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Originally Posted by mac222b
Anything he does should come with an asterisk attached. Even on the 4 point play at the end he had to create contact with the defender. He's a cheating clown who makes his living exploiting easily corruptible officials who are no doubt instructed to whistle certain star players differently. When the playoffs roll around and more eyes are on the games and every team left has stars that also need special treatment, Harden shrinks without his bailout calls. Cant wait to see it happen again this offseason.
https://www.sbnation.com/2017/5/5/15...screen-rockets |
I'm sorry, but that makes my blood absolutely boil. Smith drives under the basket and gets hammered. Defender doesn't even touch the ball and makes contact with his head and shoulders. Nothing. Just an out of bounds call-- usually to the other team.
Harden straight up jumps into his opponent and gets THREE FTs? F him and F the league for enabling it. That first video in the link has TWO fouls-- one for an offensive foul on the screener for moving and the second on Harden for jumping into the defender's space. The entire game is based around the idea that defenders have few rights, but the one right they have is to the property under their feet. That is a complete violation of that and a rule that only applies to one player is a BS rule.