I was wrong about James Harden and the Los Angeles Clippers

I was wrong about James Harden and the Los Angeles Clippers

When the Clippers traded for James Harden and they lost like four of the first five games they played together or something like that they were losing noticeably um when he first got there I was very worried because as a James Harden fan I thought that that was

Going to be the end of James Harden you know this would be the Sixers would have been the third team that James Harden has like left um or like forced his hand to leave and I feared that the him going to the Clippers and it absolutely not

Working out would be the end of James Harden in terms of what he demands cuz James Harden demands to play for a championship Contender but also demands to play a certain way not really mean maybe doesn’t demand it but he knows that him playing the best way is playing in

Isolation he controls most everything now knowing that there are not many teams in the league left there are not many many championship contenders in the league left that James Harden could go to and they like cater to his needs and I’m saying this as a James Harden fan

All right I’m a fan of James Harden I think he’s the third or fourth best shooting guard of all time I think that he is like the second or third best left-handed basketball player we’ve ever seen you know if James Harden has no fans that means that I am dead if you’re

New here welcome in and if you know me welcome back feel free to like subscribe and comment anything helps the channel and it’s free isn’t that easy all right let’s get back into the video so it was an absolute Delight that the Clippers situation has turned around so well I

Think they have the second best point differential in the league behind uh the Bost and Celtics uh they have currently a top 10 offense and defense I know that James Harden’s not known for his defense I’m not saying that the defense is good because of James Harden Kawhi and Paul

George are on the team this team looks like it’s clicking on all cylinders and I’m so glad that it’s working out for James Harden here and I feel like I know he might say this every time but I feel like this is possibly the best situation for James Harden easily and while this

Isn’t the best version of James Harden I think that what James Harden brings to the table even at this era of his career is very special like he’s still able to be that scorer in isolation but he’s also the passing is never going to go away with age

All right and James Harden Paula George and kawh Leonard that tandem has worked way better than I could have imagined um I made a YouTube video on here when the Clippers were losing this much and I was worried that this just wasn’t going to work out especially when

He said the I am the system comment but he’s right though there’s an interview with Mike de anony I think he’s talking to thinking basketball where Mike de Anon is like yeah we look at the numbers you realized that having the the ball in James Harden’s hands all the time is the

Most efficient way we can do all of this I get that that way isn’t for anyone this kind of heliocentric form of basketball that James Harden helped usher in it’s not for everyone like there are certain players that want to also like have the ball and be able to

Try to touch and create but I think that Paul George and Kawhi Leonard the the game has somehow been made even easier for them and cuz both of those guys can work off the ball very well the question I want to ask you guys and I’m interested in hearing this in the

Comments is is the fit between James Harden Kawhi Leonard and Paul George is that better than James Harden Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving I don’t know I can’t answer that question but it’s something that sticks in my mind because seeing Kawhi Leonard and Paul George be able to play this efficiently um and

They’re not having to have the weight of shot creation on their shoulders all the time I feel like it really just unlocks how deadly they can be while also preserving energy which is nuts also what James Harden is able to do for Paul George and Kawhi Leonard is to get them

A lot of open threes their percentile of Threes that they’ve made that have been assistant on are in the 90 like 6 97% tile or higher according to clean the glass so it’s not like they’re out here all having the self shot create by themselves I think James Harden is just

Making it so much easier for those two and it’s been really fun basketball to watch also I feel like we got to talk about how James Harden gets this narrative for like not taking basketball seriously or like having a he gets criticized for having a good work life

Balance which is very funny I think this stems from like the oh you don’t want it enough if you aren’t like camped out in the gym 24/7 I saw an interview with uh zubot when he went on Paul George’s podcast saying that as soon as James Harden got

To the Clippers James Harden would work with all the bigs on their pick and roll after practice which shows like a willingness to develop more chemistry with their teammates because James Harden knows that the pick and roll is one of the most important factors of basketball and if you don’t have that

Pick and roll chemistry it’s not going to work also I think that what’s really underrated all in all this is also the acquisition of Daniel Ty as well um Daniel Ty being able to be like a pick and pop combination which is really cool um I’m not the biggest fan of Daniel Ty

Overall because he was a Celtic at some time and it’s it’s hard for me to like ever be like oh look at this cool Celtics role player no that’s that’s usually a harder ask for me but it’s been really cool to see James Harden fit so well with these Clippers and I really

Think that they can give the Nugget to run for their money now as usual with all all these years my questions aren’t about are the Clippers going to be good enough or they’re talented enough they have the talent it’s the it’s the the old question of whether they’re all

Going to stay healthy or not right we get this every year whether it’s like will Paula George and Kawhi Leonard be both be able to stay healthy we’ve gotten that for years and years and years now and and I know it’s not fun talking about that all the time because

It it sucks it like robs us of what could be and what could have been and there have been multiple series that have been affected by these injuries now I will say and I hope of course the Clippers I hope that the Clippers stay healthy this

Year because I don’t know how many years James Harden has left playing at this rate like playing at this like well right you just never know and I feel like James Harden is aware with that whenever he goes from situation to situation and also if if this situation

Isn’t the end all for James Harden where does he go next I can’t nothing comes to mind like does he become a Laker next year if like I don’t know where he goes now I said to Laker like next year like I don’t know his contract situation but

Like if James Harden were to force a trade somewhere else now I am struggling to come up with a team that could do it but that’s why I’m hoping that this Clipper fit fits well right you saw how Westbrook was being completely misused on the Lakers but then the Clippers he

Found a home in the Clippers also I think the Westbrook thing A lot of it was like how much money was tied to Westbrook at the time because Westbrook playing like this for the vet minimum perfect Westbrook playing like this for like $40 million a

Year yeah also I want to say this before and this player might not get the recognition that they deserve but Amir coffee has been excellent this year like in the role that he’s been playing at he’s been shooting very efficiently and being able to take on tough defensive

Assignments and look I know we talk about Kawai Paul George Russell Westbrook James Harden I’m going talk about air coffee cuz I don’t like it’s wild seeing all these Clippers games and being like dang this guy’s cooking over here coffee is cooking bro and it’s not because people sometimes at restaurants

Misspell my name or like pronounce it coffee that’s not the relationship here I’m just saying role players need some love and that is one thing that like jumped out when I was looking at cleaning the glass and uh Synergy I was looking at the the the analytics and

Stuff interesting so yeah I kind of hope that the Los Angeles Clippers win the title this year because as James Harden is one of my favorite players and I don’t think there’s a player in the league whose Legacy changes with one ring it’s like him and embiid I feel

Like cuz throughout all of this James Harden everyone’s like well Harden chokes in the playoffs like always whatever and I feel like we don’t give him enough credit for taking that Durant Warriors team seven but there’s no trophy for that and again ring culture but I would like to see James Harden and

I would like to see James Harden be able to work with George and Leonard and Westbrook to be able to take it home I think they can do it and I think that that would be the coolest thing in James Harden’s career not him averaging 36 point

For an entire season which is nuts um but him being able to like lead the league in points one year lead the league in assist next year like his statistical achievements are out of this world um but I would like to see James Harden win a championship I know James

Harden has a lot of haters out there but I would definitely like to see James Harden uh bring this home because I think that through all of the asking for trades and through all of the whatever I think that James Harden has P found his perfect home and knowing this as a

James Harden fan I know this could all blow up and all of these words can get laughed at and whatever later but as of right now they look phenomenal dude so I don’t know again thank you guys so much for watching I appreciate it feel free to like comment subscribe or whatnot or

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