James Harden WAS just what the Clippers needed
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Published 2024-01-27
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All Comments (21)
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The editing on this is CLEAN. So satisfying watching the commentary perfectly synced with plays that show off exactly what Ben and Cody are describing
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"Am not a system player ,Am the system ". Dude knew what he was talking about for sure
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He been one of the best if not the best passer for many years. A lot of people just weren't familiar with his game because they either didn't watch him enough, believed narratives, or let his scoring over shadow how great his passing is
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Just makes me think that Ty Lue is incredibly underrated man has them playing for each other like no one could
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5:49 “James Harden’s passing is so much more expansive than I am remembering.” He always played like this. During his Houston years he was the center of the offense and also the primary facilitator/playmaker, he didn’t develop all of this passing ability overnight.
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When “superteams don’t work” - Thinking Basketball… harden is the truth
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I will admit that i wrote off clippers as soon as they announced the trade. I'm so happy i was wrong because this clippers team slaps hard. Must see tv for all basketball fans.
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One thing i think isnt mentioned enough is the drastic change of pace between ball handlers. Harden will start the game with a methodical approach. Then Russ comes off the bench at 100 mph while putting insane pressure on the rim. I feel like the extreme difference between those 2 is what helps the Clippers offense stay very good even without harden on the floor.
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James finally is finding his footing with this system. It’s made to highlight his strengths and hide weaknesses. Don’t know if he’ll find success in the playoffs, but as long they take the pressure off him to where he can play his game freely, he should be fine!!!
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Time is fluid. I can't believe a few weeks ago everyone wrote off the clippers after the trade, and then Russ went to the bench for the team, helping them get to the rhythm they have now, force feeding a lot of people their words.
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Cody's podcast analysis of that Paul George corner pocket three, without watching the video, was pristine
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1:46 i bursted out laughing where cody almost slipped up and said pound town 😂
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LMAOOO THE SWITCH UP 😂😂😂
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Harden a top 7 passer??? lol bro is 100% top 3 passer in the league.
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Harden has shown that he can do things like this before in H-Town as the helio guy. We just tend to forget it because of those insane scoring seasons of all-time high volume scoring, iso, and stepbacks 3s.
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We need to keep emphasizing this as well about Harden. There is this incorrect narrative pushed by Doc Rivers and now people across the basketball media that Harden "changed" after he got snubbed as an All Star and became more selfish in the second half of last season. Ben I believe pointed out recently that there was barely any change to his numbers before and post All Star break. I am not a Harden fan, but I really detest narratives being pushed and presented as facts when they simply are not true at all.
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Sheesh those cut aways were clean! Everything was sync so perfect. You keep that up i might have to start donating money to you guys.
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First time watching your channel and you earned me a subscriber with the on-point edits. Perfect sync guys. Good content and quality vids.
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so we not gonna act like you didnt upload a video with james harden, paul goerge, and kawhi in the thumbnail saying superteams dont work 💀💀
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So much for James harden not being a portable player ehh ben