What worked for James Harden when he was a Houston Rocket and his first year with the Brooklyn Nets will no longer fly anymore in the NBA.
Harden finished Wednesday’s 106-93 loss to the Miami Heat with 14 points on 4-of-12 shooting, attempting just three free throws. He has looked like an ordinary player not that his unique foul-drawing craft is not drawing whistles like it once did.
When he first got traded, question came whether he could ditch the isolation-heavy, free-throw-dependent, ball-dominant game that made him so prolific with the Houston Rockets. Now, it’s whether he can still be an effective player now that his old style is basically null and void.
A compilation of videos have made the rounds on social media showing just how refs have swallowed their whistles on him.
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Former Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey once said it was “just factual” that James Harden was, or is, a better scorer than Michael Jordan, and for that matter the greatest scorer in NBA history.
Through five games this season with the Brooklyn Nets, Harden has scored 83 points on 78 shots. He’s averaging 16.6 points on 35 percent shooting, including 33 percent from 3.
The Brooklyn Nets have a serious problem on their hand and it can be fixed by having Kyrie Irving on this team. But that decision will continue to remain up to him.
