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James "I need about a 10-game window" Harden finishes his 11th game with 11/2/4 and 3 TOs in a loss against the Jokic, Murray, and Gordon-less Nuggets (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by northernjigby@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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The Clippers are now 4-7 since trading for Harden, or 0-1 in his "ready" state.

Memes aside, he was okay this game, but okay isn't good enough when you're with a fully healthy Clippers vs a Reggie Jackson-led Nuggets.

Harden isn't exactly playing terribly as a Clippers, but at this point in his career, it's hard to justify an offence-first player on a team as offensively stacked as the Clippers when they're in desperate need of some more off-ball movement.

Harden is looking to secure a max extension, we'll have to see what kind of contract he can muster as he gets more into game shape as the season progresses.

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[–] _Juntao@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (96 children)

my most proudest downvoted comment

[–] EpicOne1337@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (17 children)

I really like seeing these kinds of threads where there are like 20 comments calling the downvoted person a nephew and in hindsight being completely wrong lol.

In this case I feel like the take wasn't even that far off the rails, especially as recent as it was (w/ as little disrespect to Harden as possible, obviously dude's still the 4th best SG and one of the greatest offensive players of all time)- he was already 32 back then, with a heliocentric game relying heavily on athleticism, and was already notorious for being a pylon on defense and going wild in the offseason. I don't think I would've gone as far as saying Maxey would be better by now, but I was definitely on the side of thinking he'd decline pretty rapidly.

[–] porncollecter69@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (13 children)

Because we’re in the now. It’s hard to evaluate the future.

I can say in 3 years Lively is going to be the better than Embiid and you would have to call me nephew and I would agree.

Meanwhile in 3 years, lots of things can happen. Like injury.

[–] Public-Product-1503@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah that actually is nephew take; because I don’t see that skill set . It’s like with the Utah kid cebtre : the tools him n lively have immediately were useful but OUTSUDE of growing defensively into a gobert type or in that mold day I can’t see them magically getting all the skills embid has.Msxey was an absurdly good shooter b absurdly athletic , people not on this sub who have an idea how players progress woukd guess he’d be atleast a sub all star lvl player : I mean I did and I’m not a Philly fan or a massive draft nerd even if I read stuff once in a while. Players tend to snow flashes : it’s why projecting Wemby n Chet to mvp centre lvl is easier even if lively is very good now I wouldn’t project that way .

[–] SuburbanLegend@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Maxey was absolutely not an absurdly good shooter -- him becoming one is a huge surprise.

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