[Grantland] Rocket Man: Breaking Down James Harden's First Game for Houston

not sure if I agree with the domination of possessions. They seem to already play very well off each other.

 

Is this guy serious? It's like I said in the Douglas thread, Harden looked like ass with Douglas. In 9 minutes without Lin, Harden had 3 TOs and the Rockets were -5 as a team. Douglas by himself was -9, 4 worse than Harden-Douglas. The entire team was just standing around looking lethargic with only Harden out there. The Harden-Lin lineup, on the other hand, dominated the crap out of Pistons with +23. This r****d wants to break that up why?

 

I 100% disagree. Without the two of them out there together, the defense just keyed in on the other, especially Harden, leading to a stagnant offense. And the synergistic effect of our dynamic backcourt was great and should not be sacrificed at all costs. Its unto McHale OR Morey to figure something out quick and getting rid of Douglas is the first step. Machado, porous defense and all, imo, would be better suited to run the offense and I'll bet bet that will happen sooner rather than later.

 

That's some reach on Lin dominating the ball affecting Harden's impact. Lin is not a selfish guy and his job is to initiate offense not hand ball over and get the hell out of the way. Harden's 37pts and 12 ast is more than having an impact. Having a guy that can create, score and penetrate only make Harden job easier

 

Move Lin to the bench in favor of who? Tony ****ing Douglas?

 

Quite the knee-jerk over-analysis there.

They've had two practices together. Two.

And Jeremy Lin has still only started less than a half season worth of games in his career. I think he knows he's not Russell Westbrook though.

 

What an idiot. Asinine analysis.

 

Put TD on the floor and the offense becomes stagnant even with Harden.

 

when lin was out on the bench the Defense was able to focus on Harden and slowed us down.... Lin needs to stay in. Also, there is some value to the article but overall.. Harden and Lin needs to stay on the floor together. LIn was +23 will Harden was +18.

 

This guy obviously didn't watch the game and still thinks of Lin during Linsanity. After just 2 practices, I like the chemistry.

 

Jeremy Lin is not Russell friggin' Westbrook.

Stupid, stupid comparison.

 

writer is r****ded. read harden's stats and tell me again lin held him back

 

Shamelessly ripped from that Grantland article.. but WHAT is Chandler looking at? After that weird ass hug in the 4th quarter last night, and now this picture. LoL

 

LOL. tzou these pictures with Parsons kill me. He is always caught doing something overtly inappropriate. Parsons has a girlfriend though (or so he says).

 

chandler is a HOF

 

chandler is thinking: should i become a LOF or HOF? hmmm... whoever has a better butt

 

Since people seem to have read a redacted version. Re-insert these quotes, and his article is fine.

 

Chandler isn't looking at anything. He's lost in thought, thoughts like, "How could I be so ****ing lucky?"