If Steph Curry didn’t exist, Party Harden would have been one of the GOATs.

His Rockets run was legendary only to be brickwalled by the Warrior’s 4 Horseman of Apocalypse

He’s like Denzel Washington in that one movie. He was drunk and on coke when that plane was falling apart and about to crash but by god he inverted that mf and piloted the fuck outta it and saved all those passengers

Only to not adjust his game and mentality during the playoffs when the whistles got swallowed.

1 healthy hammy prevented a match up against the injured Cavs :(

he played 621 games for the Rockets, 6th all-time

he averaged 29.6ppg and 7.7apg

finished 2nd in total points and 1st in total assists for the franchise in 8 seasons

All this is telling me is I need to party more

People talk about what if with Shaq, what if he was more professional etc… Harden is a bigger what if IMO.. If we believe even half of the shit said about him and his clubbing routine.. If he was actually more professional what would have stopped him from averaging a 40 point triple double?

Imagine what he could have done if he actually slept

It’s why LeBron starting hitting the wine heavy

The crazy thing is Harden has amazing reaction speed. You can see how fast he baited fouls and punished players by reacting and trapping hands and what not.

“I’m going to be an airplane” -Harden right before he lays on Carter.

What are we, some kind of Houston 76ers?

and not the cheap 10 minute lap dances either

Imagine if he wasn’t addicted to strip clubs and cheeseburgers

Mj was durable too but he also retired twice. LeBron was an insane iron man until he got on the lakers

John Stockton played 1504 out of 1526 games in his career. Deserves a mention.

Embiid, AD, and Zion should’ve hit more strip clubs every day to stay healthy it seems.

Ignoring the 1986 season when MJ broke his foot, he only missed a total of 7 games for the entirety of his career.

Did you forget MJ and his legendary partying habits?

Yeah I feel like this HAS to be at least exaggerated. He was a WORKHORSE for a lot of those years. There just is no way that he was binge drinking and partying that frequently.

It definitely not happening every night but probably did happen enough for people to talk about it. In my 20s, I had gone from work to rave all night popping pills to work again next day without sleep and I just do some weekly workouts, Harden is elite. 

Or possibly some elite NBA players are not like you and me?

Lou Williams told a story about how he showed up to a Clippers game drunk

Yea I’m sure he did it a few times but it’s literally impossible that he did this constantly. His brain would snap.

he’s a top tier athlete though, I’m sure being that physically fit helps a ton.

He had to have slept more than what is described here. He makes it sound like he only slept 3 hours a day.

The more in shape you get the easier it is. When I got fat a heavy night of drinking took so long to recover from. When I got back into shape I could drink heavily one night and show up for a early morning hike feeling fine.

I’m sure genetics also play a role

He probably did this like once or twice and they act like it was an everyday thing lol

Some people are just different and tolerance to abusing your body does build. When I was 22 I did hard construction labour. I’d get 9-10 hours of sleep to wake up at 4:30 am and then work 9-10 hours and I’d be fried by the end of the day.

I worked with a guy in his 40s, lived with his mom, in and out of jail, didn’t have a license so I actually picked him up and drove him to the sites a lot.

Bro could outwork anyone after staying up all night drinking and snorting coke. Like the bosses had to tell him to chill because he’d walk up the chute of a cement truck with a shovel to clear a blockage 

Along with financial support of strippers he does a lot of philanthropy for women outside the strip club

He doesn’t have the internet

magnificently done

It’s all relative. The indictment this year was because he had a firearm visible in his vehicle. It was a $200 fine.

Did Harden pull the earring out?

He’s a linebacker playing point guard in the NBA. Bros a tank.

seriously, if i have 2 glasses of wine i cannot move the next day lmao

I mean…

Rodman was one of the most in shape nba players ever though. Harden while durable, showed a ton of fatigue in the playoffs and definitely was out of shape at times (especially during his later rockets phase).

Rodman was just on another level haha

Amen brother. Can hang with the young bulls still but need a fuck ton of PEDs and then Mon/Tues is absolutely chalked.

Most people age in big steps at certain land marks. Your organs age a lot at 30 then every 5 or 7 years after it goes through a huge drop in productivity.

A big thing that hits people is noticing how they can’t stay awake when they want to and they also can’t fall asleep or get deep sleep.

If you had access to the PEDs and medical care the top level NBA player does you wouldn’t be as impacted.

The great white hope, James Harden.

Yea but for many players, staying out late gambling puffing cigars and drinking would negatively affect their in game performance. Many players have to get 8 hours of sleep and maintain a STRICT diet to perform well on game day. Jordan wasn’t putting effort into recovery because he was genetically gifted.

I mean he won a lot. He took bad teams further than they were meant to go all the time. You just cant realistically solo to a chip despite that being what people expected from him

James Harden is the only player to make the playoffs in 17 straight years

can’t rlly blame him for that, he had to go up against 2 dynasties and even if he beaten them he’d have to face a lebron James led team. 

Idk, what teams were really going for it during the prime Warriors runs? Pretty much Harden’ Rockets and LeBrons Cavs.

Kinda says a lot and some of it is just timing.

He was a well known drinker – drank beers on the golf course and whiskey in the bars.

Also same reason I’m here. This sub can be so painful.

I think it’s the other way around. This probably happened once or maybe a few times during his career but there’s no way it was the norm.

That “nap” was probably 4 hours. Some NBA players live this style BECAUSE it helps regulate their sleep so they can nap pre game and be fresh for night games. Its one reason early tip offs are usually sluggish for players because that’s their nap time.

Same bro

at that point i don’t think he’s getting 30 for 32 if he’s also busting his ass on defense