Stephen A. urges Kendrick Perkins to cool down during a heated James Harden debate | First Take

He hasn't been key and his numbers are inflated by the fact that he is an extremely high usage player and dan tony on a d'antoni team in an era where that guy is going to score a lot of points and get a lot of rebounds. and assists now it's not to diminish him properly now you can say what you want about hard work I don't doubt his historical regular season benefit I'm talking about what he does when it matters most now you could say luca, we haven't done it I've seen it yet and you're right, you're not in the playoffs.

This is my best guess based on everything I've seen. That's the point where you want to talk statistics. You want to talk about statistics. Second year player, he has an average of 29 9 and nine second year player 29.99 99. you have almost the same record as Harden's team, he has almost the same waiting time and when you talk about young players, when Larry Bird he

first

came to the Celtics, the team turned around, he played in the playoffs when michael jordan

first

came to the bulls and they were older than luca now he was hit when he saw larry bird in boston garden bird was considered the best player of the game, but jordan showed him that no matter who you are, sorry, luca has that type of mentality like Jordan, that you are talking about, you are ignoring everyone, he hasn't played a playoff game yet and he still hasn't played a game before having a player, Steven A Stephen.

I'm basing this on this whole story. wherever he's gone, at whatever level, no matter how big he is, the time he's younger than everyone else, when he's unproven, he always walks away as the best player, at a certain point, you can make a prediction that you'd rather have that guy versus the guy who got less. that when it matters most in barcelona it makes talking about max max kellerman listen since

james

harden

set foot in the city he has been in the mvp conversation you know what that tells me that if he wasn't under russell westbrook and uh kevin durant in oklahoma city We would have been talking about James Harden as rookie of the year if he had his own team.

They just kept him because he was in the shadows since he was there. He has the second unit and directed number one. Hey. He made the Rockets a contending team since he set foot in Houston in this clutch city and Elijah One made this organization in Houston relevant again. Max, you'll put some respect into that man's name. This is one of the ones that is going to fall. He is one. of the most suitable amount, his name, max, I benefited from a final, except when you were sixth man when you didn't play well in the final.

I showed you videos. I showed you videos of James Harden in his defining moments, even in Oklahoma City. fourth game against the defending champions and the dallas mavericks when he broke out for 16 points in the fourth quarter when we were down 13 to start the quarter and he took control of the game. I also showed you another video of Max Kellerman when Kawhi Leonard was guarding

james

harden

in game five of the western conference in oklahoma city and he sacked russell westbrook and kevin durant and hit a dagger directly in front of your kawaii boy big gamer Liverpool, any player, if you play for ten years, you will have a great experience.

In the moments when it mattered most, Harden hasn't had enough of them and that's why he hasn't won a championship, especially in game seven against the Golden State Warriors when the Rockets were at home and Hardin couldn't. . He didn't hit the wide side of a barn with a handful of shots max, he couldn't hit anything, wait for Max, wait for Matt Max, we hear you, I read Max and Kendrick, first of all, some advice, calm down, don't do it too much. emotional no, no,

stephen

, just no,

stephen

, let's roll it up again, he's been working number two, number two, calm down, wait, wait, just stay calm, it's hot down there, it's hot down there,

kendrick

doesn't need to warm up yet more, expect a second number one number two maximum in the eight years james harden has been in houston he averages 29.6 very well with 44 shots 36 from three point range over the last six years he has averaged over 10 free throws per game he's shooting 86 to the free throw line, I'm just saying that when you do that kind of stuff and put up those kind of numbers and do what Kendrick Perkins said he did, that instantly makes Houston a contender every year that they just get to Golden State most of the time all I'm saying is if you're not going to put him on that list or you're going to put someone above him, at least it can be someone with a playoff resume, you're going to pick someone instead of James Harden who has never played in a post. in the game, yeah, it was never played, never let me tell you why you see me and Steven a long time ago, we had radio shows that were right next to each other in New York, a long time ago we've been talking about sports, especially through fighting and basketball games for a long time. decades now, steven a, know what kind of cat you are, you know, eye test, some guys come in and the moment doesn't scare them, in fact they get better under more pressure and before they even show it, but I don't like that. but everything about luca tells me harden has a history of not doing that now he's gotten better maybe he's ready to do it just like lebron one time he wasn't ready and then he got ready and then he got great at it maybe harden is there, but he hasn't done it yet and Luke, so I'll accept my smile, but who do I think will? about the guy i have seen, i haven't given the last word, give kp the last question, let's move on. max max stephen Can I ask you all a question when you leave a team like James Harden did, turning down you know 64 million because he wanted his own team and leaving a contender who just made it to the finals and he says no, I want the maximum ?

I'm number one and he goes there. That's pressure. That's pressure. Because you ask for it. That's pressure. So he comes in and says "I want my own team." And he comes in and makes a team relevant and a contender. they force them to

take

them to the western conference finals over and over again number one, number two, watching a tough western conference, that's too much pressure, that's pressure, thanks for watching espn on youtube to stream live sports and premium content, subscribe to espn plus