I'm glad you feel this way, but a tremendous number of people just want to watch this guy fail. It's amazing how he plays on a team that has a true alpha dog in Harden.

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Harden is hot and cold for me.

As someone who watched every game, I will concede that sometimes Harden complains too much. But what people don't realize is that he really is fouled the overwhelming majority of the time he is at the line. His quickness Euro step is just impossible to defend, so players fouls him, and he extends the ball out in the lane, and players can't help slap the shite out of him trying to grab the ball.

The fact is that if more NBA players could do what he does, they would.

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Posted on 3/4/15 at 2:50 pm to SwaggerCopter

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As someone who watched every game, I will concede that sometimes Harden complains too much. But what people don't realize is that he really is fouled the overwhelming majority of the time he is at the line. His quickness Euro step is just impossible to defend, so players fouls him, and he extends the ball out in the lane, and players can't help slap the shite out of him trying to grab the ball.

The fact is that if more NBA players could do what he does, they would.

The James Harden I saw during Team USA basketball over the summer was a blast. I really enjoyed watching him as the lead ball handler with that talent around him.

The fact that he embellishes contact is undeniable though. He throws his head back just like Manu and CP3 anytime questionable contact is created. I truly understand how it wouldn't annoy you, as I didn't find CP3 annoying when he did it here. Like I said, I don't really dislike him.

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