Wont matter. If Kwahii and George are healthy, then it’s probably 70/30 Clippers are in the finals. Too deep and too much talent on both sides of the ball.
saw this on Reddit since 12/1/23 (23 Games): 1st in Offensive Rating: 126.9 (Over 2.5 points above second place over this time) 1st in Halfcourt Offensive Rating: 109.6 17th in Transition Frequency: 14.8% 2nd in Transition Offensive Rating: 141.6 7th in 3PT Frequency; The Clippers were 20th in this stat before Dec. 1 1st in 3PT Shooting: 43% (The NBA Record in a single season is the 73-9 Warriors at 41.5%) 10th in Defensive Rating: 113.8 5th in Halfcourt Defensive Rating: 94.9
James Harden is still a monster - like top 10 in the league type monster… even at nearly 35 years old. Anyone as good at basketball as James Harden, deserves to win a title- so I hope he gets one this year. Barkley and Reggie Miller deserved titles as well…. Chris Paul as well.
I didn't think they could beat Denver with Zubac. To my way of thinking, certainly not without. The Clippers Achilles Heel used to be not having a PG AND being weak inside. Now, it's just having nothing inside. I will say this, when all three are healthy, James handles the PG duties beautifully. When one of those guys is out, he takes over. It's been impressive. Good to see. Perhaps Beard and KL can up their games enough to overcome it, but I have my doubts. Then, there is the matter of all three being healthy.
Terrance Mann is shooting 59% from the field and 55% from 3 in his last 10 games some would say that’s just a coincidence
Mann would be scoring way more if you gave him all of Harden's possessions. Typical Harden ball-hogging as usual.
As frustrated as I've been with Harden's BS since the Westbrook acquisition, I still want him to win a title. His 4 year peak with us was all time great, and I hate that it's on track to be completely ignored/forgotten. Mostly due to self inflicted damage on his part, but still.
He isn't fighting for the right to be remembered, he's fighting for the right to be forgotten. I've never seen a player with a peak like James be so universally hated and mocked (with cause), in terms of career choices, he'll go down as the example not to follow. On top of his already all-time bad playoff reputation (rightfully earned).
100% agreed, but he learned it from his generational buddies - Durant and Lebron. This generation of stars will be remembered as mercenaries, divas, and glory chasers.
I am glad to see the narrative with Durant change, he didn't carry Curry to rings, Curry carried him. Everything LeBron touched turned to gold. Four rings is four rings, end of discussion.
20% usage rate this season - definitely ball-hogging. 97% of Terance Mann's 3s this year are assisted 13 of his 32 3pFGs are from Harden assists. He's not a self-creator at all.
Clippers are 24-7 since making Harden the PG and moving Russ to the bench, a 63 win pace some would say that’s just a coincidence
Remember when he was going to have to play on a league minimum contract or possibly even China next season?
when the Rockets traded for Harden, we were all saying he has that old man game and was going to age gracefully with us. A game not based on athleticism but smarts. I just wish he would have balled in the playoffs versus choke. He'd be looked at way differently right now The Clippers new arena will be complete in time for next season,and bringing the first Clippers chip would be a nice way to grand open the area.
