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From 2015-20 James Harden was as good as any player in the league. His peaks were just as good, if not better, than Kobe's.
He was supposed to level up but never took that step as a playoff performer.
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From 2015-20 James Harden was as good as any player in the league. His peaks were just as good, if not better, than Kobe's.
He was supposed to level up but never took that step as a playoff performer.
Poole is a zero IQ player that's a complete liability on defense and streaky at best on offense. The problem was paying him in the first place. If you can move off a player like that you do it at the first opportunity, next year will be too late. Warriors payroll is gonna reach half a billion if they don't move one of him Dray or KlayOne bad campaign isn't enough to give up on a guy you just paid. That is not wise IMO.
If Jordan Poole comes back next summer with all the same issues with no improvement sure. But for as bad as he was this playoffs he had an even better one last year.
If Harden chooses to just walk, Philly would be losing a max contract slot and would still be pretty much right around the salary cap so they wouldn’t be able to add anyone of significance.And why would Philly do that?
Herro suppose to be back for this series too.
Maybe what Steph means is that Poole is theAlso... If we're gonna cherry pick quotes from that Dubs article...
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Everyone is too quick to give up on Jordan Poole
If Harden chooses to just walk, Philly would be losing a max contract slot and would still be pretty much right around the salary cap so they wouldn’t be able to add anyone of significance.
While CP is probably not what you’d want to swap him for, Harden has all the leverage here. He’s not going to S&T to go somewhere he doesn’t want to be, and he can just walk to Houston as a free agent because of their cap space.
Bruh I just had an argument with my homie that Poole reminds me of prime Nick Young… he wasn’t having itPoole reminds me a lot of Nick young now that I think about it. Build around him if you want to
One bad campaign also ignores the year prior to that. Last year looks more like the anomaly relative to the rest of his career. Jordan Poole trick y’allOne bad campaign isn't enough to give up on a guy you just paid. That is not wise IMO.
If Jordan Poole comes back next summer with all the same issues with no improvement sure. But for as bad as he was this playoffs he had an even better one last year.
EYE believe the locker room was broken and then became divided between young and old.
One bad campaign also ignores the year prior to that. Last year looks more like the anomaly relative to the rest of his career. Jordan Poole trick y’all
I get Embiid. Still felt like he had a moment to show everyone different. Harden is Harden at this point in his career and age
But for Embiid this isn't a situation where he played great but the team failed around him (people will push narratives in that nature) but he himself didn't show up.
I look at someone like Sabonis. Great regular season player this year. I did not think he would look that bad in a playoff setting. I'll just come in with a different expectation for the playoff version him until he shows otherwise. Nothing wrong with that. He still deserved his regular season award.