3x NBA All-Star defends James Harden in the middle of massive criticism

The La Clippers 2024-25 campaign ended last week with a defeat against the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs. Things looked good for La when they took a 2-1 series in the lead, but ultimately crumbled by losing three of the next four

A large part of the guilt for the loss of the Clipper was accepted on the veteran guard James Harden, especially after an overwhelming performance of game 7. In their defeat against game 7 in the season, Harden dropped only seven points from the field and 1: 4 from Deep. Of course, Harden still contributed to 13 templates, but he couldn't score if they were desperate.

After his game 7 appearance, many fans pointed out how hard people always seem to be below average when it is most important. However, not everyone has the feeling that harden is a playoff -” -Heoker”. The three times NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenen asked whether it was fair to describe Harard as the greatest choker in modern sports history.

“No,” replied the arenas. “It is as if you know what you want to paint the picture you want to paint, but you don't see everything … If you do it and want to compare it to LeBron James, who was an option number one all the time, Steph, KD, you can only use his Houston years to really see what it means.”

Arenas refers to the statistics that harden has four or less Field goals in the career playoff compared to LeBron James' nine, Steph Curry's eight and Kevin Durants.

Arenas showed that only 11 of these games came with five or less Field goals when he was at the Houston Rockets, which was still more than James, Curry and Durant, and harden played only eight post -seasons in Houston.

After his playoff breakdown, Harden certainly gets unfair treatment from the media, but it is difficult to say that it is not just a little justified.