I truly can't stand watching Harden play. He's a glorified streetball player with a J. And for Antoni to say he's the best offensive player he's ever seen proves he should be committed. He gets away with an insane amount of travels, palming, flopping, shoving, and anything else illegal to be gifted those points. Sure he can shoot but all that other garbage makes it painful to look at.
While I agree with all of the above, what's interesting to me about Harden is how, despite his ball handling ability, he can't create space the vast majority of the time, unless, of course, he does that side-step travel move. I mean, sure, he'll drop guys on crossovers, but he's actually not particularly adept at creating his own shot, imo. It's either he shoots a three or drives into the paint, throws his arms out, screams that someone has attempted to shave his beard, and gets to the line
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Sidebar - if he were to braid dat beard, he'd legimitately look like Edward Teach
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