Quote (Sixers @ Feb 12 2023 09:47pm)

Harden leading the league in APG averaging 21/11/6 on a career high 3pt% and a really good TS%

Don't care if he wasn't selected to ASG, he's better than many that made it rofl

Quote (Trust100Percent @ Feb 13 2023 01:26am)

My sarcasm text isn't on point lately, I'm with you on that. It was surprising to see, they see the drop in PPG from his MVP days and think he's washed but he's still a stud. There were a lot of snubs this year tho, league is stacked with talent atm, really wished that Brunson coulda made it with the year he's having.

Quote (Sixers @ Feb 12 2023 06:43pm)

Harden plays average defense. He is strong in some areas, and weaker in others.

The whole Harden plays absolutely no defense thing is such a casual take tbh

Quote (Sixers @ Feb 12 2023 03:43pm)

Harden plays average defense. He is strong in some areas, and weaker in others.

The whole Harden plays absolutely no defense thing is such a casual take tbh

Quote (Sixers @ 12 Feb 2023 18:43)

Harden plays average defense. He is strong in some areas, and weaker in others.

The whole Harden plays absolutely no defense thing is such a casual take tbh

Quote (Crunkt @ Feb 13 2023 11:33am)

Those casuals make youtube videos too, lots of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eKEhKfsIjo
https://www.businessinsider.com/james-harden-bad-defense-2014-4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x1hhe42H2E

Quote (Sixers @ 13 Feb 2023 11:48)

So posting highlight or should i say lowlight videos (which you can make for any player), or posting articles from almost 10 years ago is your argument? :wacko:

Harden is a decent perimeter defender when he's engaged. However, as most people know at this point he's an elite post defender because of his size/strength and ability to hold his position, plus he has elite hands (which is why he gets so many deflections, strip downs, steals). He's not getting abused by bigger guards/wings like Maxey does due to lack of size/strength. Overall, Harden has lapses at times (like any player) but he's generally decent on that end and there are a LOT of players around the league who are far worse and get abused defensively. The whole "Harden doesn't play defense" thing is just a casual mainstream narrative that people say but actually have no idea lol.

Also, I guess you didn't watch this game where he came up with THREE clutch defensive players at the end of the game to seal the win in a game where he was abusing Haliburton: https://www.reddit.com/r/sixers/comments/1046xzg/202223_nba_all_clutch_defense_first_team_james/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Quote (Crunkt @ Feb 13 2023 02:38pm)

harden led the league in steals one year right?

Quote (Sixers @ 13 Feb 2023 14:53)

No, I don't think so. Maybe came close idk