ClutchFans Game Thread: Lakers @ Rockets 1/10/2021

transition d is mostly about effort.
He gives very little if he ain’t got the ball in his hands.

Stone do your thing.

 

Technically he is as good as gone....can't attack a ghost.

 

Are we still pretending the Warriors are any less dangerous without KD?

 

I absolutely agree on all of your points, except that this version of Harden is exactly what Silas wants, and that Harden is putting out max effort. We can agree to disagree on it, no problem. But I don't believe that Silas looks at 14 shots from Harden, while deferring when the game was actually in the balance, and thinks "yeah this is where I want Harden's offensive output." Calling for less ISO may just mean a few less dribble dribble step backs, not utter passivity and deference

 

I admit Harden is one of greatest basketball players in the world. He has amazing basketball talent. But his attitude and body language when ball is not in his hands is the worst I ever seen. He sometimes looks disinterested about the game.

 

boogie is marked by the refs. he won't be able to consistently play 20+ minutes, especially in a rockets uniform.

it's clearly personal at this point.

 

You need to be a little more linear in your thinking.

This is NBA not MAGA.

1st you need to win regular season games BEFORE you worry about postseason wins.

And you do realize that Silas is playing Harden as many minutes if not MORE than he did under MDA last season.

What is point of 10 man rotation (still yet to see this) if your high usage/injured/coming off 2 years after injury players are NOT rested more???

And when was the last time a MDA team went FOUR STRAIGHT QUARTERS and scored LESS than 30 points per????

 

Well he passed it to Woods and Gordon who bricked over and over AND OVER. Some nights you will see him with low turnovers when dudes can hit their shots. Right now we just have Harden with less shot attempts

 

I don’t want to, you have seen me positive before... but inept bullshit is inept bullshit.

Right now this organization is wasting EVERYONE’s time... from wasting the fans time, to wasting their own time on an inevitable rebuild, to wasting Harden’s time and even their coaching staff’s time.

 

Ok James Harden lead the team in turnovers and had 33% of the total turnovers. Is that not a lot? To me it sure is...

Regardless it's not like this offense can't be JH heavy. Silas coached Doncic last year and he had a 37% usage. JH hasn't been moving the same since his ankle injury.

 

Wouldn't be surprised if they kept him off the air until people forgot about his blooper. It just goes to show this org still wants to keep Harden no matter what.

 

You are aggressive even when you're positive but have to give you that.

 

He's always been like that. Not sure why you're bringing it up now. When he has been like that, we've always got results from it. We can't get results from it because the system isn't working.

The thing is, he's not complaining about sharing the ball with Wall, even though he probably should. Harden knows deep down that we'd have a much better chance of winning if he was just running the point by himself. He's letting Wall do his thing and it's hurting us.

 

Anyone know why he isnt playing more?

 

it’s a lot, but let’s not act like Harden going 2-8 from three and having 7 turnovers is reason why he shouldn’t dominate the offense more like he used to when the rest of the team was tossing up bricks and generated 14 turnovers of their own while having 1/10 the defensive pressure...

 

Harden probably laughed at this tbh. He's still getting paid and doesn't have to care about where this team heads since he won't be here eventually.

 

The class of the players is demonstrated on the field. I'm really bored of players who speak before and after are exposed. After the first victory against the Lakers in the playoffs Harden spoke about "having heart", then we did not win a single game again, now Wood spoke that he had the game with the Lakers marked on the calendar, today he plays the worst game since his arrival. Just shut up and play, talk on the field which is where the winners speak.

 

Last year was the first year in 27yrs where I could stop watching for a couple of weeks and not need to see every game when things were so frustrating.

Already feeling that need bubbling up this year. I want to see it all, but I know I get too pissed to deal with this mess. May be skipping Tuesday. I can't stand that Carusso of all people gives a Harden fits, what an eyeroll. Shtty shooting and shtty ball handling. No game plan on either side of the court. Its not as frustrating as McHale last year coaching us, but we're more talented all around so its getting close.