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  1. Mr. Clutch

    Mr. Clutch Contributing Member

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    Last two years definitely not elite
     
  2. RocketsTruth

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    Harden is better than Curry, call me when Curry can carry a team with scrubs to 55 wins like Lebron and Harden
     
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  3. abaker28

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    Absolute madness even thinking about trading Harden.
    Instead, learn from this and what other like the Cavs have done and start resting/limiting players minutes and focus on a deep finals run where players are fresh rather than gassed which is the most likely reason for Harden and others poor showing in the finals.
     
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  4. dmoneybangbang

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    LBJ is merely a machine but Harden has played too much and it's obvious he just can't do that. I really think the MVP race worked against us this year.
     
  5. arubato

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    I hope Harden will focus more on Finals MVP. He won't get the regular season MVP as the media will always give it to more marketable players and Harden is just not that.
     
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  6. wekko368

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    The Rockets had over 5 days off between the end of the OKC series and the start of the Spurs series.
     
  7. Os Trigonum

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    Harden ran out of gas just before overtime started in Game 5. His fatigue continued in Game 6. I'm serious.
     
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    Lol. He didnt run outta gas, he ran outta heart and stopped competing
     
  9. DaGreatest

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    LOF correct? Go to Brooklyn fan forum or wherever that journeyman scrub is at these days and man worship ya boy. Stupid threads by the same, smh
     
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  10. TEXNIFICENT

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    Where was Harden's millionaire teammates? Every one of these guys gets paid a king's ransom to play ball, where were they? Truth is THEY ALL SUCKED and let everyone down. It takes a team to beat a team. At the end of the day, THE SPURS WERE BETTER and the Warriors are just better than the Spurs (with or without Kawhi).
     
  11. YOLO

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    Where were they? They were busy trying to figure out why harden decided to forgot how to play basketball
     
  12. Asian Sensation

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    Being Asian automatically makes one a Lin fan? Good to know.
     
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  13. PyroTex

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    Os Trigonum speaks truth. Beard had Gasol & LA all over him 4 quarters and he was still scoring, then Bev misses a 3 then Green makes a 3.
    Shouldn't be but that was too much.
     
  14. TexasRedd

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    Trade him while he still has value. Or acquire 2nd star. Otherwise we're wasting valuable rebuild time.
     
  15. Rox11

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    Why do we discuss things that we know for a fact won't happen?

    Trade a player after he could possibly be MVP? What does that tell other players about the franchise?

    The only way this happens is years down the line near his contract ending.
    Players like him are tough to come by that's true, but something did happen to make him do what he did, either mental collapse or some force.
     
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    Pure deflection. His teammates have nothing to do with Harden only attempting 2 shots in the 1st half (zero in the 1st qtr) with 5 turnovers. The question isnt if Harden played good or bad. Its why he chose not to play at all, in the most important game of season. He simply stopped competing
     
  17. TEXNIFICENT

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    They should've been playing basketball.
     
  18. kjayp

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    Anybody that says 'you never get back equal value when you trade a star...'

    Cassel/Horry/Bryant/Brown >>>>> Barkley

    I'd say the Suns got the better end of that deal.. so never say never... ;)
     
  19. YOLO

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    Yeah harden should have but obviously he wasn't
     
  20. TEXNIFICENT

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    Look James was pathetic, but it doesn't excuse MDA's idiotic gameplan or stop the rest of the professional basketball players on his team from competing. The total suckage was a group effort. They all checked out and the Spurs were better.
     

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