Cardio conditioning was his weakness. It prevented him from being a capable off ball player and is what gets him in those bad defensive habits of ball watching and walking up the court slowly. He looks like he knows that was his main weakness. Let's see if Harden can be a late bloomer in terms of playoff success like Hakeem was.
James Harden saw this thread and took it as motivation to work out hard during quarantine. I will take credit for this.
So will this work on Tilman calling him a broke AF? Will this force Tilman to spend money and not have LTS as his MVP?
Dream was always a playoff performer, 86 and so on, circumstances broke up that team. They say he was a hothead and calmed himself, Harden never had that problem.
Harden knows, this is his only shot at a ring. Tilman is really broke AF. He wants to win a chip to seal his legacy in Houston before demanding a trade
Is anyone kinda concerned that Harden might lose his strength driving to the rim? Idk...he lost a lot of weight here.
nah, I’m not back in his 6th man and early Rocket days he got to the rim with ease and finished at a high rate Do people think he now weighs less and is skinnier than he was back then?
Putting up a record number of three's (many of them step backs) takes a lot of energy. Driving to the basket an elite amount of times takes a lot of energy. Pre-Covid Harden was built like a tank to drive to the basket.... Post-Covid Harden building to be more perimeter oriented? WB already playing the center role....
I listened to Harden's trainer on @KellyUnchained's most recent podcast. And the trainer said Harden still has his same strength.
I think he gained the weight to handle a 82+ deep playoff season. Now that it's pretty much a third of the games, he doesn't have to worry about that.
FOH with that nonsense. Dream averaged 26.9, 29.2, and 37.5 in the playoffs In his early twenties. He "bloomed" when the team finally gave him a surrounding cast that was capable.
