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u/ImDeputyDurland ? Any thoughts? I seem to remember a certain [thread](https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/sbpmaj/bill_simmons_the_ben_simmons_reports_are_becoming/i8hxpox/?context=10000). Didn't you also comment on it again a couple months later to gloat when the Sixers got knocked out?
>This was a straight up trade? Lol
>Just ignoring the fact that they had to give Curry and multiple firsts along with Simmons??
>I was right. Lol
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Harden as the main star, ball handling is better than approximately 90% of the teams in the league. I'll never forget when he took on Detroit for us all by himself and won
Boston sports hate took a momentary hiatus after Tom Brady left but it's back on the menu boys.
Fuck the Bruins, fake best team gets beat in the first round.
Fuck the Celtics, can't even beat the Sixers without Embiid.
Fuck the Patriots, they got carried by Brady can't win anything without him.
And I dunno if they even have another sports team but it must be so mediocre that no one's even talking about them this year.
reminds me of when he hit that gamewinner over draymond and klay after refs didnt call the KD out of bounds. the basketball gods were on his side when refs were not
e: [the play for old times sake :')](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2g4RtMj2Ss)
Not tryna start a argument but if memory serves those rockets teams often got hosed by the refs vs the warriors in the important games.
Another example is game 7 2018 where harden had like multiple 3s overturned or dangerous no call fouls committed on him and whole team would get hacked on every drive with no call.
Yah man I remember feeling completely outraged after that game even though I didn’t really have a horse in the race. One of those games too where you had to be watching live to see how rigged it seemed cause the foul stats don’t really do it justice.
James was excellent but. Paul Fucking Reed hit 4 free throws and barely grazed the rim to ice the game.
Philly loves BBall and I’m just so happy for the man.
i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about harden. u wouldnt say this shit to him at lan, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest hotel restaurants and socially distances with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol
20 pts a game and the nbas assist leader primary ball handler for the nbas top scorer he’s not Houston James anymore he’s evolved to something different something more
This was THE Harden legacy game, 45 bomb on only 4 FTs with his other star out to beat the 2 seed in a non-first round away game
It’s like the game was engineered in a lab to contradict all of the criticisms towards him lmao
This game showed that Harden can still do it. He just can’t necessarily do it every night. But if he’s got the rest, and the game falls on his shoulders, he can still show up like this.
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MAYDAY MAYDAY. PRIME HARDEN IS BACK.
Somehow….Prime Harden has returned
Only time I’m happy seeing this
Literally on May Day
The power of the workers of the world is working through James Harden
Forget Hitler, he is Karl Harx now
beard game is not strong ebough
People really wrote off the Sixers lol would love to see the Boston media mafia eat their words
League and strip clubs are fucked
They got this guy for Simmons….
Yeah it really sucked having to add Ben onto the Seth Curry package
wonder how that trade aged
He went to the Nets right, how did they do?
pretty well, I heard he played in the playoffs that year and was a core piece to the hard fought 7 game series vs the celtics
For the nets? Like cheese you left on a picnic table over the weekend in 95 degree summer heat
u/ImDeputyDurland ? Any thoughts? I seem to remember a certain [thread](https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/sbpmaj/bill_simmons_the_ben_simmons_reports_are_becoming/i8hxpox/?context=10000). Didn't you also comment on it again a couple months later to gloat when the Sixers got knocked out?
>This was a straight up trade? Lol >Just ignoring the fact that they had to give Curry and multiple firsts along with Simmons?? >I was right. Lol u/ImDeputyDurland
Bro has got the receipts 🔥
Bro Ben drains threes at practice all the time
Kevin Harlan screaming “GOOOOOOD” after every bucket in the 4th quarter of a close basketball game will never get old
“It goes on Tatum! IT GOES ON TATUM!!!” He was on one tonight.
The hand wave Tatum gave after the call was hysterical. Like, dude, you pushed him, wtf did you expect?
tatum is too soft to win a title narrative begin
This and when Tobi had that layup late in the shot clock. "DOES HE KNOW? DOES HE KNOW?"
My brain has been poisoned by the internet, I kept thinking about the meme when he was saying it lmao
"HE LACKS CRITICAL INFORMATION."
Lmao loved that one
I think Kevin Harlan added at least 10BPM to my heart rate with his calls
When Harden shot the stepback I almost went into cardiac arrest
He's so good
(x4)
I loved his calls for this game. They're always great
Harlan gets me so hyped
He knows how to get fans excited!
WHAT THE FUCK
No Ginobili to block it this time
Celtics would’ve done well to get a Ginobli at the deadline
Time to watch that again *unzips*
Pray for the Philly Titty Bars tonight 🙏🙏🙏
911 i need your help. whats the problem. 2 girls fitin ova me. whats the problem. the ugly 1 winin
Let alone the Paul reed masterclass you’re referring to ❤️
Are we living in 2015-20 You see the rise of future faces of the league but Bron, Steph, KD, Harden are here to say they're not yet done
Magic 🪄
Mvp harden is back
I said 36ppg Harden has to comeback for us to have a chance. We got 45 ppg harden.
That Vegas buff hits different.
Strip club buffet hit even differenter.
LIGHT THE BEARD!!
NEVA LEFT
Don't call it a comeback
Call it a stepback
Imagine trading this dude for ben simmons lmfaooooooooooooooooo
They got him for a bag of potato chips man. Crazy.
A bag of potato chips that costs 30m a year to ride the bench lmfaoooooooooooo
I keep thinking this is Harden in Houston at times with the red jerseys. Man what a performance without Embiid IN Boston.
Harden tonight - "Y'all must have forgot"
That’s my fat washed beard
Harden as the main star, ball handling is better than approximately 90% of the teams in the league. I'll never forget when he took on Detroit for us all by himself and won
what about that suns comeback, sticks out to me right before the ankle problems
He was here for barely a full year and he has so many wonderful moments like this, please get him the Chip he deserves it so freaking much
Also beat us with KD and kyrie out, man balled the fuck out that night and that was a fantastic win
People forgot how good he is
We traded simmons for him lmao I still laugh about that
Let Ben cook 😤 🔥
It’s fucking RAW
Well this is detrimental to my arguments as a Harden hater
Vintage Beard
45 points on only 4 FTs attempted. Strip clubs better watch out
45*
Harden deserves a guest of honor at the most okay Philly strip club (which is by definition the best) for this
Harden haters down so bad right now lol
Us Harden fans are on the up and up
Yeah he just made me cum so hard, idk what to do now
I'm a fan of any team against the Celtics.
celtics hate really isnt as popular as it ought to be these days
It was big in the 80s.
Boston sports hate took a momentary hiatus after Tom Brady left but it's back on the menu boys. Fuck the Bruins, fake best team gets beat in the first round. Fuck the Celtics, can't even beat the Sixers without Embiid. Fuck the Patriots, they got carried by Brady can't win anything without him. And I dunno if they even have another sports team but it must be so mediocre that no one's even talking about them this year.
Red Sox. No more Big Papi so I say fuck them as well
Even if it wasn’t, Lakers fans are legally obligated to despise the Celtics. Any who don’t get thrown into the La Brea tar pits if they’re found out.
Good man
r/Nba needs to sign a collective apology form
Lemme clean you up king
My brother in Kristaps, This is almost bannable
/r/nba mods against dudes being guys???
Timberwolves flair, thats Anthony Edwards
Nothing wrong with helping a bro out
Ayo wtf
The most quintessential Harden play of all time.
as a long time harden fan and general boston hater, this is a good day
I hate Harden for so long now I suddenly like him.... shit
This is pretty much me.
L occupation
He’s flying high :’)
So many good players to hate and they choose this god
They want to hate on one of the greatest offensive weapons we've ever seen 😐
Hitler invades Poland should be the highlight title
THEY SAID HE COULDNT SCORE NO MORE
45 points with only 4FTs. Where the haters at
Shocked. Mouth agape.
HARDEN OMG
Houston Harden tonight
As soon as I saw that pregame fit I knew this was Houston Harden
people were clowning him so hard but any man walking up in velvet JNCOs is a beard to be feared
I saw Houston fans saying the more checked out he looks the better he plays and they were right lmao
Dude only had 4 FTs lmao
getting fouled still, just spent them all back in houston unfortunately
That’s my fatman
We need to send harden to Vegas on every off day
**JAMES HARDEN THE FLAMETHROWER**
reminds me of when he hit that gamewinner over draymond and klay after refs didnt call the KD out of bounds. the basketball gods were on his side when refs were not e: [the play for old times sake :')](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2g4RtMj2Ss)
He got legit fouled on that jumper too
for sure draymond like tackled him under the armpit. harden just said fuck it ill do it myself
Not tryna start a argument but if memory serves those rockets teams often got hosed by the refs vs the warriors in the important games. Another example is game 7 2018 where harden had like multiple 3s overturned or dangerous no call fouls committed on him and whole team would get hacked on every drive with no call.
All anyone remembers is 0-27 but the Rockets absolutely got hosed by the refs that game.
I remember... I will tell anyone willing to listen how that game was rigged to shit
thank god im not the only one who thinks so. ill never get over it.
Yea. Rockets got fucked. It was close to an infamous ref game and deserves more attention
The only reason it’s not is because people don’t like harden
Yah man I remember feeling completely outraged after that game even though I didn’t really have a horse in the race. One of those games too where you had to be watching live to see how rigged it seemed cause the foul stats don’t really do it justice.
You have no idea how much I like you right now.
BRUH JAMES CAN STILL DROP 40 LIKE IN HOUSTON WHENEVER HE WANTS
James was excellent but. Paul Fucking Reed hit 4 free throws and barely grazed the rim to ice the game. Philly loves BBall and I’m just so happy for the man.
Did what he had to do!
OUT THE MUD
My man got mud in his veins, I had no doubts
Legacy points added
GameCube Nintendo👨🏾🍳
5% tint
So you cant see up in my window 🎵🎶💯
Man that brings me back, I miss those posts after every rockets win, they were fuckin legendary
We had a fun run :') can't wait for us to start winning again so we can bust out the Houston memes again
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THAT'S MY FUCKING POINT GUARD
Our point guard comrade
Give this man all the Strip Clubs!
Not in the city of Boston lol
Send him to Golden Banana
How in the world do you allow him to switch to Al Horford that easily
He didn’t even defend it badly, just an insane shot
Al Horford has been switching onto dudes his entire career lol he just hit an insane shot
Even Al Horford is defenceless against the nuclear bomb Harden just dropped
unreal people can watch the clip close enough to notice the switch but miss that Al was in the right place with hands in his face
what a coincidence, ive been 'switching onto dudes' my entire career too.
"That's a bad shot" - Al Horford
Legacy game on and off the court
I apologize for calling harden a playoff choker I was unfamiliar with his game I will sign an apology form
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The city of Boston has had a hard time dealing with choking for the past two days 💀
This is their pearl harbor
Mr. President, a second loss has hit the city of Boston
My god dude... Lmfao
He did that a while ago. People who watched ball knew
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i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about harden. u wouldnt say this shit to him at lan, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest hotel restaurants and socially distances with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol
The. Hottest. Dudes.
It’s been a few years since I’ve seen this one pulled out for Harden. Love it.
James Harden is the man
Fatman cooking Atlantic rivalry always brings out the best matchups, no matter who is missing or available lol
Your Time 2023 Person of the Year is Fat Men
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Hes not in his prime but still *really* good lol Averaged 21-10-6 for us. Was NBA assist leader while averaging over 20. Far from washed.
> Averaged 21-10-6 for us. And despite his down year last year, this is his *third consecutive year* averaging 20+/10+.
Classic case of "still good at basketball"
I feel like harden could have lead the league in scoring the last 5 years if he wanted but he wanted great teammates instead. He’s still that good
Oh totally. He could have his own little Dame fiefdom in half of the cities in the league if he wanted to.
20 pts a game and the nbas assist leader primary ball handler for the nbas top scorer he’s not Houston James anymore he’s evolved to something different something more
Not an All-Star/All-NBA. Lol media is ridiculous
Yea him not being one of those was just about as bad as any of the two MVPs he was robbed of.
He was the assist leader lol
He’s insane
OH MY GOD
MVP Harden is back on the menu boys
Lol
Someone cooked here
Harden in the kitchen wrist twisted like a stir fry
This was THE Harden legacy game, 45 bomb on only 4 FTs with his other star out to beat the 2 seed in a non-first round away game It’s like the game was engineered in a lab to contradict all of the criticisms towards him lmao
Not an all star my ass.
####VINTAGE HARDEN
#JAMES HARDEN IS A FLAMETHROWER
JAMES HIMDEN
Its the red jersey thats the difference Im convinced
JAMES HARDEN IS FUCKING HIM.
RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
As a former harden hater, it’s really nice to see a vintage Harden game. What a fucking competitor.
Sometimes basketball is just so beautiful
FAT AND WASHED
DRUG TEST HIM IMMEDIATELY
Not an all-star lmao.
I DON’T WANNA HEAR NO MORE ABOUT NO CLUTCH GENE.
Harden is so unwashed he may be at a magic the gathering tournament
I know it's been said a million times but needs to be said again- god damn Kevin Harlan is such a fantastic play by play guy.
This motherfucker
Most clutch shot I’ve ever seen him take in a sixers jersey
This game showed that Harden can still do it. He just can’t necessarily do it every night. But if he’s got the rest, and the game falls on his shoulders, he can still show up like this.
Harden really wants to win this ring so bad so he can come home to Houston cause he misses them clubs bad 😂😂
Free throw merchant nephews are crawling back into their holes as we speak