imagine being a james harden fan for 17 years and it didn't pay off a single time

You do not make all nba at age 35 and be a big part of a conference finals team at 36 years old if you aren't a "workout warrior".

Daryl Morey decided James Harden wasn’t worth paying 3 years ago, took a gap season with the MVP peaking, signed a different max player, missed the playoffs, didn’t buy at the deadline the 1 season they finally beat the Boston Celtics, and then watched that same player he refused to pay 3 years ago help bring his team to an Eastern Conference Finals after he said nobody in the conference added an impact player

(The Cavs would’ve lost to the Raptors if they still had Garland.)

Crickets.

You are seeing proof of concept for the trade James Harden is able to absorb All-NBA caliber defenders, can make plays in isolation, and has helped a supercharge the bigs Having a player who does that and can credibly guard 2-4 (He guards, he really does) is huge Spent time tonight on Paul Reed even; you can’t do that with a smaller guard Darius Garland will be an all-star caliber player for years to come but Harden is an All-NBA guy still & such a unique fit with this core *They also did it to have more optionality in the event that they lost earlier than expected, they are getting out in front of the small guard market (See: Trae Young)

THE BEARD IS HEADING BACK TO THE CONFERENCE FINALS 🔥

Where is Nick Wright?

36-year-old Harden in 43 minutes just went 30/8/6/1/3 against the best defense in the league Do you understand the trade yet?

Where is Nick Wright ??? Dan Patrick? Anyone?

DARYL MOREY IS A LIAR, AND I WILL NEVER BE A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION HE IS A PART OF. LET ME REPEAT: DARYL MOREY IS A LIAR, AND I WILL NEVER BE A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION HE IS A PART OF

dwade was asking bron what color Gatorade he wanted at this age

Wade was judging dunk contests when he was Hardens age and we're still getting playoff moments lol

Players in NBA History with 4000 PTS & 1000 AST in the Playoffs: • Michael Jordan (6x NBA Champion) • Kobe Bryant (5x NBA Champion) • Tony Parker (4x NBA Champion) • Lebron James (4x NBA Champion) • James Harden

Where is Nick Wright?

James Harden when asked how he silenced the chatter regarding his play: “What chatter?”

My soul needed that stretch from harden. LFGGGGGGG

PJ Tucker is not just my favorite role player of all time, he’s one of my 5 favorite Rockets of all time. I would’ve ran through a wall for PJ. He gave it 110% every single night even when we asked him to play center and guard PRIME ANTHONY DAVIS. There’s few shots I remember being more automatic than a corner three from PJ. PJ Tucker will always be good in Houston if I have a say. Enjoy retirement.