Statistically, EVERY player in the Cavaliers’ rotation has been worse with James Harden on the floor, per @ChrisFedor
Through his first 11 games:
• Cavs have a -5.6 net rating with Harden on the floor compared to +15.7 without him.
• Cleveland has a 108.6 offensive rating with Harden compared to 123.5 without him.
• Harden is shooting a career-low 36.4% from the field.
• Shooting just 36% at the rim, ranking last among nearly 130 qualified players.
• Ranks 389th out of 462 players in overall plus-minus.
• Has posted a negative net rating in 7 of his first 11 games.
• Shooting just 8-of-22 on floaters and 16-of-47 on shots in the paint and restricted area.
down 30 to the hornets without miller, knueppel, diabate, shroeder. entire looks uninteresting and unprepared..fire the coach trade harden mitchell blow up the team..we are not winning in a conference with knicks sixers celtics
jordan love as of rn should be the MVP. leading an elite offense without a serviceable o line or run game. shoutout golden watson but this is the best he has looked in his career
this will obviously never happen just cuz of optics but in a perfect world harden should come off the bench with maleek thomas starting at PG. this is the first season ive seen harden truly show his age and lack of explosiveness. cavs have a multitude of issues yes, but harden 😬
@MrNikkiG they’ll always have the talent to be an elite team, they just don’t have the mental ability + coaching to make it far tho, and i say this as a cavs fan
maleek thomas and hezonja bright spots, cavs depth overall was nice to see but cavs inability to rebound the ball will continue to be the death of them..u can not constantly give teams multiple attempts at scoring. limited turnovers and involved bigs but not good enough.