DlAMONDZ
That pu$$y got me grinning
The NBA and their incompetent refs
James Haren has more FT's than he does FGs :pachaha:
Road20
All Star
drawing fouls is a bad thing now? nikkas need to re evaluate themselves good lord
Gil Scott-Heroin
āšæ
I can only speak for myself, but the overdependence on them without looking to actively score is a bad habit, and isn't conducive to winning as a #1 option in the long run. I mean we've seen the struggles he's had in the postseason for the last three years now. He's in the same boat as Karl Malone: a player whom maximizes easy scoring opportunities, but has no Plan B when they dry up.
All you nikkas sound salty as fukk.
"Wah wah james gets foul calls"
Tell your dumb ass teams to stop fouling
I won't knock him for it anymore because he's just taking advantage of the rules, but it's horrid to watch and always will be.
Road20
All Star
I can respect that. I think the Rockets lack of a second scoring option is more to blame for the postseason failures, But can definitely understand where you're coming from
GPBear
The Tape Crusader
lol Houston stans make me sick
come in here acting like "Well then don't foul"
The whole point is this guy's forcing the fouls and the other guy gets called for it, we're not fouling he's flopping like a bytch
And before you come in calling me salty, let me remind you of my team completely fukking yours up
Because of this gif, for as long as I live I will never have to take shyt from any of you punk ass rocket fans.
Someone should just punch James Harden in the face. If you're gonna foul out, might as well make it worth it. It's like with minimum sentencing, if you know you're gonna get 5-10 for robbery, you might as well kill the guy and risk 15-20 or whatever. If you know you're gonna get fouls called on you for petty shyt, might as well knock him to the ground and watch him try that shyt on you again. I really fukking hate this guy, I'm usually not one for hurting nba players, but this guy isn't an nba player, he's an MLS player so
In 15 years, Harden's gonna be the guy that never gets invited to the reunion shyt. Everyone's gonna be laughing and having fun talking about the old times, and Harden's gonna be sitting in an arm chair with a beard like zz top. And in case any rocket stans plan on quoting me, one more time for good measure:
thank god for chandler parsons
come in here acting like "Well then don't foul"
The whole point is this guy's forcing the fouls and the other guy gets called for it, we're not fouling he's flopping like a bytch
And before you come in calling me salty, let me remind you of my team completely fukking yours up
Because of this gif, for as long as I live I will never have to take shyt from any of you punk ass rocket fans.
Someone should just punch James Harden in the face. If you're gonna foul out, might as well make it worth it. It's like with minimum sentencing, if you know you're gonna get 5-10 for robbery, you might as well kill the guy and risk 15-20 or whatever. If you know you're gonna get fouls called on you for petty shyt, might as well knock him to the ground and watch him try that shyt on you again. I really fukking hate this guy, I'm usually not one for hurting nba players, but this guy isn't an nba player, he's an MLS player so
In 15 years, Harden's gonna be the guy that never gets invited to the reunion shyt. Everyone's gonna be laughing and having fun talking about the old times, and Harden's gonna be sitting in an arm chair with a beard like zz top. And in case any rocket stans plan on quoting me, one more time for good measure:
thank god for chandler parsons
GPBear
The Tape Crusader
are you seriously pretending like everyone didn't laugh at and viscerally mock him for doing this shyt for being like a soccer player?
Yeah it's a bad thing, because kids watching it are gonna focus on drawing fouls instead of playing the game.
Road20
All Star
Drawing fouls is a part of the game though
GPBear
The Tape Crusader
Breh. James Harden is a gimmick. Give it a rest.
He's like your friend who you used to play video games with, but he'd always do the stupid shyt to win, so eventually you stop playing him because you no longer respect him as a man. The only difference is, NBA players get paid, so they can't choose to stop playing this goof.
Road20
All Star
A gimmick? Bruh is a beast on the offensive end you might not like his game but come on
GPBear
The Tape Crusader
He makes more FTs than FGs. He makes his bones at the line, not making buckets. He's not a beast, that's some bytch shyt.
El Coupeacabra
Diamond Teeth Samurai
This shyt never works in the playoffs though...
all he does is when he drives in he holds the ball away from his body, arms outstretched and holds the ball towards the defender, an undisciplined defender thinks they can get an easy steal and try to strip the ball and they end up smashing him on the arms. hes able to anticipate when he defenders arm is coming downwards and he brings his arms upward to draw the foul. Most players would just get the ball stolen which is why only Harden and WB are doing it
and his step back has defenders absolutely terrified so when he fakes the step back they dive into him
he doesnt flop, he just baits the defender
you might not like it, but he was able to get Curry to foul out which lead to the Rockets beating GSW in 2OT so its a great strategy
GPBear
The Tape Crusader
all he does is when he drives in he holds the ball away from his body, arms outstretched and holds the ball towards the defender, an undisciplined defender thinks they can get an easy steal and try to strip the ball and they end up smashing him on the arms. hes able to anticipate when he defenders arm is coming downwards and he brings his arms upward to draw the foul. Most players would just get the ball stolen which is why only Harden and WB are doing it
and his step back has defenders absolutely terrified so when he fakes the step back they dive into him
he doesnt flop, he just baits the defender
you might not like it, but he was able to get Curry to foul out which lead to the Rockets beating GSW in 2OT so its a great strategy
That's exactly what I'm saying, he has a little gimmick that he does. He runs into the post with his arms outstretched like a total a$$hole.
To be honest, I'm borrowing that terminology from video game player. In super smash bros. if you pick jiggly puff, dudes know you're just gonna float around near the edge and edge guard them until they fall off. It's a bullshyt gimmick tactic that's totally within the rules and incredibly effective, but if you play that way you have to take the L in the real world because there's other characters that take more skill to play and you're coping out by avoiding those, like fox or falco who go super fast and do crazy shyt.
In this analogy (which won't make any sense) Harden is Jigglypuff, and Steph is Fox. Harden does someshyt that's borderline questionable, and it gets him wins. But don't try and tell me I have to respect that shyt when there's guys out here like Steph actually playing the game and not making me watch
for 90 minutes.Like, one of the reasons I'm a fan of basketball is it's one of the sports where style points matter - not on the scoreboard but to the fans/players. That's why people don't like harden's bs on offense, and they don't like when the Spurs do Hack-a-Jordan for half the 4th qtr.
It's why Shaq chose to shoot 50% FTs without ever even considering taking a granny shot.
It's why 20 years after Kareem, nobody shoots a hook shot even though it's proven to be effective as fukk.
Harden's like "fukk all that, I'd rather score 33 than 22 and then bytch when I don't get the MVP"