How long before James Young replaces Bradley?

[GreenWarrior]

Bradley had an off night shooting, and Harden is a heck of a player.  I can't believe I am reading this headline this morning. Panic.

Harden is a heck of a player. but we were also told AB is a great defender. haven't seen that in 2 seasons now from Bradley.

seems to me Harden treated Bradley like any other player defending him.

and Bradley having an "off shooting" night happens more often than he has on shooting nights because he takes bad shots. he's useless fool's gold. his bad shot taking gets glossed over because he hits 'em some times.

5-14 shooting night for Harden, I'll take it. Too many free-throws though, but that's more of a ref thing than anything.

Dude has been getting to the line pretty much 10+ per game for the last couple of years, nothing out of the norm with Harden there.

ahh, perfect example of the stats not telling the whole story.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Bradley had an off night shooting, and Harden is a heck of a player.  I can't believe I am reading this headline this morning. Panic.

Harden is a heck of a player. but we were also told AB is a great defender. haven't seen that in 2 seasons now from Bradley.

seems to me Harden treated Bradley like any other player defending him.

and Bradley having an "off shooting" night happens more often than he has on shooting nights because he takes bad shots. he's useless fool's gold. his bad shot taking gets glossed over because he hits 'em some times.

5-14 shooting night for Harden, I'll take it. Too many free-throws though, but that's more of a ref thing than anything.

Dude has been getting to the line pretty much 10+ per game for the last couple of years, nothing out of the norm with Harden there.

ahh, perfect example of the stats not telling the whole story.

It tells the story quite well actually. Bradley defended him quite well. Harden hit a couple of good, well defended shots on him, got excessive help from the refs to get to the line, missed a lot of shots throughout the game.

What did it miss?

[Sketch5]

As soon as they package Him and Rondo for Stoudemire.

This is a bit of a knee jerk reaction for one game, and maybe some of the Nets game. The whole team played bad on the most part.

But I'm also one of the few that wasn't too happy with the contract. I know the new CBA it's more like 6 mill now, but I don't feel comfortable with him being the starting 2 guard. I like him off the bench. Teams have figured him out with him and Rondo and that back cuts, he no longer gets those. I'd rather see Thorton start right now to either get some out side shooting next to Rondo, and/or get his value up for a trade. But maybe this is why AB is starting right now, because he wasn't really even that good in the preseason. His D is weaker and he's making some really dumb fouls.

I do think Young could be the SG of the future if he become a decent defender, but he needs at least a season of garbage time and some Maine time to get a feel for the NBA game and mature his body. But you can see he has a really nice touch, even when he gets caught in the air  on a bad shot he still shoots it softly. Something a lot of players don't have.

[GreenWarrior]

Bradley had an off night shooting, and Harden is a heck of a player.  I can't believe I am reading this headline this morning. Panic.

Harden is a heck of a player. but we were also told AB is a great defender. haven't seen that in 2 seasons now from Bradley.

seems to me Harden treated Bradley like any other player defending him.

and Bradley having an "off shooting" night happens more often than he has on shooting nights because he takes bad shots. he's useless fool's gold. his bad shot taking gets glossed over because he hits 'em some times.

5-14 shooting night for Harden, I'll take it. Too many free-throws though, but that's more of a ref thing than anything.

Dude has been getting to the line pretty much 10+ per game for the last couple of years, nothing out of the norm with Harden there.

ahh, perfect example of the stats not telling the whole story.

It tells the story quite well actually. Bradley defended him quite well. Harden hit a couple of good, well defended shots on him, got excessive help from the refs to get to the line, missed a lot of shots throughout the game.

What did it miss?

the 5-14 shooting was because either AB fouled him so he missed the shot or he let Harden go by him and another player fouled him.

blaming the refs is a weak excuse imo. esp. when AB showed he couldn't stay with him.

[jpotter33]

Bradley had an off night shooting, and Harden is a heck of a player.  I can't believe I am reading this headline this morning. Panic.

Harden is a heck of a player. but we were also told AB is a great defender. haven't seen that in 2 seasons now from Bradley.

seems to me Harden treated Bradley like any other player defending him.

and Bradley having an "off shooting" night happens more often than he has on shooting nights because he takes bad shots. he's useless fool's gold. his bad shot taking gets glossed over because he hits 'em some times.

5-14 shooting night for Harden, I'll take it. Too many free-throws though, but that's more of a ref thing than anything.

Dude has been getting to the line pretty much 10+ per game for the last couple of years, nothing out of the norm with Harden there.

ahh, perfect example of the stats not telling the whole story.

It tells the story quite well actually. Bradley defended him quite well. Harden hit a couple of good, well defended shots on him, got excessive help from the refs to get to the line, missed a lot of shots throughout the game.

What did it miss?

the 5-14 shooting was because either AB fouled him so he missed the shot or he let Harden go by him and another player fouled him.

blaming the refs is a weak excuse imo. esp. when AB showed he couldn't stay with him.

Wow, someone doesn't know their basketball rules......

[jpotter33]

This overreaction to the very little we've seen of Young is hilarious.  Young has played all of 56 minutes in his career, and you people are wanting him to replace an established starter. Good Lord, get a grip. The only argument one can make is having Smart replace Bradley in the starting lineup. I can possibly see that one, but saying Young should replace him based on an extremely small sample size is ignorant.

[Boris Badenov]

Stevens clearly should adopt a season-long strategy of swapping them in and out of the starting lineup based on who shot better in the previous game.

[ctrey]

James Young will be a good player but he is a 3, not a 2.

[playdream]

Bradley had an off night shooting, and Harden is a heck of a player.  I can't believe I am reading this headline this morning. Panic.

Harden is a heck of a player. but we were also told AB is a great defender. haven't seen that in 2 seasons now from Bradley.

seems to me Harden treated Bradley like any other player defending him.

and Bradley having an "off shooting" night happens more often than he has on shooting nights because he takes bad shots. he's useless fool's gold. his bad shot taking gets glossed over because he hits 'em some times.

5-14 shooting night for Harden, I'll take it. Too many free-throws though, but that's more of a ref thing than anything.

Dude has been getting to the line pretty much 10+ per game for the last couple of years, nothing out of the norm with Harden there.

ahh, perfect example of the stats not telling the whole story.

It tells the story quite well actually. Bradley defended him quite well. Harden hit a couple of good, well defended shots on him, got excessive help from the refs to get to the line, missed a lot of shots throughout the game.

What did it miss?

I laughed on that one
did you watch the game or just imagine this from the box score

[pearljammer10]

James Young will be a good player but he is a 3, not a 2.

I'm not sure how much I agree with this. He can play the 3 in spot minutes but I feel he is generally more of a 2.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Bradley had an off night shooting, and Harden is a heck of a player.  I can't believe I am reading this headline this morning. Panic.

Harden is a heck of a player. but we were also told AB is a great defender. haven't seen that in 2 seasons now from Bradley.

seems to me Harden treated Bradley like any other player defending him.

and Bradley having an "off shooting" night happens more often than he has on shooting nights because he takes bad shots. he's useless fool's gold. his bad shot taking gets glossed over because he hits 'em some times.

5-14 shooting night for Harden, I'll take it. Too many free-throws though, but that's more of a ref thing than anything.

Dude has been getting to the line pretty much 10+ per game for the last couple of years, nothing out of the norm with Harden there.

ahh, perfect example of the stats not telling the whole story.

It tells the story quite well actually. Bradley defended him quite well. Harden hit a couple of good, well defended shots on him, got excessive help from the refs to get to the line, missed a lot of shots throughout the game.

What did it miss?

I laughed on that one
did you watch the game or just imagine this from the box score

I laughed at yours as well, what did you do see PPG and call it a night?

[SHAQATTACK]

Harden to start with , besides being twice as good ball handler ....is taller to boot ...Bradley was completely out of his league .

Harden has ball handles like MJ ......he really turned our guys inside out

[Rondo9]

Will Bradley be blamed everytime a SG scores a lot of points?

[Snakehead]

Will Bradley be blamed everytime a SG scores a lot of points?

Harden is going to score a lot of points this year.  He will be torching a lot of people.

[Rondo9]

Will Bradley be blamed everytime a SG scores a lot of points?

Harden is going to score a lot of points this year.  He will be torching a lot of people.

At least he shot 5 for 14 from the field but people seem to ignore that.......