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NAOS said:
I absolutely hate watching Harden, bro. I don't think it's because he's on the Rockets (or any specific team, really). I think it's 100% because of his style of play.
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So even though the consensus for Non-Rocket fans is that they hate Harden, and consensus for all Rocket fans is that they love Harden.

You think Rocket fans are just a crazy breed. And if people who hate Harden suddenly had him on their team they would still hate him? Would Rocket fans still love him if he wasn’t in Houston?

Not worth arguing about, but I don’t buy it for a second. 67 win seasons, WCF game 7 against the best team ever, historically great statistical years. We’d take it.
 
Defending Harden becomes like a mental game, when he does the multiple dribble between his legs you think "alright, the slight step back to the right and three is coming", but if you anticipate the move too soon he will drive to the left or pull something else out of the hat. But I agree, Harden would seem like a strange fit here with how Quin likes to orchestrate the offense. You adjust to players like that I guess.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
So even though the consensus for Non-Rocket fans is that they hate Harden, and consensus for all Rocket fans is that they love Harden.

You think Rocket fans are just a crazy breed. And if people who hate Harden suddenly had him on their team they would still hate him? Would Rocket fans still love him if he wasn’t in Houston?

Not worth arguing about, but I don’t buy it for a second. 67 win seasons, WCF game 7 against the best team ever, historically great statistical years. We’d take it.
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If you're looking at things from a general view, then every mass of sports fans is a strange breed. So, yes.

A large part of Harden's attacks and counterattacks are built around appealing to the referees for fouls. Another large part is dribbling and jacking unassisted shots. I'm really not into either of those things. Should we talk about defense next?

I appreciate that Harden is skilled. But given the choice to watch him or, say, Curry.... it's Curry 10 times.
 
NAOS said:
If you're looking at things from a general view, then every mass of sports fans is a strange breed. So, yes.

A large part of Harden's attacks and counterattacks are built around appealing to the referees for fouls. Another large part is dribbling and jacking unassisted shots. I'm really not into either of those things. Should we talk about defense next?

I appreciate that Harden is skilled. But given the choice to watch him or, say, Curry.... it's Curry 10 times.
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I'd rather watch Curry than any other current superstar.
 
NAOS said:
I appreciate that Harden is skilled. But given the choice to watch him or, say, Curry.... it's Curry 10 times.
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Lol well absolutely no argument there, Curry is the dream player to play for your own team. Imagine if he was our PG, my god. I day dream about it sometimes.

Hardens is talented and skilled beyond belief, and the underrated aspect is that he is a basketball genius and sees the floor amazingly well. He is always in complete control. If you watched him everyday and cheered when those shots were falling instead of the opposite, I have no doubt people would appreciate him way more. Even if you don’t like the way he utilizes his insane skill and intelligence to get fouled a bunch during a game, he still wins. And that would endear him to any fan base imo.
 
I agree with both NAOS and Bawse Dawg here. If Harden played for us, we would both dislike some of what he did, and cheer wildly for him and defend him while he brought us victories. Humans never have a problem with these sorts of contradictions.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
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Lol well absolutely no argument there, Curry is the dream player to play for your own team. Imagine if he was our PG, my god. I day dream about it sometimes.

Hardens is talented and skilled beyond belief, and the underrated aspect is that he is a basketball genius and sees the floor amazingly well. He is always in complete control. If you watched him everyday and cheered when those shots were falling instead of the opposite, I have no doubt people would appreciate him way more. Even if you don’t like the way he utilizes his insane skill and intelligence to get fouled a bunch during a game, he still wins. And that would endear him to any fan base imo.
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I'm not shifting the goal posts. Perhaps you have a bad premise? Masses of fans will flock to winning? Well, yeah. EVERY FAN will flock to winning? No.

Harden ain't my kind of fighter. Sorry.

Curry was just an example. I think the language I used made that clear. Here's a list of players I'd rather watch than Harden (I'm going to give myself less than a minute to do this, so the list will not be complete):

Curry
Durant
Kawhi
LeBron
Mitchell
Gobert
Ingles
Irving
Tatum
Simmons
Embiid
Jokic
Lowry
Lillard
Doncic
Fox
ETC
 
Hey, Jamaal Tinsley anyone? The way he charged with one leg ahead of him to get past half court? That’s gold right there, guis. You know the action I’m talking about.
 
One Brow said:
I agree with both NAOS and Bawse Dawg here. If Harden played for us, we would both dislike some of what he did, and cheer wildly for him and defend him while he brought us victories. Humans never have a problem with these sorts of contradictions.
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This.
He would bother me if he played for the jazz, but bother me much much less and I would cheer for him as he drops 50 on an almost nightly basis and we contend for championships.

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