« Reply #202 on: January 18, 2021, 11:26:59 AM »
Harden 30 points 14 Assists. Danny screwed up on this one. Two way loss for Cs.
You forgot to mention that he played 40 mins, had 9 TO, shot 30% from 3pt and the Nets barely beat a team (who just played a back to back) that the C’s smoked by nearly 30 yesterday. Lol. Nope, Danny did not screw up at all.
You forgot to add that this was his first game with a new team after just joining the team ..look its okay not to like Harden that is a personal and subjective choice, but you cannot deny that he is a phenomenal player. He is not a ball hug and neither is Durant. You see his scoring titles and you just want to assume he hogs the ball. No he does not you do not get the assist numbers he does if you are not passing the ball. He is only going to get better with his new team. Oh by the way listen to his post-game interview and you will see that he is saying all the right things. There is a difference between the attitude of a player that wants out, and one that is happy with his situation.
Assists really don't have anything to do with whether a player is a ball hog or not. Some of the biggest hogs have very high assist numbers because they always have the ball. Harden is definitely a gifted passer but he's also a ball hog. This isn't surprising but I just read that Harden has averaged 497 dribbles per game since 2018- more than any other player in the league. You can kind of interpret that to mean he's the biggest ball hog in the league.
well you just made a case for ball hogs.
Kind of related- Luka Doncic had a monster triple double with 15 assists lasts night and after the game he said the Mavs lost because he played selfishly.
As indicated he took 30 shots and only made 13 of them. He was quite good from 3 at 6 of 11, but only 7 of 19 from 2 and only had 6 FT's.
The amazing thing is the Chicago won by 16 points and LaVine was 1 of 8 with only 10 points. He hadn't scored less than 17 all year and had been over 30 the 4 prior games going into that one.
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