Spurs G5 & 6 Finally Solved?: Was Harden Playing Through A Concussion?

Btw I’m buying this theory.

 

Watching the game last night. Keith Jones looks and acts like an assistant coach at this point. Looked like he was giving a pep talk to P.J. at one point and I thought.... oh yea, you’re our trainer still?

 

People don't go from godly to garbage overnight

Rocket River

 

Years of roid abuse. Artest was using roids and everyone knew it. Look at his size gain from the bulls days then compare it to his days in indy, kings and then here.

 

I HOPE he was concussed.

 

cool, man, let us find out why he was on the bench when we toppled the Clips years ago.

 

I don't think he was concussed, knocked down his free throw and was talking to his teammates just fine. I'm not for the conspiracy theory, he just flat out was gassed mentally, which showed why he was a shell of himself, essentially quitting in Game 6. He admitted as much in the ESPN Nichols interview along side Chris Paul, where having the pressure of creating or scoring on every single play completely wears one down. In comes CP3 to handle that for half the game instead. I think that's all the proof I need.

Like in a boxing match where body blows have a cumulative effect, that Gasol elbow and a tough Game 5 loss was probably the final straw on his psyche last season. Not to mention him also trying to keep up with Westbrook in the eyes of the voters for 82 games...

 

I hate the Spurs

 

I don't know about this whole theory, at the same time am not cutting the beard slack because his performance in game 6 was beyond abysmal but basketball is a team sport and players have to play collectively well to win especially against teams like the Spurs in the playoffs, still **** happens and many great players played like **** in the playoffs so James has a chance to redeem himself this postseason and i have faith in him.

 

Concussion after party! Did he go to the concussion club that night?

 

As they shouldn't. NBA isn't suppose to be that huge of a contact sport. Accidents will happen, it is not like the NBA can do a whole lot to stop this. The NFL the very nature of the game allows you to do very physical stuff. NBA its actually against the rules and results in a penalty.

 

yeah Cp3 wants to know if joined the wrong guy

so we can bring back josh smith, terry, brewer, and dwight for harden

 

No excuses

 

Not convinced, but quite possible. Whatever the case, it's a new year with a new and unbelievable Harden.

 

bottom line is what credible and knowledgeable people like Morey, MDA, Cp3, Ariza, Tucker, LMM, etc saw, analyze, and conclude as they judge harden and the rockets game 6

really can't convince casual fans (maybe biased or not as credible/knowledgeable in bball) who would not hesitate to take 2 stat-padding uncontested rebounds over 7 more wins/3 seeds higher/hca
and would not hesitate to believe the myth that harden is any less of a competitor night in and night out especially in all important game than cp3, lebron, kawhi, durant, curry, wb

while simply dismiss reality that harden already had a concussion before when 260lb artest elbowed him on the head and missed a couple of games for it
then got elbowed in the head again by bigs gasol and aldridge and instead of complaining even a little bit about a possible concussion kept quiet because of fear having to sit out a couple of games

or dismiss the reality of harden has the heaviest burden to carry by far among other superstars last year especially in the playoffs
and reality that mental and physical fatigue DOES accumulate/develop over the course of a long NBA season reg and playoffs combined which is the primary reason why coaches devises strategies for their stars to rest around 10 games during the regular season in preparation for the playoffs

“A tremendous amount of fatigue—mental and physical—develops over the course of a long NBA season,” Penfold says
https://www.si.com/edge/2016/09/27/...thlete-brain-training-warriors-leicester-city