Rockets have been "yes men " to Harden his entire career in Houston

Welcome to the NBA?

No s***, stars are pampered. You dont think Jordan had preferential treatment? Thats how it works and thats how its always been.

 

I hope Tilman is at least giving McMahon a reach around to do his dirty work.

 

Check Kawhi's new act out in Clipperland. He was NEVER staying in San Antonio with Popovich with the crap he's pulling now.

 

This is why Westbrook wanted out - not that we wanted him to stay.....but to me this is Morey's biggest blunder.....

DD

 

. . . the title suggests the Rockets are sexist

 

It's time to simply say, "NO."

 

@justtxyank

 

Not everyone is pampered as much as Harden.

DD

 

You're joking right?

 

'Shave your fuking beard'

'No'

'Hell yes.'

 

Tilfart's New Order

 

• Leonard and George were the only players to have their own personal security guards and trainers.

• Leonard and George had power over the team's practice and travel schedule, leading teammates to believe Leonard canceled multiple practices.

• Leonard was allowed to live in San Diego and commute from there, which often made him late for team flights.

• Leonard and George typically didn't speak to the media until at least 45 minutes after games concluded, under the guise of postgame treatment or workouts. This usually resulted in their teammates speaking with the media first, and for longer, essentially becoming the public voices of the team.

• Teammates also believed that Leonard and George were able to pick and choose when they played. Not only did they sit out games entirely, but also at times they accepted or declined playing time in the moment. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...ent-for-kawhi-leonard-paul-george-per-report/

This is probably true of 90% of the team in the NBA.

 

Nope, you think San Antonio pampered Duncan as much as Harden is? Sure they treated him special, but I guarantee they didn't say...sure go to Vegas......

Remember when LeBron wanted to bring his CREW on the plane with the Heat, or when he wanted to stay an extra night in New Orleans for a PARTY that his crew was putting on and giving him an appearance fee?

The Heat said....NO....

DD

 

Unless u r the spurs or pat riley, spoiling your star - much less a real bonafide superstar - is often times the only way.

Of course you can so get lucky and have a superstar that isn't a diva/spoiled and is easy to manage like a curry, duncan or dirk.

 

I don't doubt the Rockets pamper Harden, but I doubt that the pampering we give him is any significant amount more than the pampering any [mostly] home-grown superstar gets, and I think some of those examples are sensationalized. I mean I'm sure Harden signed off on both the acquisition and departure of all those star teammates mentioned, as I'm sure franchise players always do, but I doubt he specifically asked for very much of it to happen. And even if he did, we were better off without most of those guys. The main thing I wonder about is whether he asked for Paul to leave, and wanted Westbroke. I think that was mostly on Tilman.

But Paul was the only non-b!tchmade superstar we've gotten to pair with Harden, and the only one who was a [surprisingly] great fit. Would be a quite bit disappointing if Harden wanted Paul gone after the best season in Rockets history, and one of the best in NBA history, cut short only because of injury and Scott Foster... but I don't think Harden did so.

I'd be quite glad if Harden wanted Dwight and Westbroke gone, though. Didn't give either star a minute less than they deserved.

 

Morley created a MONSTER!

 

The ONE TIME THE Heat said no huh? I'm sure the Heat reimbursed him that appearance fee too!
Dude, give me another example because Lebron has a gun to every organization's head he's played for since 2007. After losing to the Spurs, He signs short term deals where if doesn't get what he wants HE IS OUT via free agency. He left Cleveland in a huff (The Decision) after Dan Gilbert wouldn't improve the roster. With Miami, Dwayne Wade started to fall off, Lebron writes a homecoming letter and he's gone after 4 years. In Cleveland, the Cavs go 1-3 vs the Warriors & things start to get hot with Kyrie, Lebron writes a thank you letter and leaves Cleveland after 4 years and goes to LA on a 3 year deal. The Lakers miss the playoffs the first year and then trade the farm for Anthony Davis in the second year because they know year 3 is Lebron's last year of his deal. Bottom line Lebron get what he wants or he's out.

 

While Harden has his issues, I feel like his diva-ness may be overblown in some instances. Yeah, he likes to party a bit too much, but I think when he was all in with Houston, he was really all in. He worked so hard every off-season, came back with a new move to address some weakness, got better and better defensively, and legitimately just worked his ass off in Houston to go from sixth man to being compared to Jordan and LeBron (even if unfavorably). He gave us seven hard years of unexpectedly AMAZING basketball without any trade drama, and only recently has speculation and revisionist history began to sprout about who he demanded we trade for and whatnot (which is the main thing I think is overblown). I think those moves were mostly Morey/the FO experimenting as different things failed.

I'd love if Harden always came to training camp on time and in shape and never showed up to games hungover, but we could do a lot worse. We were lucky it took Harden this long to give up on us after years of wasting his potential as he enters his 30s.

 

Jordan has rings. Harden has not made it to an NBA Final yet.