Chris Broussard on D'Antoni's comment that Harden is the 'best offensive player ever' | UNDISPUTED

Is Antoni right? I don't blame D'Antoni for saying this about his superstar. I wouldn't blame you if you said right now that James Harden is a better

offensive

player

than Michael Jordan and his first Kobe Bryant was on his Prime, but James Harden isn't a better

offensive

player

than either of those two because let's just do the killer mentality that Michael Jordan had. Let's do the Mamba mentality that Kobe had. Let's play a hypothetical one-on-one game. Those two would terrify James Harden. a one-on-one game would destroy him psychologically mental strength because we have seen James disappear many times in the postseason, he is not James Harden, the offensive force that was Shaq, Kareem or Wilt was in his prime only because he is six years old. five and they were huge and the players dominated, but I agree with a point that D'Antoni made that at least puts James Harden in this conversation: he is the new lethal weapon in basketball that Michael Jordan didn't really care about because he didn't.

It was emphasized that Kobe started at the end of his career, but not like James does and it's the step back three after the dribble, dribble, dribble, because he'll dribble 20 times and then he'll take a step back and he's doing 38%. of his three-pointers this year and 37% for his career, that's pretty good, yeah, all of a sudden, that's the great equalizer here, where he has a great slide, he passes people with a kind of effortless quickness, it's almost more faster than the Eye because he doesn't seem as fast to me, but he can handle people and can't finish with both hands on the rim, which makes him very difficult to defend, but again, just in psychology, the mentality of assassins , I can't locate it.

In the same conversation with Jordan, what I like about Harden is that he reminds us that this is a game of skill, you know, says Michael Jordan, we felt that the

best

player had to be the most athletic and that the magic was not the bird more athletic. He wasn't the most athletic Oscar, you know, he was big and strong, but he wasn't, you know, I didn't hire anything like that. Oh Harden is like that, he just has great skills, like you said, he's sneaky and as smart as he is, it's tremendous. I would throw Lebron I think offensively he's better than I would say Steph is and you know what I when you're a career shooter 44% yeah yeah now this is what people are missing and I think Hardin should be.

I think you should be unanimous. MVP because I don't see how you put anyone ahead of him this year, but what Dan Tony I want to say is that it's missing because, like you said, it's back to his player, this system makes the man take you to another level offensively, your numbers, Steve Nash with With all due respect, I don't even think he'd be the hall of famer he will be if he hadn't gone with Mike D'Antoni's son, let alone the two-time MVP, you know , Chris Duhon looked great, misses them. Ray Felton averaged 17 and 9 during Jeremy Lin's two-month run of dominance under Mike D'Antoni, so you put James Harden in the system, who is better than any of those guys and that's where this one has come. additional rebound.

I would love to see Chris Paul alone in this system. I think his numbers would be huge if you put Steph or LeBron. That's a great quarterback stat for LeBron or even KD LeBron in his hands in this system. LeBron would do it

ever

y 15. this tonight on this, yeah, and look, no, Mack D'Antoni, he's not the greatest offensive player of all time and you need to stop him. I think you can take advantage of your player without lying because there was a five-year streak and then maybe he. when he was probably 14 years old, what was in the league had a five-year streak, he averaged 40-25 with three assists and had a PE R of 30.

Kobe averaged 35 points a night. He once had a streak of five consecutive games in which he reached 40 in two games before scoring that 81 81 he had a fifty-one point game Michael Jordan averaged 37 for an entire season he averaged 32 eight Nate for a season like that that Mike D'Antoni is enough if you want to say James Hart is one of the

best

offensive players I've

ever

seen, okay, I can live with that, but he's Greve, the best opposite. LeBron is a better all-around offensive player than James Harden, come on Mike, I get it, that's your guy you want.

Back your guy up, you're getting a better guy, well, but you're not, oh, you really think, believe it. James' heart is like a better bicycle, no, I think it would be difficult to say that if Michael Jordan and Kobe had to play their entire career in the league, it is like that. now no, no, there's no farm, you can't hold chicken in your hand, you can just free it, there's no clothesline, you know what else, there's no big man in the middle, oh your team or the other team, so Imagine Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan was going to the hole with Patrick Ewing.

Shaq David Robinson the line for Elijah's war Elijah Wood likes not to mention Oakley and those guys, those artists come back to always remember you, so the lane today is so open. Look, I was talking to a former player the other day and he was upset because the way the game is now, he said, he said, look, the era comparison is over, you can't even do it because it's a very different game. Use the lane it's so open. The three-pointer is such a big James Hart and he shoots 44%. Another part of the argument, Jordan LeBron, all those centers you mentioned are very efficient, but with the 3-point line, if you shoot 33%, that's equivalent to shooting 50% from two, so it takes ten threes per game, so that is taken into account. it's the whole equation where you think about this for Kobe's 20-year career, he attempted 5,500 three-pointers James Harden already attempted 4,400 in nine years, so he'll triple it over Jordan's entire career, he took 1,700 because they just didn't, you know, yeah I mean birds don't need much you know just no one emphasized it when you saw Michael doing this on the fire he was actually saying we didn't even fire the shot and I just did whatever in a row.

James Hart is electric, I mean, because he's not a high-flying player, he goes to the rim and plays the game under the rim, he can finish like you say, he kills himself with either hand, the other night he dunked it with his right hand and I was like I need to stop Mike D'Antoni was leading and around the league when Michael Jordan was in his prime when Kobe that stretch we called the wing when Shaq was gone you want to tell me come on now what I'll say is this and If we call Harden a two-guard, he has to win, but I think he could.

I have Jordan Kobe, Jerry West D style is my top four. I think it could happen, that's the best one, oh yeah, yeah, Kobe off the table. Yes, Dwayne was healthy and it was about time he could forget the years, but I think because of Harden, if he can have longevity and again he has to win some championships, you have at least one, yes, until he uses it, you can't, you do not have to do it. get because the way he got three Jordan got six Kobe got five you have to win it sheet but I got them anyway as the second guide of them Ron you realize that the APB is not yet available to him for the sixth game one of the things I want I see that more than anything Obama is human, he and Chris Paul in these decisive moments and not so much Chris, but he certainly toughens up when things get difficult.

I was AC D'Antoni when they were going to do things. I do. I did this thing. This system. he's very pretty to watch and creates MVP in the regular season, sometimes he gets completely taken out of his comfort zone when it comes time in the post, look, but look at him, I'm electric, I mean the way he can caress the ball with that left hand. between his legs, I mean, he thought he had a point and no, hey, you come, how do you protect him? If you push him, he'll walk past you, you'll relax, and he'll get up and shoot all three.

What are you doing? The other night in Portland he had a possession where he dribbled it 20 times and he stepped back and just broke it, it's almost like it's unbelievable because you say no, he obviously has some quickness, but you would think he would. Don't get carried away by these guys, yeah, oh yeah. I mean, imagine if you imagine if James Harlan was 69 to 64, which could actually, oh my gosh, be skipped. I know a guy with those same dimensions 6-9 254 in his fifteenth season hmm, the one. you got hooked on the vibe he told you all he's doing is foreshadowing what's to come it'll be like this you're 16 you're 17 and you're eight if that's the case I'll ask someone he has Alex Guerrero he You don't need to know exactly how many games they lose in Eastern Conference playoffs, please, Oakley.

I thought we were talking about Houston. Oh, back to comedy. Cleveland loses in the Eastern Congress, but I don't know what they lose. they lost to Toronto last time they lost one they didn't lose any they lost no way they sweat they lost one against Boston so it was 12 - great, no, that's right, there's 12 and one last year in that range, you know, and I lose if I lose three no before they lose to the Florida blues and after they get a three you just know someone I liked Larry Drew said this is our defining moment everyone has a moment and LeBron just rejected it after the game he said right? ? a little late for that in case you didn't know the moment occurred on December 30, 1984 that was the moment thanks for joining thanks for watching subscribe here to get the latest on the show and be sure to see more of the best clips from

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