with another veto
Fuck Udoka
That’s how he got fired the first time.
Fuck more Udoka!
Our goat
Keem
he’s always been underrated. gets held to the standard of other greats but never had the help the other greats had
It’s either his teammates or him getting injured :(
H-Town represent. He gave us some great years.
I wish we could get SAS and Perkins off TV during the playoffs
Why stop at the playoffs?
That’s when they start talking about basketball
Lmao fair
Bot account
In the regular season they can be funny at times
Nick Wright has been on hardens shit too all playoffs so far
He’s been on his balls his whole career
Nick wright and the rest of the nba media love to ridicule this man. He has so much fun mentioning the turnovers vs fg stat about harden. Nick especially though is just a flip flopper lebron fanboy who was too scared to even take his own guy over the rockets.
Nick Wright has quickly overtaken Skip Bayless as the most insufferable talking head
He’s been that way for years lol
Skip is washed up unlike LeBron
You’re not wrong lol
Are we pretending there isn’t a reason to doubt hardens playoff performance? Cmon now…
Wasn’t one of the media guys usually praising him? I think you mixed him and Broussard
is the man r******* !!?!?!?
Fuck Chris Broussard
Lay off my man Jackson Blade
Sure, but let’s not pretend Harden shows up consistently in the playoffs
He doesn’t but it’s also kinda weird that certain people are only harping on that point. Donovan played like shit most of last series and barely anybody said anything.
Like for this series Nick has only sent out social media posts about Harden and they are all negative. Nothing about Donovan playing well, nothing about the Piston’s at all, nothing about Allen or Mobley.
It’s just kinda weird that they are dwelling on a 36 year old already-inconsistent guy in the playoffs when there’s other stuff happening in the series that is noteworthy.
Harden drives engagement. Nobody gives a shit about Mobley
But they should give a shit about Cade and Mitchell, for example. Both of these guys are first or second team All-NBA level guys.
All of these media dudes are piling on a guy still playing at a high level at the tail end of his career. Let’s see how Mitchell, Cade and all these other young dudes play at age 37.
Exactly, harden is 36 getting ripped. He didn’t even spend half a season with the team and was arguably their best guy in round 1. Somehow James has got more hate than their actual franchise player who has arguably been the worst franchise guy this playoffs.
Allen I’m just expecting to be a big but even mobley who won dpoy and is an all star not long ago isn’t getting any flack when he is looking like an all star one game and a backup big with no impact the next
I think that’s fair. I believe there are a handful of reasons more emphasis is on Harden but I think at the end of the day the simplest reason is the better basketball player gets the most airtime/scrutiny. Now where Harden currently is in his career, Mitchell is better, but Harden is a more important legacy player with his name in the history of the game in a way Mitchell isn’t so people are going to care more about him
what he say fuck me for?
How about off tv forever.
My king I glaze him
I believe him tbh
How it ended was even better but of course it’s cut.
He definitely still heard the shit lmao, but good for him clutching up today
Ok but who’s that reporter
Ashley ShahAhmadi
Former hornets sideline girl she rules
The reason we saw vintage Harden again tonight.
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average top 1% commenter energy
It’s a joke bruh lighten up
I laughed lol
Appreciate it bruh, some people are too serious here lol
🤮
Girls cover their drink when you’re around them, don’t they?
Ok that was funny lol
Thanks bruh
My jokes are pretty lame but I feel like if my finance career doesn’t pan out, I could give it a go at stand up comedy xD
I got that line from the movie D Train with Jack Black and James Marsden, funny movie, that scene is hilarious
My theory has always been that Harden plays unexpectedly well when you don’t expect him to, and vice versa. Hence the constant choke job in the playoffs and game 7s.
Hella good player. Just need him to switch to the right gear (among many) before every quarter.
Honestly, 14-year-olds who only have James Harden’s past 2 seasons as a reference point discussing his overall legacy is r/nba in a nutshell.
Pistons in 5
When you make millions and can go to the most exquisite of tittybars, the talk of peasants matters not.
Greatest offensive player ever
He’s averaging 40!
Must not have heard of Michael Jordan or Jokic
Michael Jordan played defense as well
Facts
Harden can do more on offense but Jordan’s numbers were still crazier, 10 scoring titles is insane
And unlike Harden his scoring didn’t plummet in crucial playoff games
“the chatter from clueless kids on r/nba who called the Garland trade a bust for the Cavs”
Can’t hear the chatter when you’re always at the strip club
Gotta tip your cap
Damn right. Good for harden. I was wrong
Sas should be banned from tv
Oh God, is he really not on the Internet? I thought it was just jokes, that’s hilarious
I wonder who going to retire first, Harden or his hair.
He’s such a liar, but let him have it. He can say whatever he wants tonight.
Until they Really need it.
And then I don’t have it.
Surprise.
James Harden is on the CAVS???
Proving the doubters wrong
He surprised himself that he made clutch plays.
He’s a terrible playoff player
Time to demand that massive contract extension you expect and then fall apart again in game 4
One good finish to one playoff game doesn’t erase the dismal failure he has been in the playoffs in pretty much his entire career. The only thing that will ever end the “chatter” is if he wins the whole damn thing and is integral to the victory.