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Harden or Westbrook: Who will have to adjust their game more next season? | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Mar 16, 2024
Well, there needs to be a lot of

adjust

ments by everyone, including Mike D'Antoni. Really maybe

more

than anyone else. Don't know. I know it's a one trick pony and like I said, I'm in, I'm in the minority, no. I'm in the minority, I might even be a minority of one. I don't know how you feel about Call of Fame. I think he's a Hall of Fame coach. Like Don Nelson. He didn't win. That basketball guy they like, he opens up to everyone. Jesus is a little different but he's a one trick pony that's how the point guard dominates the ball now so I'd like him to

adjust

and get

more

ball and player movement if he ran something like Golden State Runs, I think this could work, though.
harden or westbrook who will have to adjust their game more next season nba first things first
I don't think he's going to do that, I think he'll do the typical thing and the one who needs to adjust the most, I think, is Harden because he's the one most capable of adjusting. Russ is Russ like you can't play two guards Russet and Expect him to be a great shooter he's not that and people

will

go back to Will in Oklahoma City. Hardin handled the ball when he played with Russ Russell's at the two. Guess what number one you had Kevin Durant there, he was so great that he does everything. kind of work well and number two, it was a different NBA, the three pointer wasn't as prominent, you also had Dwyane Wade playing off the ball with Lebron, that would be a little more difficult today because you need those two guards to be able to shoot. and stretch the court, so I think Russ alone in Mike D'Antoni's offense with the ball in his hands would be dynamic with the court spread very high, pick and roll and toughened because he is a good shooter, he can

have

a better, but it's not a good catch, well he didn't, he hardly did any of that last year because even if it's wide open, if you run at my bat, dad, I

have

to pat it a few times, I think it's better for catch and shoot that Russ, well. no reality, I heard what you think about the catch and shoot stuff for Harding because he took 1,028 threes last year, only 70 were catch and shoots, but that's not just because he likes to dribble, it's because no one was creating those shots . to him, Chris Paul might be okay, but they weren't.
harden or westbrook who will have to adjust their game more next season nba first things first

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My point is that when he didn't have the ball in his hands he wasn't as active, that's where he needs to adapt and apart from Chris Paul and even Chris. Paul, they didn't have guys on that team. He could beat people at dribbling. Austin River is the only guy who could beat people at dribbling and he lost the Rivers. Well, the team isn't built that way, it's not built, I mean, they're not. I want the guys to build on beating people off the dribble because they're right, they're an analysis-based team, like beating someone off the dribble isn't the best offensive move, well, but now they have someone who can, and So.
harden or westbrook who will have to adjust their game more next season nba first things first
My point is that Harden

will

have more opportunities to catch and shoot. If they're not going to be what the Rockets will have, this says that Arden and Westbrook, if they play what they would like 34 minutes a night to be like, will each have a 14-minute segment of the

game

, probably, where they will be there without the another person, but at the beginning and at the end of the

game

they will have to be together and think. Find out how to make it work. In fact, I think Harden is more capable of threatening the defense off the ball than Russ because he doesn't ruin space.
harden or westbrook who will have to adjust their game more next season nba first things first
The problem is when the ball is in Harden's hands, although Chris Paul was greatly diminished. player, he could still shoot the lights out, so you had to respect him at the three-point line. Guys will cheat for us, they'll sink in the lane and that can ruin some of what Houston does. However, Russ has never been on a team where when he has the ball he is surrounded by shots, he has never been on a team where you don't have Roberson, Stephen Adams or Jeremy Grant in the game and where when he arrives. until the rim there is someone waiting for him, they will be able to spread the floor and give Russ options like he never had in Oklahoma City, so I think it is a huge improvement for Houston and the durability for Russ, which was one of the reasons.
They brought in Chris Balls to relieve some of the workload and he wasn't tough enough to do it, but yeah, of course, especially in the beginning there will be a my turn, your turn, my turn, your turn aspect for two guys. for the last three years I've been totally used to every turn being

their

turn yeah let's not get this mixed up though let's not act like they could trade for someone they would have picked Russ okay they were stuck with Chris Paul Chris Paul . and Hardin couldn't play another

season

together, couldn't bring them back because what happened in the NBA this off

season

was the perfect time for them to get that team together and say, you know what, man, we should run this back, man, we are.
As good as anyone, but no that wasn't the case, they had to cancel Chris Paul's contract so Nick says "Oh they got better, yeah they were forced to because they couldn't bring in Chris Paul" . Back in that locker room, to your point, to the extent that they played together and Hardin was the ball handler, none of these players had the type of resume, none of these players at that time were former iconic league MVPs, None of them back then had the ego they have now, so to steal from my friend Shannon what he said on Friday, he said, "You like ice cream, right?
You like mashed potatoes. I like potatoes better." fries than mashed potatoes. It's okay, but no. I eat my ice cream and my fries together like these two guys don't go together they're trying to fit them together now I know Anthony Davis talked about everything we're getting in the NBA where he has no position no it's not where you're alone right you can't having someone who is not a shooter as a guard, that is difficult nowadays. Some people have mentioned Walt Clyde Frazier, Earl the Pearl Monroe in 1973, come on, and Fraser still wears the suits today, but you can't play. the NBA today like that there is no doubt and and also Chris one of the

things

that allowed that to work was that Red Holzman ran an offense where it was ball movement and player if you had that type of offense with this because Russ can flash Russ can He is so athletic as it is, he could get away from the ball, but they don't have that type of offense, they want you to stand there and let one guy create for everyone, okay, let me ask you this, or both.
Pretend for a moment that Chris Paul and James Harden got along very well that none of that happened that they were as friends as they seem in the State Farm commercials Do you think rockets still do this move because I do it because I believe? they are better than russ not being available what do you mean russ not being available? I mean, no, no, chris, no, no, russ is still available. Paul George is gone and Russ is available, but Chris Paul and James Harden are as close as if they were two. Years ago, you know all these commercials together, right?
Because I think the Rockets, one of the reasons they bought Chris Paul is because they didn't get along, but once Russ is available, even if they get along very well, I think they make this move. Well, because the little guy is not that good of a man, health, health at this stage of his career and last year was that decline due to some injuries, just the adjustment or what I mean, obviously, it was his worst season, but that brings me. So let's see that they have more talent that is based on analysis more than anyone else, let's see how this fits into

their

model but that but it doesn't fit doesn't fit but neither does bringing in Dwight Howard or Carmella Mayordomo, of course, listen, they have an analytical model, but the number one model in Houston is to get me as many Team USA guys as I can find and we'll figure it out, but they're more talented, they're younger and they're more durable than last year they were their worst team in three point shooting, they , and that's before even talking about the disagreements within the locker room.
Russel Westbrook is a much better player all around, no one is arguing, no one is going to take that conversation right. chris paul is a better player than anyone knows, but the program wouldn't be more talented, but we look, i think golden state showed the nba again that it's not just about talent, sure when they got kevin durant they were more talented, but before that 2015 2016 when they won 73 individually, steph clay and draymond are not enough to drive you crazy, you are not going to put them in some combined tests and choose them not well, it is about moving the ball, that's all, so no it's just about getting a group of great players and making it work, I agree the

next

problem is Nick's, this is not our problem, the

next

problem is Houston, Dale Murray and now they have one of their favorite players, That's all we were talking about, the Rockets, this next promise.
Chris Paul and Giveaway Things opt out of the contract, instead replacing him with one of the top 20 players in the league. The fit isn't perfect, but the team that boosted Golden State more than any other team boosted a healthy Golden State just got better and the conversation if the team got better, they got more talented, I don't know if they got better, okay, there it is. where we debunk without a doubt, they got better thanks for watching, subscribe here to get the latest from the show, also be sure to check out More of the best clips from First Things First or go watch some segments from our other shows on fs1.

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