Harden's shooting ability is so underrated. Casuals see his 36-37% 3pt and think he's just an average or a slightly above average 3pt shooter but they fail to take into account that he's attempting like 8-10+ threes while taking difficult step backs & shots off the dribble.
110% deserved mvp that season idk how ppl would see his ppg and not say that’s the mvp and obviously points isn’t the only reason why harden should’ve won that year like he was a solo carrying his team to the 4th seed with 36pts 7ast 7rbds 2stls 🗿
you'r justifying harden's 37% 3pt shooting by saying he step backs are difficult shots. ok, why doesn't he just stop taking step back shots then (to increase his %)? oh wait---he won't stop because the nba changed the rules so he can actually keep doing that move (which is a clear travel half the time).
Yeah he should of won mvp that year In my opinion carried that team when a lot of players were hurt and had to do everything himself as a rockets fan I miss seeing this James I hate that he isn’t the same player as used to be
LOL...exactly. he did only because he can only play in one type of offense. and that offense is: "give me the ball---and everyone else watch." the real reason why he's so unsuccessful playing with other star. think about that.
@@saddsatan terrible management...LOL. ok, but who did management consult when it came to personnel decisions?...JAMES HARDEN. but I'm sure you knew this being that you're not a casual and all...
@@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ name a single player that went and got a ring on their absolute own. Notice how I said absolute so I actually give me an answer because 1 there's isn't anyone and 2 if I just said name a player that just won a ring on their own you can say 2011 Dirk
@@t-bird4738 *"name a single player that went and got a ring on their absolute own."* MJ won the 1991 and 1998 championships without an all star defeating prime magic prime worthy prime malone prime stockton 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ first you're using a example where the greatest player of all time went out there and got it done in a less competitive era (let's just call it what it is it's a less competitive era back then)not to mention he had an amazing coaching staff but that's beside the point if you really want to use MICHAEL JORDAN as an example for something where debating about JAMES HARDEN I've already won this debate because if that's the only person you can talk about that's the only person that shows where James Harden is.
@@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ and if you don't agree with what I just said the first time let's go back to that take. I said name a single player that went out and got a ring on their ABSOLUTE own it's not even physically possible to go get a ring a NBA championship by yourself you need you need a great coaching staff, you need great players, you need more than one person to be able to score the basketball defend the basketball and even if you got a counter for all that I said absolute on bro there's nobody that scored 100% of the points that they've won while they won a chip so this conversation is over that's exactly why I said that just to see how dumb you were. I'm not even James Harden fan but bro you sound so dumb.
no. people are willing to say harden is great without acknowledging the fact that he played for a coach who thought it was ok for harden to dance and step back for 8 years while his team mates watched (THAT was the offense). that is not greatness...that's selfishness. he's the same player today. hasn't changed.
@@saddsatan he gotta be. mike dantoni was only the rockets head coach for 3 years and before that when mchale was the coach the rockets offense and James play style was very different he don’t know what he talking bout
LOL...no, it's really the media that has people believing that harden is a great player. the media's treatment of harden is why people have forgotten what the criteria for greatness really is. it's sure not about 3pt shooting and step backs.
@@Jbeats37 Russ was hurt during that run, harden and kyrie were hurt during that run, cp3 was hurt during that run, and embiid was hurt during this run. Most unlucky player in nba history
@@SunnyDarkoShow lebron?... the same lebron who has been to 10 straight finals and has won 4 championships? you mean THAT lebron? how many championships has harden been to/played in as the 1st option on a team? oh, NONE. but yet, coaches keep putting the ball in his hands. 🤔 no, YOU stop.
@@chinchukwu9174 in the east. It was Harden who was battling Curry in the WEST. Stop bro. Bron got stopped by the exact same team. Only golden state was in hardens way, you can’t deny it.
@@SunnyDarkoShow let me bottom line this. lebron beat the SAME Steph curry in the finals that harden couldn't beat in 3 WCF tries. you're saying all this to say what?....harden is better than lebron? bruh, you buggin. you think he's better than Steph? 😆😆🤣🤣 bruh...
Yea it’s wild 2k never had him at a 99 in playnow I mean this dude this year was a human game breaker, broke basketball, had grown men crying on live tv what a fucking time to be in houston texas
@@nicholasgangwer4895 yea, like I said---he changed it by adding an extra step. if you've played organized basketball you would know that you cannot take two steps after picking up the ball from a standing position (not in motion). THAT is a travel. period.
@@BasketballHighway19 Yes, he did. What the hell did Giannis do different? Harden is obviously more talented and he did have the better season. Bro got cheated.
At the gym. You'd see people doing these exact moves, and mid-conversation about NBA players, immediately hate on James Harden even though he's the reason why you're doing EXACTLY THOSE MOVES ON THE DAMN COURT. I've never seen the sports media go on such a hate mission in my life. In the basketball court, they're STILL doing the same moves and then calling Lebron / Steph the GOAT.
@@slavdog3180 What you wrote makes no sense. When I play basketball, I am primarily a defender, so you’re just completely off. Just because I think Harden is a great player it doesn’t mean my defense sucks. I am merely highlighting the blatant bias against Harden even though you are doing exactly the same moves on the court. It doesn’t mean I do those moves or am skilled enough to even do it, or how I play on the court. It has nothing to do with me at all.
I'm a big Harden fan, but part of the hate is how he plays the game. I loved his game during his rockets years but hated the foulbaiting, mostly because it detracted from his greatness Also, the way he's been carrying himself the past few years is offputting
@Bruno Montenegro What about Game 5 and 6 in the 2019 playoff series where Kd wasn't avaliable. Where was harden then? Nowhere to be seen in the 4th quarters. On the other hand, the chef took care of business in the 4th.
@@chinchukwu9174 i do, and deep down you do too, thats why you stalk james harden videos and downtalk him. LOL dont worry i do the same on stephen curry videos
@@chinchukwu9174 yes that steph curry. Harden has a higher career box plus minus, more career vorp, a higher career win shares per 48, more career points, rebounds, steals, assists, and is 3rd all time in 3 pointers made. go to basketball reference
I remember teams were deadass forcing him to his right hand, and there were entire segments being done on TV on how to stop this man.
bro they were literally standing behind him to make him drive 😂💀
Harden's shooting ability is so underrated. Casuals see his 36-37% 3pt and think he's just an average or a slightly above average 3pt shooter but they fail to take into account that he's attempting like 8-10+ threes while taking difficult step backs & shots off the dribble.
110% deserved mvp that season idk how ppl would see his ppg and not say that’s the mvp and obviously points isn’t the only reason why harden should’ve won that year like he was a solo carrying his team to the 4th seed with 36pts 7ast 7rbds 2stls 🗿
you'r justifying harden's 37% 3pt shooting by saying he step backs are difficult shots. ok, why doesn't he just stop taking step back shots then (to increase his %)? oh wait---he won't stop because the nba changed the rules so he can actually keep doing that move (which is a clear travel half the time).
@@chinchukwu9174 casual
he carried whole rockets by himself alone , one of the best 1 player season for me.
Yeah he should of won mvp that year In my opinion carried that team when a lot of players were hurt and had to do everything himself as a rockets fan I miss seeing this James I hate that he isn’t the same player as used to be
LOL...exactly. he did only because he can only play in one type of offense. and that offense is: "give me the ball---and everyone else watch." the real reason why he's so unsuccessful playing with other star. think about that.
@@chinchukwu9174 such a casual its sad, houston had terrible management my guy
@@saddsatan terrible management...LOL. ok, but who did management consult when it came to personnel decisions?...JAMES HARDEN. but I'm sure you knew this being that you're not a casual and all...
NBA mvp, 3 TIME BACK TO BACK scoring titles, assist title, almost a steal title, 6MOTY, 36PPG season, 3 2nd place MVP finishes, this man is legendary
0 rings 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ name a single player that went and got a ring on their absolute own. Notice how I said absolute so I actually give me an answer because 1 there's isn't anyone and 2 if I just said name a player that just won a ring on their own you can say 2011 Dirk
@@t-bird4738
*"name a single player that went and got a ring on their absolute own."*
MJ won the 1991 and 1998 championships without an all star defeating prime magic prime worthy prime malone prime stockton 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ first you're using a example where the greatest player of all time went out there and got it done in a less competitive era (let's just call it what it is it's a less competitive era back then)not to mention he had an amazing coaching staff but that's beside the point if you really want to use MICHAEL JORDAN as an example for something where debating about JAMES HARDEN I've already won this debate because if that's the only person you can talk about that's the only person that shows where James Harden is.
@@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ and if you don't agree with what I just said the first time let's go back to that take. I said name a single player that went out and got a ring on their ABSOLUTE own it's not even physically possible to go get a ring a NBA championship by yourself you need you need a great coaching staff, you need great players, you need more than one person to be able to score the basketball defend the basketball and even if you got a counter for all that I said absolute on bro there's nobody that scored 100% of the points that they've won while they won a chip so this conversation is over that's exactly why I said that just to see how dumb you were. I'm not even James Harden fan but bro you sound so dumb.
Watching him now, it's night and day in terms of the explosiveness and acceleration he used to play with.
Most under-appreciated player of all time
Crazy how everyone would rather hate this man than appreciate his greatness like no one is ever going to have a more historic run in our lifetime
no. people are willing to say harden is great without acknowledging the fact that he played for a coach who thought it was ok for harden to dance and step back for 8 years while his team mates watched (THAT was the offense). that is not greatness...that's selfishness. he's the same player today. hasn't changed.
@@chinchukwu9174 casual
@@saddsatan he gotta be. mike dantoni was only the rockets head coach for 3 years and before that when mchale was the coach the rockets offense and James play style was very different he don’t know what he talking bout
He deserved the MVP that year, he could've got it back to back, giannis deserved 2019
You know that people just are media sheep when you hear them say Harden is boring to watch)))
LOL...no, it's really the media that has people believing that harden is a great player. the media's treatment of harden is why people have forgotten what the criteria for greatness really is. it's sure not about 3pt shooting and step backs.
I still don’t understand why he and CP3 could not put there differences aside.. We needed more than 2 years with this dynamic duo
shits sad because cp fit james play style better than anyone they put around him in houston
Harden played with Russ, KD, CP3, and now Embiid, and can't win an eastern conference final.
@@Jbeats37 Russ was hurt during that run, harden and kyrie were hurt during that run, cp3 was hurt during that run, and embiid was hurt during this run. Most unlucky player in nba history
@@smitho4129 literally
bro i miss prime james harden so bad
Casuals actually say this man is wack. Weird world
"give me the ball and have the other players watch." that's the only offense harden can play in. that's not wack to you?
@@chinchukwu9174 you mean, give me the ball and I will win you games and make the second round + every year. You don’t say that about Bron. Stop bro.
@@SunnyDarkoShow lebron?... the same lebron who has been to 10 straight finals and has won 4 championships? you mean THAT lebron? how many championships has harden been to/played in as the 1st option on a team? oh, NONE. but yet, coaches keep putting the ball in his hands. 🤔 no, YOU stop.
@@chinchukwu9174 in the east. It was Harden who was battling Curry in the WEST. Stop bro. Bron got stopped by the exact same team. Only golden state was in hardens way, you can’t deny it.
@@SunnyDarkoShow let me bottom line this. lebron beat the SAME Steph curry in the finals that harden couldn't beat in 3 WCF tries. you're saying all this to say what?....harden is better than lebron? bruh, you buggin. you think he's better than Steph? 😆😆🤣🤣 bruh...
Yea it’s wild 2k never had him at a 99 in playnow I mean this dude this year was a human game breaker, broke basketball, had grown men crying on live tv what a fucking time to be in houston texas
As a sixers fan I just want this guy back😔
Trust me--you’re better off without him.
3:21 I admire that defender
He re-invented the step back that season. Ppl were asking him what new move he’s gonna practice that offseason too
😆🤣 are yo serious? he re-invented the step back by adding another step in there. that's a travel. but the NEW rules say otherwise.
@@chinchukwu9174 He changed the previously invented step back
@@nicholasgangwer4895 yea, like I said---he changed it by adding an extra step. if you've played organized basketball you would know that you cannot take two steps after picking up the ball from a standing position (not in motion). THAT is a travel. period.
There will never be another version of Houston Harden, Brooklyn and sixers Harden will never come close.
This harden and 2022 harden are like completely different players
It's amazing how Harden had D-Howard,Russ and Cp3 in Houston and no championship with them.
One CP3 hamstring injury away from it though.
Howard was kind of a bozo in houston besides the blazers series in 2014 and westbrook was a major detriment to houston if anything
Sigh. Miss you bro 😢
I, too, like to live in the past🙄
He really got cheated out of mvp this year shit crazy 🤦🏾♂️
Facts
Giannis deserved it
@@BasketballHighway19 harden deserved it way more
@@rafaelisslaam1894 no he didn't
@@BasketballHighway19 Yes, he did. What the hell did Giannis do different? Harden is obviously more talented and he did have the better season. Bro got cheated.
LIL B LIFTED THE HARDEN CURSE LIVE ON ESPN AND THIS MAN WENT IN, THERE CAN BE NO DENYING THE CURSE
FUCK KD - lil b
Was this the season he dropped 36ppg?
yes n they gave giannis the mvps
Song plz
0:28 😱
If he could to do this in broooklyn, they can win it all even without kyrie
No mid range shots lol
It’s not like that was literally the first shot of the video
Yep , he very rarely shot from that range , that was his weak in that year i think , he could average more points if he used that shot
@@e1a949 So we gone act like he ain’t shot a mid the first shot and he can shot from the mid he just choose not to
@@e1a949 why yall act like he's not a great midrange shooter ??? He choose not to shot from midrange cuz he was under Dantoni system
@@RubyMaster_mlbb yeah and it is beautiful to watch.
At the gym. You'd see people doing these exact moves, and mid-conversation about NBA players, immediately hate on James Harden even though he's the reason why you're doing EXACTLY THOSE MOVES ON THE DAMN COURT. I've never seen the sports media go on such a hate mission in my life. In the basketball court, they're STILL doing the same moves and then calling Lebron / Steph the GOAT.
People like you credit influence over defense and winning. Not awful, but not a great take either
@@slavdog3180 What you wrote makes no sense. When I play basketball, I am primarily a defender, so you’re just completely off. Just because I think Harden is a great player it doesn’t mean my defense sucks. I am merely highlighting the blatant bias against Harden even though you are doing exactly the same moves on the court. It doesn’t mean I do those moves or am skilled enough to even do it, or how I play on the court. It has nothing to do with me at all.
I'm a big Harden fan, but part of the hate is how he plays the game. I loved his game during his rockets years but hated the foulbaiting, mostly because it detracted from his greatness
Also, the way he's been carrying himself the past few years is offputting
Curry’s dad
Curry destroyed Harden for 4 years in the playoffs, Curry owns Harden 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Bruno Montenegro What about Game 5 and 6 in the 2019 playoff series where Kd wasn't avaliable. Where was harden then? Nowhere to be seen in the 4th quarters. On the other hand, the chef took care of business in the 4th.
@Bruno Montenegro excuses excuses excuses excuses excuses 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ did Harden have better teammates? Better system? Better coaching staff?
@@t-bird4738 yup and still lost 🤣🤣🤣
Robbed of 3 mvps… crazy.
Defense
People hate harden because he didn’t defeat warriors w/o CP3
2:56
and got robed for mvp. 🤦🏻♂️
Nope
10:03
and then got destroyed by an injured gsw team 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
then destroy gsw until he got injured*
@@michaellarose5827 Steph wasn't healthy in the series, KD was out, but harden chokes and loses to gsw with prime CP3 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ 😐
@@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ prime? Haha you're throwing that word around losely
@@EhhSenpai 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Y u keep talking for
Overrated
Your moms overrated
@@Pena_Is_Him You seem mad Harden fanboy, your hero is a loser hahahahaha mine is 6-0 in the finals 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ bill Russell> mj
You really calling the guy who averaged 36ppg overrated 💀
claims to be unstoppable but doesnt have a ring 💍 ? 😂
His pinky is worth more than your existence
@@kenontesteverson3090 maybe your trash ass life but not mine 😂
@@woodsglobe2514 your life bout worse than a fortnite kid
@Truly_Crypt1c you harden fan boys delusional he aint no top 3 scorer all time 🤣
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Harden is so fine as a comedian
haha...James "I'm good for the regular season" harden is way, way overrated. funny how people are so desperate to prove he's great. he isn't
harden is better than stephen curry
@@EndOfTheDemocrats 😆🤣...you don't believe that.
@@chinchukwu9174 i do, and deep down you do too, thats why you stalk james harden videos and downtalk him. LOL dont worry i do the same on stephen curry videos
@@EndOfTheDemocrats lol...just so I'm clear-----you're talking about Steph curry that just won the chip/finals MVP?...THAT step curry?
@@chinchukwu9174 yes that steph curry. Harden has a higher career box plus minus, more career vorp, a higher career win shares per 48, more career points, rebounds, steals, assists, and is 3rd all time in 3 pointers made. go to basketball reference