Harden & CP3's legacies will have a 'serious mark' losing to Warriors — Broussard | NBA | UNDISPUTED

Look, it could

have

been a lot worse with Katie, but right now he's out, so who wins the series. Now I'm sticking with Golden State. I'm going to say they do it in seven, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least. if they do it tonight and I mentioned yesterday that kd was a luxury, right, a great luxury, not a necessity beyond that, he was a crutch, you know, look, if we don't play the best we can, we

have

kd when the things are not going well. We can always go to KD and he's going to turn us over, he can shoot whenever he wants, no one can stop him, etc., and that can lead to a little complacency, so I think without that crutch, they know that.

They have to be on their game and they have to play great. I said it yesterday too. They are 29 years old and four in three years with Steph and no, Kevin Durant. Guess what the average is 82+ games, 72 wins, sounds familiar. in the regular season with no skill so this is still a great team andre iguodala has turned back the clock he is playing his best ball of the season draymond green is playing his best ball of the season and I know depth is an issue because especially Andrew Bogut I can't really be a part of this series because Houston is getting so small that I think they'll be fine if they advance to the next round, but Houston doesn't go deep either, that's what they have six guys playing 20 or more minutes Shumpert

will

have a few minutes Daniel House like they're not playing Gerald, they're not going to go deep, so they're going to have to chase a more mobile offense if you

will

in Golden State, so I think that might wear them down a little bit. a little bit and finally these two games, if they are two, are huge for James Harden and Chris Paul's legacy, especially Chris because he is older and this could pretty much be the end of his prime.

Harden will obviously have moments in the future where he can do it. I know it will change the narrative, but at this point in his career, if they don't win this series, it will be a

serious

mark

on both of their

legacies

for now and we'll see how they withstand that pressure. I'll stick with Golden State, I picked them in seven. I'm going to continue with them in seven and I said this jump before. Would I be surprised if Golden State won in six? No, considering how James Harden appears small and on the most significant ball. games, no, absolutely not, we forget that this nucleus that they are starting with for now had a record of 73-9, this start won a championship andre iguodala was the mvp of the final, steph curry is a two-time mvp of the league, the Last time he won it was unanimous.

I think unanimously I think we forget that how good this Kevin Durant team was, what Kevin Durant did for this team made it unbeatable in a seven-game series, that's what he did because they were already a great team, you don't win. games and not being a great team, not getting in there and now that kd is out basically they're probably going to start Kevon Looney well basically when they won the championships they started Andrew Bogan so maybe Looney can't give you defensively what a bogey. got but he's more optimistic yeah so don't be surprised it was like a burden was lifted once kd got out they didn't want kd to get hurt and of course not because he they know that pretty much He guarantees them a title, but he gave it to Steph. and Clay the ability to not have to worry about whether they were eliminating Katy by taking too many shots because now they have no one to worry about what they're going to do.

They just think he's going to get 15 shots and now Draymond's going to get eight extra shots uh uh iggy no but look how the ball moves tonight okay look how these pictures set up tonight so James Harden you better behave do your best and you will see, I will not agree. Look, I don't think Chris Paul is in. He's already in his prime, we haven't seen Chris Paul for a long period of time, but James Harden isn't going to get any easier because the historically great players that are playing now don't want to play with that dribble, drop, dribble, drop back , bargain. leave a dribble, no, who's going to play with that?

Well, it's his team, I mean, we know that Daryl Mori is moving and could change things, but they are not going to get rid of Chris Paul McKay, yes, that contract, yes, that is his contract, the only one . The contract that's the worst is John Walls, you both eat those brothers' dumb contracts, you can look dumb eating them, you love that group today, that's your word, yeah, this week it's their word, right, new word of the week , you also bought the one you want. part of this series I choose houston, I have to listen to you man, and game seven only because I picked them to win before the series started because I will bet not a drop of what I should on any of the games, I don't trust any of the games and It's just you two, I won't be surprised if it ends tonight, but this is interesting to me about the man you guys were talking about, Kevin Durant, is he the cake or the icing?

Is he? You know, but here's the thing, I was surprised that steve kerr has already ruled kevin durant out of gay a possible game seven with a calf strain because to me today's medical is so far along that if you have that much time If you have Sunday, you go all the way to Sunday, so how many hours? Friday Saturday, okay, so if you have heat, ice and stem treatments 24 hours a day, do you know electrostimulation treatment and deep tissue massage? If it's tight, it's probably some type of spasm where you have the rest of the spasm.

It's going to come loose, it's going to be magically, I know it, it's going to come away and suddenly you're like oh wait a second I'm fine Steve Kerr shows no fear or desperation he's basically saying let's leave Kevin for a moment. the fun thing about the conference finals like, let's just make sure we don't have to have Kevin for game seven now again maybe they're just saying that and maybe he'd make a magical inning, maybe he'll pull the will out of the wheat, but but It seemed to me that Steve Kerr is like you listen to Houston, he is like you don't need me, Kevin ran for you bums that's right because you saw up close what happened to James Harden when there was no Kevin Durant and it's his game here.

Here this is your game to win, right, yeah, and what did he do? He disappeared in a way we had never seen him disappear. It usually just shuts down when you go from five to three. This time he just said, "I'm not going to shoot." I'm just not going to shoot, I'll stay out of harm's way this time and again. You're right, his legacy is shaken tonight and if they actually make it to Game 7, but especially to close out Game 6 at home because we've seen him just fail epically in 2015 closeouts at Golden State in the conference finals.

He had an NBA playoff record 12 turnovers in that game. In that game he shot two of 11.00 from three and then the classic game was the worst of all. In the sixth game of 2017 against my Spurs in Houston there is no number two or Tony Parker and they lost by 39 because he scored 10 points, two of 11 from the field, two of nine from three, for me there were only six turnovers, the most revealing statistic. those two games you mentioned were 11 field goal attempts, yeah okay that's 11. so he's just not going to shoot. How about last year they're still up three to two without Chris Paul after they lost him in game five, so you got it?

In two games you have to win one at home and one at Golden State to advance and reach the finals. What did he do? He shot a combined 6-for-25 from three in those two games. It's horrendous that he shot 2 for 13 in the game. seven in Golden State out of three, if you remember, if we go back to when they went to the finals and he was okay, yeah, he won that tremendous game in the second game, five, it was him, there was a wanted. poster for the right and I had given him a pass because he was very young, true, I understood it, but it seems to be a pattern and if he falls short and they lose, imagine that next season for him he could average 34 points and do all this he did this year doesn't mean anything has gone wrong, he'll turn to stone if he goes out tonight as nothing more than a regular season wonder, because he's proven it to you time and time again, I told Shannon before.

What I love about the NBA playoffs, especially the seven-game series, they reveal or expose your basketball spine. Who you really are? James Harden and tonight is the night for him at home without Kevin Durant. You are the favorite by seven and a half points. Are you open? I think the bet came down to seven because a lot of people say I don't know much in Houston right now, they're afraid of the beard for the wrong reason, because they're afraid of what he can do. Don't do well tonight, you better go out big, you better go out big and the other side of the coin is Steph's legacy.

His post-game legacy is at stake. Still you argue that in 2015 he should have been the MVP of the finals, Iggy was, but but. They haven't had any great moments and they had a really great one the other night to position them to do this well tonight, so this is the last 16 17 minutes of that ball game, he went crazy, it was a great moment, remember what his rhythm. what to do before kevin durant went there, i know they lost that finals, but that regular season i had never seen you talk to alan iverson, i had never seen anything like this when he averaged 30 he was the unanimous MVP tim legler who we worked with, you know ?

Whom I have great respect for because of his knowledge. I think this was an exaggeration, but I was talking about him potentially being one of the top three players of all time. I mean, that's how dynamic he was and let's see if he can get that back because none. Of those guys are older, other than Iguodala, none of them are older, they are older, right, so the question is are they still as good as they used to be and can they be, so we'll see, I have a feeling that they feel very good. about themselves coming back there, they feel very good about who they are playing, yes, they believe it.

I don't think they believe in James or fear James and he was just thinking, hey, why not right now? And remember they went there in March. 13. No, Kevin Durant and Stephen Clay just said, look at this and it was a close game, but they won 106 104. Yeah, okay, this has to be one of the biggest games of Hardin's career. I mean, those fans are, I think there are several, but yeah. but I say this is the biggest thing, this is the biggest thing, yeah, if they don't make it, you're either going to be in tune or you're just going to reinforce your regular season wonder, well, he made the mistake the last six and seven years last year.

What about that sixth game against San Antonio in your building when Kawhi didn't play and screwed you up?