Beijing time on November 12, NBA reporters Kelly Iko, Sam Amick and Shams Charania jointly reported that the Rockets became the focus. Regarding the pressure of winning the championship, the sense of responsibility of the team, and the future direction, a source described it as "a mess" The Rockets last season, and in subsequent reports, some of the Rockets will question why the Rockets trade teams like Chris Paul and Capella. Even in the 2018 West Finals tiebreaker, the Rockets’ old scars of 27 three-pointers and even iron were revealed. Perhaps Harden became the culprit, and Paul’s past remarks were too sharp.
19-20 season in the sixth game of the first round in the Western Conference, the Thunder beat the Rockets 104-100, Paul dominated the game with 15 points in the final quarter, Harden's 6-for-1 stealth in the final quarter became the object of criticism. After the game, Paul once said: "At the critical moment in the final quarter of the game, some people were born for this moment, while some people chose to retreat. You saw Dame's performance, and some people were born for this. We just play ball!" You taste, you taste carefully, and you must speak martial ethics.
Of course, the joint report of the three names also stated that the Rockets’ style of play has also been complained by the team’s current players. Among them, the 2018 Western Conference finals tiebreaker 92-101 lost to the Warriors became the focus of complaints, Magic Ball The system has been questioned. At one point, there were 27 consecutive three-pointers, but there was no adjustment or integration into other offensive strategies.
So why is Harden the culprit? The first point: Mingji’s column stated that the point of little Rivers’ dissatisfaction is that James Harden yelled at little Rivers after a free throw, blaming little Rivers for dispersing on the bench. Lost his attention. Little Rivers hurts a little bit here.
and the Rockets’ role player House. He also had quarrels with D'Antoni, Harden, and Wei Shao. In the Rockets’ away game against the Eagles in January 2020, House once made this contradiction public, but it did not Not the first time nor the last time. Don't worry, there is more! According to the report, the Rockets old player Ariza believes that the Rockets owe him an apology, and some former Rockets players believe that there is a problem with the culture of the Rockets, and they pay too much attention to the feelings of catering to the stars. In addition, Wei Shao has also worried about the lack of responsibility of the Rockets team. He and Harden are good brothers, and he also urged Harden to take responsibility.
But after the Rockets lost to the Trail Blazers in January this year, the Rockets held an internal meeting, which was led by Shao Wei! Wei Shao was the first to hold his own meeting, and then began to summarize the problems, and pointed out the problems and deficiencies of all the players in the team, in order to change and end the team's losing streak! But sources said that when Wei Shao talked about James Harden's problem, Harden did not accept criticism like other teammates. And earlier rocket media "ClutchFans" also gave some opinions, this is about James Harden!
The media said: "Harden and Wei Shao will cooperate for another year at most, followed by Harden threatening his title as a quasi-manager. You can't ask the team to give up future assets in order to get his friends, and then come back. Question the future of the team."
is saying that one slap is not enough, or that sentence, if one person is not satisfied with you, it may be a contradiction between you, but what if two people, or even three people? Then you should look for the problem from yourself. From Chris Paul, to Wei Shao, Jr. Rivers and Rockets-related media, the questioning of Harden is very direct. He will be invisible at critical moments and he is not brave enough to take responsibility, so Harden is the culprit.
Of course, Harden is the league’s three consecutive regular season scoring champions, and the league’s regular season MVP. His personal offensive ability is undoubted. He averaged 34.3 points in 36.5 minutes per game in the regular season. He scored 34.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 7.5 Zhuhai. He made a total of three-pointers in the league. First, the average number of three-pointers per game is also the league's first, and 5.4 points per game using turnovers is the league's first.
But what about Harden's defense? The regular season average defensive efficiency of 106.7 ranked 143rd in the league, with a hit rate of only 35.9% at critical moments and 25% of three-pointers!
Maybe, the beard should really look for problems from himself, tooMaybe the Rockets want to find a breakthrough, trade Harden to win some future assets, and then introduce big men to improve the magic ball. For example, the Rockets championship is won by the historical center Olajuwon. This is also a more reasonable Team building ideas. (Text / Lude's Sports Newspaper)
