I believe that Harden was a better scorer and playmaker than prime MJ for those two stints in 2018-19 and 2019-2020
@hopoff9968 Says:
What Harden was doing during that streak was incredible. I've never seen a player shoot free throws like that before. The poise, the form, the follow through👌
@Playboipete Says:
ppl are talking about prime harden. sure ofc its nutty but i also like PG harden. BK harden was probably the best star player you could pair with other star players. its almost like he learned from cp3 and fused it into his style to come up with a totally different style to fit with KD/Kyrie. the ability and IQ to do it was kinda insane. basically if he never got traded from OKC this is how he would have evolved and OKC would be a dynasty... good one presti..
@verward Says:
Seeing this back makes me cringe. Those guys guarding him with their arms on their back because the rules are/were whack. Of course he dropped 40 on them.
@kproductions2425 Says:
Prime Harden is what Luka and Shaqi want to be
@avonphoenix2914 Says:
ONLY PLAYER IN HISTORY THEY HAD TO GUARD FROM BEHIND 🤷 CRAZY THEY DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM
@rubikino7569 Says:
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@antwonwade1434 Says:
James harden is the second greatest 3pt shooter
@TayariLD Says:
Getting coaches ejected is crazy 😂😂😂
@incipidsigninsetup Says:
Watching the defense you can tell their fear wasnt Hardens talent but the refs hair trigger for blowing the whistle. One of the first clips in this video shows a defender gaurding Harden out on the perimeter with both hands behind his back. It pretty much says everything you need to know about reffing in James Harden's golden age of basketball.
@fredbanda5494 Says:
James "Let me step back" Harden
@Salaam_1217 Says:
With players like kevin durant,lebron and curry you were kinda scared of guarding them but with james harden you actually didn't wanna guard him 😭
@GXprogamer Says:
Cant believe this guy couldnt make it to the finals as 1st option cuz Warriors were in his conference every damn time💔💔😢
@messieveryday1585 Says:
Who else is laughing at the way they were defending Harden 😂😂
@stevenneato3518 Says:
honest question not asking to be an asshole. is this more impressive than kobes 50 for 4 straight or averaging 40 for a month?
kobes era was much more slower in pace. slower pace means less shots. considering teammates who were not good but also didnt have shooting ability to give the space that not just harden but everybody in this era benefited from. consider kobes achillies year was his most efficient and highest in triple doubles aswell as his highest assist year since he was in his early twenties. well his coach was dantioni who ushered in the pace and space era. far from peak kobe yet put up arguably his best season since he was 06 kobe. i love advanced stats cause they paint pictures that arent allowed to be seen by people that arent high level hoopers. and a lot of advanced stats paint a much different picture than kobe haters love to paint. not tryin to discredit the greatness that harden was in his peak. just tryin to show the greatness of a player who has a lot of bad stigmas created by people that try to diminish the greatest player of my generation. both all time great shooting guards but objectively speaking are on different levels of greatness in my opinion.
@NuradinAlas Says:
Prime James harden would easily dominate todays NBA
@namdar5709 Says:
MY GOAT
@Salammaleicu Says:
hard watching how they defended. holy shit that was terrible. they f-ed up the rules so hard back then, nice to see a slight trend towards bringing back defense again. this sh1t's hard to watch. all the less impressive this run of his
@reyngelo121 Says:
the most boring scorer to watch
@dipeshbohora-c5j Says:
his teammates arent happy with him scoring
@Staylowkey12 Says:
I will Never forget prime James Harden he was the killer back in His day 🔥😤
@stillstoned8524 Says:
Yea in the season for couldnt pull that shit off in the playoffs tho lml
@ZacCurry30 Says:
the only player to make a 50 point game look boring
@arnauguardia228 Says:
How many times he says STEP BACK
@superjoshua9853 Says:
Your tripping on origins it’s A or S for sure
@timespace6318 Says:
I am a fan of golden cooks.
@ronalddechosa3048 Says:
That step back is a killer🔥
@wrestlingwithjay3770 Says:
Amazing 🔥
@KIFFIKK Says:
Harden was so good he just gained weight and it fuvked him up
@franckdatou4578 Says:
King of iso
@sonandheir13 Says:
Man should def have a few rings. Loved watching him 2017-19
@LeeHunt-mu9nb Says:
It's crazy how he doesn't have at least three rings. Such a skillful scorer!
@JamesHardenoverKobe13 Says:
Yall got duped when yall believe the "James Harden cant carry and chokes". "James Harden travels" lines. Bewhahaha. Sorry James Harden haters. That's not a travel. The NBA released a statement going into detail on why they couldn't call it a travel according to the 2009 rule change. People tend to skip this part. LeBron, Kobe, and Wade traveled so much they had to change the travel rule in 2009 to allow an extra step.
Hey remember when kobe will hit people in the neck and head area when defended well. Harden is a cleaner version of Kobe. The double standard is adorable. Players like LeBron, Derek Fisher, Ginobili, Luka, Reggie Miller, Danny Ainge, and Vlade are examples of real flopping. Do you remember Lebron flopping in Miami. On ball, off ball, heck LeBron was flopping during timouts. Yet hey let's pretend none of this happened.
Funny how yall want to say "well Harden had Mike" D'antoni". Let that sink in. Kobe had Phil Jackson, Jerry West, and Tex Winter. Yet still needed to get bailed out. Hey remember when even Phil Jackson said kobe was an overrated defender. He even said to don't be fooled by his defensive team selections. That he got on those teams out of popularity rather than his defense.
I like how yall are against load manage in the regular season. Yet bash Harden for balling in the regular season during his prime. While skipping other teams who will load manage and skip games. That's actually the spurs "playoff secret". That was the whole point of CP3 after 2017. Funny how no spur fans will mention thier roster that year.
The spurs are now the reason why players skip games Who do you think taught Kawhi Leonard to sit out so many games. Heck he joined and already 60 win team while also adding post defense in Marc Gasol. Yet Kawhi Leonard was still using load management.
Ha. Easy to have energy or "consistency" at the end of the season when you load manage for most of your prime years. Kyrie is a perfect example. Kyrie played only three seasons with at least 70 regular season games. Yes you heard that right, only three. Funny to watch casual who obviously don't watch the game all year get amazed by Kyrie.
There was one point where Harden played more games than both KD and Kyrie combined and Kyrie wasn't even hurt. What about how Harden had to play without Joel embiid at one point against both Boston and Miami.
Funny how people skip the part where Lamarcus Aldridge had the best playoff series in his entire career vs Dwight Howard. Dwight was playing the least games and minutes during this part of his career. Keep in mind Dwight Howard played in more games with Kobe than in any season he did with Harden. Plus Kobe had Steve Nash as well that year. But hey let's pretend none of this happened. You can also debate Wade 2006 team was better than any Harden had in his prime.
Just to put the 2000s, 2010s, and the beginning of the 2020s into perspective. Hakeem dominated the era of the centers. Shaq "dominated" the era of the power forward. Huge difference. They played two injured teams in 2001. Then a team in the finals that was bailed out against the bucks. Plus Shaq and Kobe (not kobe and shaq) got bailed out in 2000 and 2002. Can you even call this a legitimate threepeat let alone a back to back? Cute.
Look at giannis weak champ. Imagine Hakeem missing games in the playoff while his team advanced without him to the next round during a champ run. Yet that's exactly what happened to giannis in 2021. The 1971 Bucks played against an injured Lakers and Baltimore team. Yet you can still debate 1971 was more competitive than 2021. Which do you prefer? 1971 Bucks or 2021? Sorry Giannis fans.
Hey remember when people try to say kobe quote about Harden was true. Cute. Yall realize kobe quote was actually what Phil Jackson said about Kobe in his prime. Yes go back and look what Phil Jackson said. Keep in mimd this happened right after the 2004 choke. Hey remember when kobe also said Devon Mitchell was going to beat Prime Harden? Now you see why Mitchell tries to play like Kobe so much.
Harden never had a superteam in his prime. Let alone choke with one like Kobe did in 2004 or LeBron and Wade in 2011. What happened to kobe after he ran Shaq and Phil off? Right. Nothing. Kobe even missed the playoffs during his prime. In his prime. It took three players to replace Shaq in Odom, Gasol, and Andrew Bynum. While Phil Jackson returned.
The Rockets took kobe to game 7 in 2009. Keep in mind Tmac missed the entire series while Yao missed half the series. Plus game 7 of 2010 is another example of kobe bricking and getting bailed out. Yet this is suppose to save kobe from the shaq talk? Hahaha!!!
Shaq and kobe loved themselves more than the game. Meanwhile, Spurs started load management. That's the spurs "playoff secret" during the Tim era. You can thank Tim spurs for the reason players play less now. I even remember an interview where kobe straight up said he was playing less than the 80s and 90s players by using load management. Yes kobe actually said this.
"Black mamba" was a self proclaimed nickname... it wasn't given to kobe. That's the same as lebron fans calling lebron the goat just because lebron said so. Hahahaha!!! Lebron picked up Shaq and kobe selfishness and the Spurs load management tactics. Plus Team USA wasn't the best during the 2000s even with LeBron (including LeBron in 2006) and prime Tim. With all due respect. Plus I like how Tim fans pretend Tim never choked to an eight seed in the first round. Plus Tim choked at the free throw line. Yes Tim was hackable in close games.
Hey remember when warriors kept fouling Rockets to keep them from breaking another three point record. They even had Draymond Green commit flagrant foul on the Rockets. This was around 2013. Houston Rockets are the only team in history to lead the league in three attempts and made. While also winning the champ in the same season. No other team have done this even once. Rockets did it twice. 2018 was going to be only the third time in NBA history.
"but but but they missed all those 3's in game 7". Cute, the "greatest of all time" warriors couldn't even win back to back at the time. Hey remember when spur fans claimed Bruce Bowen wasn't dirty. He injured other teams top stars multiple times doing this. Kinda ironic Zaza from the warriors used the Bruce Bowen move on Kawhi and injured him in 2017. Warriors resorted to doing the same in 2018 game 7. Some of those missed threes were straight up fouls. Keep in mind even with the difference in the roster and last resort Bruce Bowen moves. Warriors won by only 9 points. Sorry. Warriors are far from "the greatest of all time". With all due respect.
Warriors have never won a champ without injuries to their opponents top two stars. This includes 2015, 2017, and 2018. Glass ankle curry couldn't even win FMVP until half the league was injured. Cute. Before KD warriors had no back to back and a 3-1 choke job. Guess they didn't believe in curry like they claimed. Kinda funny to see curry fans bash KD for his overrated ring. When curry shares the same overrated ring. They're trying to cut the finger to save the hand.
Hey remember when LeBron and KD blamed the old Rockets and old Celtics for joining superteams in their 20s. Drexler and Charles didn't even join Hakeem until after a decade in the league. The "youngest" Celtics 3 (Paul, Kevin, and Ray) was older than the Heat 3 "oldest" player. LeBron was 25 at the time be created a superteam. That's adorable. LeBron beat only one 50 win team up to 2010. That was a Detroit Piston who didn't even have Ben Wallace.
Plus lebron 2007 team was a defensive minded team. They even held the spurs to 85 or less in three out of the four games. They gave LeBron a chance to win. What happened? They forced LeBron into more jump shots. What's next? His fake 2020 bubble champ that was clearly handed to him? Please enlighten.
Always remember James Harden haters. History isn't written by the "victors". They just try to burn other people's books. I'll debate today's game is just as good as ever. The fans of lebron, kobe, shaq, tim, and curry are the one's holding back basketball. All the load management since the 2000s. They're the ones who started the "regular season don't matter but I'll still take the fans money while our players sit out". The superteams getting exposed in their prime when "playoffs matter" during 2010s. Adorable.
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