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Top Data NBA... Live!: 📢🔝💯 James Harden today surpasses Mike Conley and now ranked 44th all time with 1,228 games topdatanba1.github.io/nbapp/
Brandon Rahbar: James Harden has the night off on Russell Westbrook’s jersey retirement date. KD and Steven Adams play the Kings on February 7th so they have the night off too.
Channing Frye: "Why is Channing such a Luka hater? No, I love Luka Doncic. I love Luka. I just don't think the way he plays basketball is going to win a championship. That's it. That's it. I think Luka is a lot like James Harden. I think both of those guys' games are amazing, but their usage rate is not equating to championships. Who plays like that? Who's played like that and shown you that they can win a championship? I wait. Right? Think about maybe the last person who did, the last person who did was Giannis, and that was 2021, right? 21. So five, six years ago. And now, look, like it's not sustainable. The usage rate is too much. What's going to happen? Like Luka is great. He's not winning you a championship like that, because guess what, the other best team has five guys that are going to average 15 to 20 points. Luka has to feed his whole team other than Austin Reeves. That's a lot. That's a lot of pressure on one person. Definitely not a hater. He's great. All-time great."
AJ Dybantsa on guarding James Harden: “It’s a tough cover. That’s been one of my favorite players growing up in that Rockets era. Just him averaging 50, that’s obviously one of the toughest covers. You just got to kind of stay solid. You don’t want to put your hand in the cookie jar because he’s super elite at drawing fouls.”
Jon Krawczynski: In the NBA's last 2-minute report, it was concluded that James Harden should have been called for a foul on Anthony Edwards' drive late. Also, the steal from LaMelo Ball on Donovan Mitchell was deemed incidental contact. Not surprised at either determination.
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Law Murray: Tenth Luka Doncic 50-point game of his career Since Doncic entered the NBA in 2018, only James Harden (16) and Damian Lillard (11) have more 50-balls than Luka
Tyrese Maxey: Here yall go🫤… I’ve never even been to DOC house 😂 Sleeper 76ers: Tyrese Maxey went to Doc Rivers’ house out of frustration over James Harden’s lack of effort in the playoffs 😳 per @stephenasmith via @FirstTake
Bobby Marks: There are have been 2 regular season trades in October/November since the CBA started in July 2023. * James Harden to LAC (2023) * Filip Petrusev to SAC (2023) 29% of NBA players cannot be traded
Gansey’s playing career earned him respect in the locker room. His friendships and popularity across the league turned him into a magnet for intel. Rival coaches and scouts trust him. So do agents. In fact, the Cavs’ February trade for James Harden was the direct result of back-channel talks between Gansey, who by then was Cleveland’s no. 2 to Altman in the front office, and Harden’s agents, according to a league source.
Mario Hezonja: “Back in the day I was at the twos and he was the two shooting guard, yeah. So for me it’s like, oh like I’m one of the best in history at the twos, so let me go and switch position at the one and I’ll try to be the best in history at that too. So this is how I imagine him right now that he can be like basically there’s two of him. And both of those are Hall of Fame positions that what he’s doing. So I guess now like that he wants to win so so bad, I guess, you know, just seeing that the intelligence like bursting out of him, you know, that he wants to get guys going, help everybody, that everything looks good, that everything everybody is competitive, which is going to, you know, today today you have to, everybody wins with the deep roster, you know. So and I think he understands that right now like obviously I remember him as a, you know, a 60 point triple double type of player right now, but like to see him to see this version as well of him, it just speaks wonders about how a Hall of Fame type of player can adapt to different teammates, different teams, different situations, so extraordinary player.”
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Jake Fischer: Veteran NBA agent Steve McCaskill is returning to the business with Equity Sports, according to league sources. McCaskill has over a decade of experience in the space. Equity negotiated James Harden’s new three-year, $97 million deal with Cleveland this summer.
Donovan Mitchell on James Harden: “I just truly believe the only reason why he’s not talked about in every room is because of championship conversation. But I’ve always known it being around him, but when you’re his teammate, I think it grew to a whole different level. Seeing him in camp, seeing his influence on the group, seeing his conversation, seeing his passion behind winning, and passion behind intention and trying to be the best of what he does, really puts in perspective how BS a lot of narratives are, and how you really don’t truly understand something until you see it from the other side.”
Donovan Mitchell on James Harden: “I just truly believe the only reason why he’s not talked about in every room is because of championship conversation. But I’ve always known it being around him, but when you’re his teammate, I think it grew to a whole different level. Seeing him in camp, seeing his influence on the group, seeing his conversation, seeing his passion behind winning, and passion behind intention and trying to be the best of what he does, really puts in perspective how BS a lot of narratives are, and how you really don’t truly understand something until you see it from the other side.”
“I feel like being that backup point guard is big because it gives those guys pressure relief,” Porter said. “We all know when the playoffs come, James is going to get double-teamed, Don is going to get double-teamed, that’s going to be every team’s main focus. Just being able to give teams a different look. To give our team more lift, it’s big.”
