harden lowkey can be a really good defender. Hes quick on his feet, and is strong enough to take the bump; Hes also highly intelligent at using his body to beat players to their spot. With him not having to carry so much of the offensive burden, him focusing on defense in the playoffs are going to take the rockets to the next level.
Ain’t gonna happen with the way they play and the team they form imo. I still think their better chance was they year they were taking GSW to task if not only CP3 didn’t get injured
Honestly no. Harden was standing flat footed playing D yet kawhi settled for straight up retarded shots. Harden missed shots he’s more than capable of making with the same coverage
If you still want an explanation a lot of Kawhi’s game is not just outmaneuvering but also just overpowering his opponent. He has a super strong frame and it allows him to literally move his defenders off his spots and basically get open almost whenever he feels like. Harden is one of those players you 9/10 times won’t overpower, because he’s also strong as hell.
Jaden Ayala Its an old joke from his younger days carried into today and still used by people who haven’t watched him. I think he’s a very solid on ball defender and statistically is one of the better post defenders in the league! His improvement there is honestly one of his most underrated qualities as a player
He used to be a lazy defender in his early Rockets days. He rarely put any real effort. Nowadays he definitely puts enough effort into that side of the ball so I"m not sure why people keep insisting that he doesn't play D.
didnt know Kawhi iso'd that much. must be a nightmare having kawhi as the matchup. absolutely clamps you on defense and then as good as anyone in the league 1on1
What happens last time bucks and clippers met Lebron? This is a fact tell me what happened? Lebron guarded Giannis and Leonard what happened? Don’t give me some stat from 5 10 year ago this is now and it’s all true now tell me how did MVP Giannis go vs lebron 1v1 in his prime and 8 years younger than Bron and same for Leonard? Explain it to me
@@igornovakovic6725 there were more than just that game my guy. Both Leonard and giannis drop 30 pieces fairly easy. Especially giannis in the first game against the lakers.
James Harden has actually become very underrated on the defensive end...He's one of the greatest talents the league has seen, but people hate his style of play so he doesn't get the credit
So is KD and Curry's because people don't talk about KD or Steph's defense and this season I've watched a handful of Warriors games and Steph has actually made some huge plays in crunch time on the defensive end of the court and the game the Warriors played against the Kings a week or two ago he absolutely ripped Willie Cauley Stein with a huge block in the final minute to close out a 4 point win for the Warriors.
See how many mistakes they make, everyone makes mistakes, nobody is perfect, everybody is bound to missing, dont ever let yourself down, learn from the mistakes and get back up
its just funny how everybody inna comments just talkin bout james harden defense and allat. the most significant thing i pulled from this video is that kawhi is the only player in basketball that can lock harden😭😭
Harden is a underrated defender. He’s got the size and the quick feet. When he chooses to play defense he actually plays really good defense. His on ball defense is above average but his off ball defense is pretty bad and that’s why people assume he’s a bad defender.
Harden is a good defender.. he just focuses or drains too much energy on offense and is lazy on defense. When he wants to he can defend well on perimeter and post.
I always use to be a hater and say Harden doesn't play defense but honestly if you look closely he does what he is supposed to on defense. He isn't going to win DYOP or anything but he uses his feet to stay in front of people and doesn't bite often on pump fakes. Matter of fact he did a good job of forcing Kawhi to take a low percentage shot most of the time in these clips.
You lot are really trying to say just cause Kawhi had a bad offensive game......that harden locked him up. Nah G..nah. harden is a great defender but is game he didn't even get his hands up 💯
Roberto Bernardez it is there almost everytime he doesnt score 40+ points (when his offensive input isnt that high).. there is a limit to how much one player can do on both sides of the court
Well, two things: first, Kahwi NEVER actually guards Harden one on one. NOBODY does as the strategy by every coach is to guard Harden with the entire team. What is shocking to someone who consumes a lot of media is how relatively effortlessly Harden shuts fown Leonard the few times he's Mano a Mano with him. We need to see 5he entire games to see how much Harden sustains that effort, but watching these clips, a novice would be hard pressed not to conclude that HARDEN was the defensive ace.
2:45 PJ Tucker is ASSSS. Like for god’s sake you see the shield Kawhi has on Harden, and you’re still trying your absolute hardest to get the ball to him all because you’re 30 and still can’t create even a shot for yourself? That is terrible.
by no means is Kawhi better than Harden.. he has a little bit better deffense, but hardens offensive input makes up for it.. harden is and always has been the better player
Okay lift ur hand up against me especially if u have the wingspan and size of hands kawhi has I don’t think putting ur hand up is enough same with KD against most players they put their hands up but KD not covered because of his high set point just like kawhi and being very tall
@Marcus Schultz lol your the dumbass if think so cause they were losing games with their 5 guard line up that they should've won but didnt cause of fatigue stupid think before you speak
@Marcus Schultz and I been watching basketball since Lamar Odom, Corey maggette, Elton brand, chris kamen and Andrew miller were on the clippers stupid ass
The last game they played was bad can’t get wrecked by 30 at home. Clippers are for sure the better team but anything can happen. They matched up better with capela but they’re too small now Harrell ate them alive
Tony McDaniels IMO they are I want the rockets to win but after the small ball trade the clippers are just better. They had everybody healthy at home and the game was over after pretty much 5 minutes.
@@tonymcdaniels3707 Hello Los Angeles Clippers are a better team than the Houston Rockets just because the Houston Rockets won some of the games doesn't mean they're better
People said that last year when did Houston Rockets are going against the Golden State and Houston Rockets lost in 6 games without without Kevin Durant
so many bias ass*** in the comments.. in all three of this games, harden was the superior player, he avv 37points, 7 reb, 8 assists and 3 steals.. he went after kawhis ass in every chance and kawhi did not engage ONCE against harden unless he had no choice coz no one was around
All yall dudes who think this is real ball with all that carrying going on I'm sorry but it takes a lot of validation away both these players carry every time they dribble the ball I guess I got to get used to it ..... it's a part of the game if your a star #rigged
Harden stepping up his defense when needed. Respect. Kawhi obviously a defensive demon though.
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Hardens actually a decent defender he just never tries
@@bapple7844 it's difficult playing good defence when you have to run every offensive possessions. Now, with 2 other stars, he's playing good defence
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Stop it Harden fouling like crazy alot of no call
harden lowkey can be a really good defender. Hes quick on his feet, and is strong enough to take the bump; Hes also highly intelligent at using his body to beat players to their spot. With him not having to carry so much of the offensive burden, him focusing on defense in the playoffs are going to take the rockets to the next level.
Ain’t gonna happen with the way they play and the team they form imo.
I still think their better chance was they year they were taking GSW to task if not only CP3 didn’t get injured
Harden is a good defender, was top 3 in steals recently I believe, he got better, just ppl hate on him from his few plays from couple years ago
Yet he is bad at help defence
Bob Lettermen its cause he doesn't play help defense
Finally, someone gets it! Russ the best thing to happen to Harden since his stepback!
When Harden wants to play defense he's an excellent defender
Idk about excellent lol. Nothing he did here proved that.
“Excellent “🤣🤣
More like slightly above average considering he weighs a lot and isn't slow either.
Yusuf Jones bitch wtf do you mean he played solid defense on kawhi one of the best in the game and some argue the best in the game rn tf
Not suprising: very quick, very strong and very long
They basically clamped each other..good stuff
Not really no
@@captainsimp8864 yes
@@Bri.ThaRapper
No
Honestly no. Harden was standing flat footed playing D yet kawhi settled for straight up retarded shots. Harden missed shots he’s more than capable of making with the same coverage
@@chrisatsaves356
I know right😅😅😅
Why is James harden locking kawhi down what the hell is going on
He's nice one on one defender just lazy to play it
He's not
He didn't lock down anyone
If you still want an explanation a lot of Kawhi’s game is not just outmaneuvering but also just overpowering his opponent. He has a super strong frame and it allows him to literally move his defenders off his spots and basically get open almost whenever he feels like. Harden is one of those players you 9/10 times won’t overpower, because he’s also strong as hell.
Besides Tucker need to protect the rim, U just need to take a look to other good choice on Leonard?
This guy just picks up the basketball like it's a tennis or golf ball✋
That's ALL you saw?
Emmanuel Enyinwa Maybe that’s ALL he wanted to point out
0:09 Kawhi used James Harden’s move on him, he just missed the shot. Just thought I’d point that out
3Peat Bryant ? Nigga stfu
Rico just sayin (dont know what your problem is) 🤷♂️
3Peat Bryant love u dawg
Rico aight I’m done 🤦♂️
3Peat Bryant bro say it back wtf
My two favourite players. I’d love this matchup in the playoffs hopefully
This can actually happen if the rockets beat the lakers, but probably lakers in 6
Defense is played as a unit. I dont agree w people saying Harden doesn't play D.
Jaden Ayala Its an old joke from his younger days carried into today and still used by people who haven’t watched him. I think he’s a very solid on ball defender and statistically is one of the better post defenders in the league! His improvement there is honestly one of his most underrated qualities as a player
He used to be a lazy defender in his early Rockets days. He rarely put any real effort. Nowadays he definitely puts enough effort into that side of the ball so I"m not sure why people keep insisting that he doesn't play D.
Defensive player of the year , showtime stopper james harden
Bro why does hardens defense actually look decent lol
He defended well this year
Last 2 years hes been better than a good defender
hardens good at guarding bigger/slower people
Its not 2016 dude
becoz kawhi is distracted by harden's beard.....its like a third hand tryin to strip the ball
didnt know Kawhi iso'd that much. must be a nightmare having kawhi as the matchup. absolutely clamps you on defense and then as good as anyone in the league 1on1
He didn’t have any choice in 2020 cuz clips ain’t have a real PG that could help facilitate. He had to have the balls in his hands much more.
Harden played better d on the claw than lebron lol
Harden with effort is a tough defender same for bron
Brandon Menifee It wont matter to his fans bro. Just let them win.
What happens last time bucks and clippers met Lebron? This is a fact tell me what happened? Lebron guarded Giannis and Leonard what happened? Don’t give me some stat from 5 10 year ago this is now and it’s all true now tell me how did MVP Giannis go vs lebron 1v1 in his prime and 8 years younger than Bron and same for Leonard? Explain it to me
@@igornovakovic6725 there were more than just that game my guy. Both Leonard and giannis drop 30 pieces fairly easy. Especially giannis in the first game against the lakers.
Kawhi isn’t that good offensively
Crazy, Harden locking Kawhi up and can make him laugh at the same time lol
2:07 got em leaning 😂😎 these two are some of my favorite players in the league
Really impressive for a guy that doesn’t load manage
To be fair, his load management was just taking possessions off on D, moreso a few years ago
MC Grindah He still went out there and played.
yeah, and if they get injured you say omg i cant believe he tore his acl
Really good for a guy who doesn’t have rings
Mickey Ari That’s another great thing about harden has been his durability (knock on wood)
James Harden has actually become very underrated on the defensive end...He's one of the greatest talents the league has seen, but people hate his style of play so he doesn't get the credit
Tf Oh Drawing fouls, they think he travels on his step back. That’s why they don’t like his style of play.
@Tf Oh Look up BBALLBREAKDOWN channel for travel calls.
So is KD and Curry's because people don't talk about KD or Steph's defense and this season I've watched a handful of Warriors games and Steph has actually made some huge plays in crunch time on the defensive end of the court and the game the Warriors played against the Kings a week or two ago he absolutely ripped Willie Cauley Stein with a huge block in the final minute to close out a 4 point win for the Warriors.
See how many mistakes they make, everyone makes mistakes, nobody is perfect, everybody is bound to missing, dont ever let yourself down, learn from the mistakes and get back up
its just funny how everybody inna comments just talkin bout james harden defense and allat. the most significant thing i pulled from this video is that kawhi is the only player in basketball that can lock harden😭😭
Man I really hope Harden and Westbrook win a chip, can't imagine the salt from their haters if that ever happens.
@The Truth
The Houston Rockets are not going to win playoff
Love these videos. Keep it up 👍🏿
Harden is a underrated defender. He’s got the size and the quick feet. When he chooses to play defense he actually plays really good defense. His on ball defense is above average but his off ball defense is pretty bad and that’s why people assume he’s a bad defender.
man the beard only scored on a broken defensive play and a deep three
Jorlene Lyle Dulogildo Oooook and Leonard only scored a mid range and a three. What’s your point?
I think they both played each other well
@@Aj-xl2in what, only midrange and threes? Have you even watched him play?
KD's Burner I was referring to the video in response to the original comment. Use your context clues goof
Gotta give credit for James Harden for not being scared to guard the bigger and more revered Kawhi Leonard he was picking him up before half court too
Harden is a good defender.. he just focuses or drains too much energy on offense and is lazy on defense. When he wants to he can defend well on perimeter and post.
man thats looks so vintage, awesome
I always use to be a hater and say Harden doesn't play defense but honestly if you look closely he does what he is supposed to on defense. He isn't going to win DYOP or anything but he uses his feet to stay in front of people and doesn't bite often on pump fakes. Matter of fact he did a good job of forcing Kawhi to take a low percentage shot most of the time in these clips.
2:02 That’s TUFF
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No one:
Kawhi: Heeeeyy!!!!
Now they’re both teammates
Well... I know it took a long time finding footage of Harden playing defence. That's worth a sub its self
No, it DIDNT "take long". That's a comp of ALL the two matching up. Leonard hardle ever guarded Jordan, either.
@@emmanuelenyinwa1443 You dont say......
Harden, I mean.
very funny.. this was hardens deffense in only 3 games against the clippers.. he is a top 10 deffender this season
@@imcoolwiththat9668 😂 based on what?
It’s crazy how people say harden can’t play defense it just shows they haven’t been watching him he actually play defense
2:57 but harden flops??😂
Ikr
Straight outta hardens book
Don't try to compare this to the many times James Harden has flopped
should've just called this a brick compilation. good defense from both players tho
The Klaw vs the beard
never thought i'd saw harden defense highlights againts kahwi lol
Neither of them scored until 1 minute and 20 seconds in.
You lot are really trying to say just cause Kawhi had a bad offensive game......that harden locked him up. Nah G..nah. harden is a great defender but is game he didn't even get his hands up 💯
Possibly the Best offensive Player vs the Best Defensive Player
hardens iq shows so much on defense when he’s trying
Now theyre teammates
Westbrook and curry next nba finals
The Harden is the underrated defender
James Harden 2/6 for 9 points and Kawhi 3/9 for 7 points
Can you make Harden vs Antetokounmpo all 1v1 Plays. I want that rivalry
Well its indubitably that harden performing better when the tow face off 😂
Rye Bread yea the claw turn into a robot mode in the playoffs, but I was surprised seeing this clip, he did much better job against lebron.
Rye Bread in 2017 it was pretty much even or harden had the edge
Did i heard it right? "Harden good defense"?🤔
if you are confused by that, you havent watched NBA for the last 2 years
@@imcoolwiththat9668 i'm not always stuck in the tv watching. But i do watch. Harden's defense is there. But you can't see him doing it every game.
Roberto Bernardez it is there almost everytime he doesnt score 40+ points (when his offensive input isnt that high).. there is a limit to how much one player can do on both sides of the court
@@imcoolwiththat9668 there is only when you limit yourself.
Well, two things: first, Kahwi NEVER actually guards Harden one on one. NOBODY does as the strategy by every coach is to guard Harden with the entire team. What is shocking to someone who consumes a lot of media is how relatively effortlessly Harden shuts fown Leonard the few times he's Mano a Mano with him. We need to see 5he entire games to see how much Harden sustains that effort, but watching these clips, a novice would be hard pressed not to conclude that HARDEN was the defensive ace.
2:45 PJ Tucker is ASSSS. Like for god’s sake you see the shield Kawhi has on Harden, and you’re still trying your absolute hardest to get the ball to him all because you’re 30 and still can’t create even a shot for yourself? That is terrible.
Offense/defense vs Pure offense
Man Harden Actually Played Good Defense On Kawhi, But Kawhi's Defense Was Greater And Harden Drawed Alot Of Ridiculous Fouls T_T
Who else here thought Harden would look a lot worse on defense?
Harden and curry are the same, hard to guard but easy to score on them
Nah leo is not feeling well that's reason he didn't played fullest.
GOOD D JAMES!!! I see u
This proves harden is the best player in the nba
Harden for defensive player of the year
Funny as it is, Kawhi was better 1 on 1 VS Lebron James than James Harden... somehow Harden kept Kawhi from scoring consistently.
"Good defense by Harden"
Meanwhile Kawhi is just missing his shots and Harden isnt doing any defense
Stop hying on Klaw and taking the fact that he isn’t better than Harden
he really aint,been in some pretty good situations
@@cjeffords5843 Stay of the WEED
C Jeffords Hes better than Harden.
by no means is Kawhi better than Harden.. he has a little bit better deffense, but hardens offensive input makes up for it.. harden is and always has been the better player
Gimmie dat *chris brown voice* 1:59
You can see Kawhi's dominance.
Harden for DPoY
He mean he had a bad shooting night
Same with the lakers to y’all tripping
Giannis vs Kawhi please
Harden locked his ass up
Harden wasn’t playin defense he just lifted his hand up kawhi just missed it happens
That's called defense.
Dumbass
You can sat that to litetally every defensive possession in history
thats pretty much all kawhi does aswell .. he is avv the same amount of steals as harden and harden is avv more blocks ..
Okay lift ur hand up against me especially if u have the wingspan and size of hands kawhi has I don’t think putting ur hand up is enough same with KD against most players they put their hands up but KD not covered because of his high set point just like kawhi and being very tall
Rockets were deadly with Capela they should've never traded him and I'm a Clippers fan lol
@Marcus Schultz lol your the dumbass if think so cause they were losing games with their 5 guard line up that they should've won but didnt cause of fatigue stupid think before you speak
@Marcus Schultz and I been watching basketball since Lamar Odom, Corey maggette, Elton brand, chris kamen and Andrew miller were on the clippers stupid ass
That last Rockets-Warriors series exposed Capela and with the add of Westbrook they cant have two non-shooters in the court.
@Marcus Schultz
You sound stupid as hell calling him bandwagon just because he said he's a Clipper fan and saying that Keith Avenue basketball
harden absolutely cooks “the claw”😂 harden ain’t scared of load management lmao he dropped 47 points on this guy😂
Nope
Cocaine a hellavu drug
Harden plays good D on Kahwi
Don't hype Harden up
why dont you give credit where its due.. Harden clearlly smoked Kawhi and the clipper in the 3 games they played this seasson
@@imcoolwiththat9668 I said what I said. He's overrated and doesn't play team ball. That's it and that's all. Stop catching feelings.
DarkDante yikes when did you start watching basketball
@@cm8152 For years for your information. I said what I said.
DarkDante hahah ..if anything, he is underrated buddy
Exactly why tf do ppl think the clippers just finna dog walk Houston in the 2nd round Houston won most of their games against them so far tf
The last game they played was bad can’t get wrecked by 30 at home. Clippers are for sure the better team but anything can happen. They matched up better with capela but they’re too small now Harrell ate them alive
Kirbystare1992 no they not they tied with them in their regular season games ain’t no proof or anything to say they better than the rockets
Tony McDaniels IMO they are I want the rockets to win but after the small ball trade the clippers are just better. They had everybody healthy at home and the game was over after pretty much 5 minutes.
@@tonymcdaniels3707
Hello Los Angeles Clippers are a better team than the Houston Rockets just because the Houston Rockets won some of the games doesn't mean they're better
People said that last year when did Houston Rockets are going against the Golden State and Houston Rockets lost in 6 games without without Kevin Durant
Why harden playing better defense than lebron 😂😂😂
so many bias ass*** in the comments.. in all three of this games, harden was the superior player, he avv 37points, 7 reb, 8 assists and 3 steals.. he went after kawhis ass in every chance and kawhi did not engage ONCE against harden unless he had no choice coz no one was around
You can see that kawhi is much better in raptors
this shit is so biased over here showing kawhi misses tf😂😂 and plays where kawhi doesn’t even guard harden but gets a steal😂
Let’s be real ever since Kawhi left the Spurs Harden has been cooking his ass
Idk if yall knoe but stop disrespecting harden mans is a top 4 sg where tf does kawhi rank at sf?
Are you talking about Top shooting guards in history or right now because Leonard is behind LeBron James with Kevin Durant out at SF now
Lay off the crack
Also if you're talkin about top-ranked shooting guard in NBA history James Harden is not in the top 10 there is a video about it go look it up
You you going to respond or you scared to get exposed
tik take foul harden is sonn 😠😳🥶
All yall dudes who think this is real ball with all that carrying going on I'm sorry but it takes a lot of validation away both these players carry every time they dribble the ball I guess I got to get used to it ..... it's a part of the game if your a star #rigged
Curry vs kawhi
kawhi is better when healthy
Klaw!!!
Lmao nobody likes getting scored on fr
1:14 2:23
Kawhi looking like Kobe lol keep br
Bricking shots
One sided video lol
harden is the better player
kawhi is the luckier player
Harden can’t do what kawhi did in 2019
Toronto kawhi Pascal lowry FRED gsw only curry🤔
@@waidmanss DeMarcus cousins, Klay, Draymond Green and the rest of their role playing cast. I don't wanna hear it