2021.10.25
The new season begins, which is James Harden's 13th season on the NBA stage
Harden is a player with a super high basketball IQ, which can be reflected in his average of 10 free throw opportunities per game, many people think that Harden's playing style is very unsatisfactory, not beautiful enough, not intense enough, but he is relying on his understanding of basketball rules to play, and 32 consecutive games have played 30+ data!
Of course, this was the rocket he was, and it was also the peak of his career
In the middle of the 2020 season, Dengo chose to bring his talent to Brooklyn, playing brother basketball with his big brother Durant
Last season, Brooklyn assembled a super luxurious lineup led by Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Owen, and marched all the way to the top, promising to win the championship! However, in the later games, Kyrie Owen and James Harden withdrew from the game with injuries in succession, and eventually lost to the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals
When everyone thinks that injuries have caused the loss, in fact, the foreshadowing has long been laid last season
Let's take a look at Harden's role changes over the years
Harden came from the Thunder to the Rockets, he was still a sixth person averaging 10+ points per game, and he did not need to take on more responsibility in the Thunder, just to tear apart the opposing defense in the rotation lineup and bite the score on the court. All he needs to play is a team knife, wreaking havoc on scoring, and debauchery to rush to kill.
After coming to the Rockets, his role changed, from the sixth man on the team to the team's thigh. The average number of shots per game increases exponentially, not only that, but also to motivate teammates to actively participate in offense and defense. The most essential point is that no one will blame him when the Team loses when the Thunder loses, and this is not the main responsibility he needs to bear, and here, in the Rockets, it is different!
The team has specially designed the offensive system for him, everything has changed for his playing style, from the change of the system to the rotation of role players are all around him, and the final point is that when the team loses, the biggest responsibility will be him
Thus, a sixth member of the Thunder team metamorphosed under heavy pressure
Take a look at harden's personal honors in the Rockets' nine years
Best 27 times a week
11 times the best of the month
6 times best team
1 assist king
9 All-Stars
3 times scoring king
1 MVP
From Best Sixth Man to All-Star to Regular Season MVP, the Rockets have improved every year and improved every year for the Rockets
Let's look at this season
The Nets have lost two of their three games since the start of the new season, and the game against the 76ers was decided only at the last minute, winning by a narrow margin of 114-109.
The star of the family, Durant, still showed bravery, and cut the data of 32+11+4, 29+15+12, and 38+5+3 in three games.
And Harden, 20+8+8, 20+7+8, 15+7+8.
Putting aside the decline in data, after all, the number of shots has been reduced, and from the effect presented during the game, Harden does not seem to have found his correct position, which is evident from his three-point shooting rate
In the process of role switching, Harden still unconsciously came to the bottleneck period of his career
The Rockets' Harden was the team's first shooting point, and now it's different. Although he is still one of the top two points in the league, there is Durant in the team after all, this man who plays who is indiscriminately attacking, and he also needs the right to shoot to control the game!
Of course, this is not to say that without the right to shoot, you cannot reflect your role
Harden's ability to assist his teammates to score is still top-notch, he has the rhythm control ability that Durant does not have and the overall view of his teammates' positions, coupled with his 100kg weight advantage, learning Chris Paul's playing style, is not it a big kill on the guard line?
I believe that Harden can quickly adjust over, after all, he has been constantly adjusting and improving before.
This bottleneck period is like a rookie wall, if Harden breaks through, he can complete the transformation again, if he can't adjust the past, he is still insisting on the right to shoot, which is likely to make the team's chemistry become bad.
32 years old, this age is not too big, but it is not too small, LeBron and Stephen both played the peak of their career seasons in the same year, hoping that Harden can complete the transformation this year, break his career bottleneck period, and improve again!