J.B. Bickerstaff on James Harden: “He has an unbelievable ability to manipulate what the rules are. We would play 1 on 1 when I coached in Houston and he would foul bait me.”
The master baiter at work.
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 baits once, but I fear the man who has practiced one bait 10,000 times.
10,000 is a lot of different baits though. Idk I’d be afraid
Teaching everyone at work how to master bait
Go away baitin
I want to upvote this more times. How?
In fact, he should come over and fuck my wife ššš
Now hang on a second there fella
yāall are the most unfunny copy paste cringelords ever, every fucking thread the same joke thatās never been funny
Foul baiting in practice is crazy work lol
Wouldnāt it be crazier if he was an elite foul baiter who didnāt practice drawing contact at all?
God gifted baiting talent
Actually natural shooting motion
You could say god grifted talent
Practice how you play. I am sure a lot of dudes are in practice looking like straight jack asses flopping around in an empty gym.
Donāt mind me yelling āAYEEā at the top of my lungs as I blow a layup at the LA fitness
It’s pretty funny you’d get your shit rocked at almost any pickup game if you flopped like how half the NBA does
FUCKOUTTAHEREIGOTIT
You think they make the sound effects too while practicing their flops?
i cant believe harden is out here labbin flops
James harden practice? lol
All he does is practice and go to strip clubs he loves ball
When you put it like that itās hard to hate the guy. He just love ball and women. Cant blame him for that.
Doesnāt he come back fat every season now
Honestly though, he got better every single year in Houston and consistently added stuff to his game. Dude put in work in the offseasons.
Bro was an iron man who would lift weights after games during the season because he couldnāt do so the day before games on account of soreness.
Led the league in minutes, completely changed his playstyle from a Manu Ginobli-style midrange/drive/kickout on OKC to a floor general with iso 3 point/lob/floater/pnr as he got older
All his teammates and coaches have praised his work ethic above all. But yeah he doesnāt practice
have to perfect that flopping technique
But obvious if you think about it. Players aren’t just pulling new shit in-game. We know Curry jacks up crazy shit in practice. We know soccer players practice flopping a lot.
āWe talking bout practice?ā -James Harden
Against your coach lol
Why are the other comments whining, I genuinely think this is a hilarious comment. Like “this mf never stops baiting”
Back in the 2010s harden would always come into every season with something new in his game. Finding the right foul baiting techniques were 100% part of his process
The āgather stepā thatās actually a travel has transcended the game in large part to harden.
To me, the difference is that the gather step is pretty well defined in the rulebook.
Harden looks to exploit ambiguous terms, like “natural shooting motion” where there is no concrete answer.
Its funny as shit. JB isn’t even saying this all that maliciously
donāt do it in a game if you donāt practice it š¤·š¾āāļø
“DO YOU PRACTICE THAT SHOT”
And itās literally just true lol. Harden is the best foul baiter/ flopper of all time.
Iām usually more tolerant of foul baiting than most but I cannot for the life of me stand the way he kicks out his legs on 3 pointers. Feels like heās risking injury to himself, the defender, and lowering his chances of making the shot in favor of drawing a shameless fake foul
I HATE the fucking backwards head jerk, banana peel slip he does when dribbling to sell contact that isnāt there.
As a fan of the team facing him in a series somewhat valid, though he still often hits the shot. Also my buddy used to claim Cade was the shit, I kinda agree now, congrats on one hell of a player. He feels like the whole team at times respectfully.
Get ready for Brunson’s bigass head if Detroit moves on
Given his history he usually hits the shot so imma say this take is wrong. Every elite offensive player flops, Butler is arguably better at it than Harden, people just like his tough persona more so itās not a talking point.
This is Hardenāeque media baiting
I respect harden more for being about that life no matter what.
Ball+strip club+beard= life for him, itās kinda why I enjoy kd as well because he loves the game so much, even if he is a weirdo with multiple burners just talking shit on all his teammates, it feels very human, fucked up but human.
Harden practicing foul baiting is kinda hilarious
This series is so catty of course it has to culminate in a game 7
Watching teams foul bait and shoot free throws all game is horrible. I don’t want my team doing that either.
Harden walked so SGA could run
As a Cavs fan, Iāll look the other way when he gets some of his unethical free throws lol.
But why the hell is he falling down in the open court when he clearly didnāt get touched and then turning the ball over? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST DUDE JUST PLAY BASKETBALL.
You won the game. Talk your shit Bickerstaff.
Harden is too skilled and he still has to rely on refs to save him. Flops/Foul baiting backfiring time and time again in the playoffs. And he and his stans wonders why he has no ring.
Bickerstaff is not wrong here and I’m a guy who thinks Bickerstaff is just an average coach.
Hes been the best player for your team all playoffs and you’re hating on him lmao. He was not the problem tonight, no matter how many turnovers he had
Mitchell generational PR
8 turnovers and saying he wasnt at least a huge part of the problem is crazy work.
Itās wild, man.
He is not the sole problem but he is not helping either. Those lazy turnovers is not helping the team. He is always like this throughout his playoff games. Iso dribble dribble dribble to score/flop. Refs doesn’t call flop and he looks stupid time and time again.
Look at his game 3 performance. That was a better Harden. Just plays to score when he drives. Zero flop on that game. Better than him relying on the refs every time.
Heās been the best player while coming from behind, and heās usually the main reason we have to come from behind. 6 fgs and 8 TOs tonight.
Most egregious being flopping in the back court, not getting the call, and slamming the ball while complaining while itās still live.
Looks like heās the only reason you were even in this game/series
Bro went crazy in Game 5 with 30 pts. I ain’t hating on him.
How is he getting more hate from Cavs fans than Donovan, good lord? lol
I mean. I also flamed Mitchell. But when Mitchell sucks it’s just basketball related (passive 3 quarters, tunnel vision when 3 defenders collapsing on him, not trusting the pass, missing open shots).
This Harden guy flops and asks the refs for help every playoff appearance. Flops no call. Turnover. Look stupid. Too skilled but just a dumbest hall of famer.
Crazy that Harden has flopped his way into being the Cavs best player this postseason.
Anyone else hear Tim mcmahon nickname JB āJust Bitchināā š
He is, a master baiter.
Are we talking about practice?
HEY ADAM SILVER: SO SOMETHING
James Harden is a pioneer honestly. Now foul baiting is standard practice
Nah bro, James dont have Shai beat
We are 17 years deep. At this point I respect it
Hot take alert
I hate it so much. Just play the damn game dude
I bet SGA had a crash test dummy so that he can practise his pushoffs.
Weinstein type allegations and twittlongers will come out about Hardens foulbaiting
Ordinarily this would be funny to me if it weren’t coming out of this dude’s mouth
Detroit got the best whistle Iāve seen in a playoff game in a while tonight. He should chill for a night in his incessant whining.
Cade was fouled 10 times before he shot a free throw. Absolutely one sided whistle tonight.
Dude lives and breathes fouls lmao
Not surprising I’m sure players also practice how to draw fouls depending how where the refs could be looking at the court at practice
What is the decorum in street games? What happens if you start foul baiting?
I think it’s always best to start any street ball contest with questions like, “What’s the decorum here RE: foul baiting?” Those kinds of queries are how Skip to My Lou became a legend.
Guess it makes sense. Foul bait in practice so you can do it in games.
What Harden is doing is legit skill.
Heās talking about the refs again? In a 21 point blowout??
This was the post-game press conference. I think itās fair to assume he was asked about it.
My mistake
He was asked a question about Harden. He answered it. This wasn’t unprompted.
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Detroit free throws: 128
Cleveland free throws: 173
Detroit shoots way more two’s than threes, even in spite of Detroit’s defense, there’s no way it’s a matter of ‘perfect’
Do you think bickerstaff whines all day? Just goes home and whines? Whines to the cashier at the supermarket?
I’ve never seen the dude not whining.
Hes not whining, hes talking about how your 2nd best offensive players best skill is falling down on shots
He is so good at whining people don’t even think he’s whining when he is
Like Harden when he falls down and costs his own team a fast break! The circle of life
Did you even watch the interview?
Yes. He was whining throughout.
Ouch. Must truly suck to be delusional.
Does this dude do anything else besides complain about fouls?
Watch the interview. Heās not complaining. Goes into detail how they were practicing it together back in Houston. Itās kinda hilarious
Bitcherstaff
Is he wrong?
No. He’s not.
Imagine defending James hardens foul baiting lmaooo
Cope lmao
JB > Kenny
I mean yeah but that’s not saying much
Poop > shit lmao
Nah. JB’s a good coach. Young team without a true second option and we’re on the verge of an ECF berth two years after 14-68. Kenny just sucks
If you watched the clip, he seemed to be expressing admiration for the work Harden put into his craft.
Found the main account of the Cavs fan alt that made the post in the Detroit sub lol
Edit: this is their alt https://np.reddit.com/user/Aggressive-Win-171/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Which post? Edit thanks
Thought I was being clever lol. Not my alt. Not as original as I thought apparently
I don’t trust any of you lol. There was a Cavs fan in here with their post history hidden, but they were trying to use a Nuggets flair to make it seem like they were just a neutral for this series. Unhinged lmao
Edit: I got the receipts but I don’t wanna get accused of harassment by posting those too
Youāre so soft lol
The only bitches is the flopping bitch himself.
god does all this guy do is complain? fire him and Orlando will hire him
Watched the clip. He didn’t appear to be complaining.
You didnāt even watch the clip
Ironically you say that while complaining
Itās no complaining itās just reality itās been happening for a decade maybe even longer atp
Watch the interview man. Heās not complaining about it