Alec Keith

James Harden • BYU Sports • Wasatch Mountains Fanatic

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"People are people and sometimes it doesn't work out" is by far the most sad and painful Taylor Swift lyric ever

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@HoodiGarland Oh how quickly you forgot how Harden saved your team from a 1st round exit to Toronto and won you the series against the Pistons. Legit why would you say this?

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@the_don1722 @normalhogfan @memgrizz I didn’t say Saunders was as good as Caruso, I said he plays LIKE Caruso. Very similar playstyle. Idk what you’ve been watching.

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@the_don1722 @normalhogfan @memgrizz Tell me you’ve never seen Saunders play without actually telling me you’ve never seen him play

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@the_don1722 @normalhogfan @memgrizz Bro this was a compliment to Richie. You understand that right?

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@normalhogfan @the_don1722 @memgrizz What happened to the days where fans of their team got excited for the players they picked. Wtf is wrong with you?

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@normalhogfan @the_don1722 @memgrizz Richie plays just like Caruso. Trust me, you want this guy on your team.

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@aryh21 Harden goes on these 10-0 runs on his own all the time. His lower three point percentage distracts us from the fact he is a microwave. The guy will hit shot after shot and just put a team completely away.

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@DanLifshatz @jerseyhaqq I’m a Cavs fan and the knicks have every piece you need to build a NBA champion. Great shooting (Shamet, Bridges) elite 2 way players (OG, Hart), a star guard who has high gravity (Brunson), and an elite big who can stretch the floor and play defense (KAT). Might be the best.

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@JunstaDomous @BGNHoops You’ve got to be joking me 😂 That Warriors team was supposed to sweep the Rockets and the Rockets still won one. Stop with this nonsense.

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@JunstaDomous @BGNHoops You’re right, Harden has it worse than AI. People disrespect harden more than any player ever. The team Harden took to the 2015 WCF’s was awful. He also made a team with Trevor Ariza, Clint Capela, and Eric Gordon as starters better than the 2018 warriors.

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@SleeperCleCavs @camart01MVS I don’t know how someone could’ve watched these playoffs and would be ok with trading Strus. Awful take.

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@LovelandSportsG @HoodiGarland The 112.9 DRtg on the NBA’s ignores how lineup tracking works. That metric just counts points when he’s on the floor. StatMuse uses the box-score formula, which actually isolates his individual defensive stops, deflections, and steals from team-lineup noise.

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@LovelandSportsG @HoodiGarland I don’t know where you’re getting your numbers, but it looks like Harden had a net DRtg of 111.6, which ranks 35th of 64 players who averaged 25 mpg or more in the playoffs. With the Cavs weak defense being a factor, that’s great, and .5 behind Mobley. Why are you lying?

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@LovelandSportsG @HoodiGarland If you’re watching closely you’ll see that’s exactly what he had done. He played good if not excellent defense most of the season and during the playoffs. He’s an above average defender.

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@nekhoops @MZavagno11 Scorers often draw in the defense which opens up shooters and big men near the hoop. Donovan even when drawing multiple defenders often shot instead of looking for the best shot. I feel it’s a big reason the Cavs didn’t get further.

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@notogotnext Or the opposite and he goes 5/6 in the first quarter with 15 points. Then uses the gravity he generates the rest of the game to find open shooters and hits 11 assists. Finishes with 29/11.

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@javiancabrera1 @212Wavy_ @KamitronPTW Also the bias isn’t against him, I made that very clear. It’s just recency bias. It could have been any player missing that many games and last 2 months of the year and they wouldn’t have been all rookie. Except maybe Flagg bc of the hype.

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@javiancabrera1 @212Wavy_ @KamitronPTW His skill set is there lol. Are you watching? His vision and passing do not resemble a rookie. You may box watch or have seen a nets game in once, but maybe sit down and listen to someone who’s watched him play 100+ games. Bias or not, he was the 8th pick for a reason.

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@javiancabrera1 @212Wavy_ @KamitronPTW Again, didn’t know the rule and thought it applied to every award. But the principle stands. Bro I’ve got my opinion and you’ve got yours. I don’t want any hate lol. Can we not agree to disagree?

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@javiancabrera1 @212Wavy_ @KamitronPTW Or you could just admit you lied lol. Think what you want but when your opinion warrants facts I felt the need to do so. You were the one starting out doing that in my mentions, and I just pointed out my own opinion. You’re the one acting like a toddler now.

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@javiancabrera1 @212Wavy_ @KamitronPTW You literally said “It’s an attempt to distract from the fact he just wasn’t very good at all”. You didn’t say not good enough, but not very good at all. That’s straight hate my guy.