James Harden after 14 NBA seasons: "I learned it's a business" | Sports Seriously
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- With so much still to play out regarding the future of James Harden and where he'll play next, we sat down with the 10-time all-star and discussed everything from his goals, to the new flopping rule, to what he thinks of Damian Lillard demanding a trade to Miami.
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He also won the assist title
Twice too
@@Mdksupreme1 passing is underrated in the nba
@@jamesjude305playmaking period, absolutely agree with yall
But not The Title
@@9FolesBDNa title isn’t in the same category as a single stat dumb dick
"it doesn't effect me" come on James 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
I wish he did more interviews longer ones at that
15 years is tough regardless, I try to keep in mind most of these guys come from humble beginnings..
Harden is one of them. His family was never rich or anything and he had to work to get everything on his own. I remember him saying he would flip basketball shoes to make money even as a super young kid.
@@Charles13033 right, I grew up in cali.. I know how hard it is to make it out trust me
@@DemonLoso yea that’s why I appreciate nba players more than say other pro athletes. In some other sports pros are born into rich families and can get all the training etc they need. Like lebrons kids for example. Jimmy butler is another one. Idk where he grew up but I’m pretty sure around 13-14 he was homeless and by himself on the streets. It’s amazing really when you see where they are at now how far they go on their own
"are you calling me a flopper?" she didn't say it Harden did 😂
Harden's legacy: 1) Big time Flopper, 2) Fat suite 3) Always wanting to change teams. 4) MIA in playoffs 5) Party animal.
This interview was some 1990 soft ball BS. Mans is legit in the middle of a trade request and you avoided asking him directly about it. Smh
facts
Loving James harden getting interviewed like this one of best scorers and playmakers of all time 🔥💯🤞🏽
When you call Harden and CP3 it goes straight to voicemail 😂
I like how he answered a lot of these questions but I can't understand how he quits on these teams & wants out every other year.
I don't understand that ,either bro..... it's ridiculous how he just gave up in the last playoffs with sixers....
@Jimmy-ik2kc what you mean he gave up the whole team was trash and ironically he was the best player in the series
@@heigherheights21 False impression simply by the extremely high usage. He got the ball on his hands and every play ran through him to an extent that's completely unfound in any competitive playoff team. He had all the time and opportunities he needed to get into rhythm and the greenlight to keep shooting even if he had missed 10 times in a row. He could dribble the ball off his foot or shoot an airball all game and still had every play run through him. That's the do or die Harden ball that fans don't buy. It's absolutely meaningless to say he has the "best" games, because that's just by accumulation from unlimited ball hogging.
@@jamesyu2771 no the whole team choked Joel didn't play well either.
He’s 34. I don’t agree with thin necessarily but maybe he’s trying to find the right fit for himself. He doesn’t have years to waste in a situation anymore and maybe Philly didn’t give him the long term stability he wanted. Maybe he just wants to be in LA at this point in his career. Maybe he thinks the clippers can build a better contender even if they don’t extend kawahi or Paul George. Maybe he feels the Sixers front office is useless which it is and doesn’t want to waste more time there. Maybe he feels like his game doesn’t mesh with Joel despite being the mvp. Who really knows. It’s not a good look for sure but nba careers are finite and he’s on the back end of it and probably won’t waste away in a situation he isn’t satisfied with at this point.
He’s the oldest dude in the club.
Oldest dude at the party 😂
He looked so happy when he was talking about soccer bruh 😭
Now he learns it's a business?
Took him 15 years and usd 300MM to get it. Wow.
MY GOATTTTTTT
Nice interview
How you gunna leave morey and embiid when no one else wanted to pay you like that
Maybe because he knows that his game is hurt by Embiids game. It was obvious that harden was much more effective with EMbiid sitting. The defense was poor when EMbiid sits but the offense is predictable an inefficient against the celtics when he was on the floor. If I am harden, I would want to leave even if both places paid minimum wage. You have to go where your skills can be used effectively and that was not in phila or the nets after their roster was decimated by injury and cost saving measure that stripped the bench in 2021. The nets and rockets are rebuilding with all the talent and picks they got, they were not going anywhere anyway with their management. Winning in the NBA is almost as much a product of ownership and management as it is the player talent. Just look at the heat, NOBODY had them even getting out of the first round. Jimmy butler was a team cancer in minnesota and the philly coaches.mgmt didnt want him either, preferring tobias harris. But now with one of the best organizations and coaches, Butler is a top 10 player.
@@thomasblank2353if Harden wants to leave, and you don’t blame him for wanting to leave, then explain why he OPTED IN. He could have left in free agency. Took his player option. He knows why - cause no other team thinks he’s worth his contract
@@Walrus286 No because all the contenders are capped out and can only trade to get him, simple enough. He was never interested in houston with all those young guys. The heat cant sign lillard if he was a FA either, they need to exchange salaries like the clippers and most every team except the rockets who had enough cap space. He signed the opt in so his salary of 35.6M could be traded to limit cap taxes which are 3 or 4x the amount exceeded for the 2nd tier. The new cba will cripple teams giving out max salaries. 76ers will have issues with adding talent to maxey and Embiid too when maxey gets his extension which will likely be a max.
@@Walrus286 if you do a little homework, none of th econtenders have cap space to sign FA. The new CBA puts up to a 4x tax on exceeding the 2nd apron So a 30M spend may cost up to 120M. 76ers will run into this when maxey gets his max extension. The clippers cannot sign a FA without exceeding the 2nd apron same with heat and bucks etc. So signing harden as a FA for 30M may actually cost the team 120M/yr. Harden may have wanted to go home to LA where he grew up and the clippers could contend if healthy. Nothing is assured though, Embiid is prone to getting hurt too. So in order to get to a contender he had to be in a sign and trade where he did the signing. Morey will trade him eventually or they will lose him next summer as a UFA for nothing. So yeah no one else wants to pay 120M a year for harden not surprising. New CBA details werent known till a few months back. This will make players less likely to be signed as a FA and more likely in sign and trades.
@@thomasblank2353 they’re not trading for him because there is no market value. So non-contenders don’t want to pay him, and contenders don’t want to trade anybody of value for him. He moves at half speed, eats up 14 seconds on each possession, can’t play remotely decent defense, and disappears if his step back isn’t falling. He opted in, his best chance of winning anything is on the sixers but he’s too afraid to run it back because of how humiliating his performances were in games 6 and 7.
Love it 😮❤😂
Are u calling me a flopper James Harden the MVP 🔥🔥🔥
No Sixers question.. Interesting
you can see plenty of players model their game after him!
I like her as a interviewer. She ask great questions. I cant do the annoying ones. Fake ones with the fake questions
I've always liked James Harden as a Houston rocket fan. That being said I have to tell you he is so delusional.
I don't know what's up but we are not being told the whole truth on this harden situation. Harden opts out of more money last year to help his buddy Morey out. They even got busted for tampering. Could it be that everything was agreed upon from the start? After opting out pf more money last year he inexplicably opts IN to less money this year. Again this only helps morey and gives the team all the leverage. Doesn't make any sense. I think we're getting played and Morey and harden are lockstep with each other. Dont know what's up their sleeve but stay tuned
MLS is a G league as compared to Europe.
I love jharden ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I hope so cause your still not getting a max contract. You would be lucky to get,a 3 year 75 Million. No team will want to pay you that much money.
We'll see
The biggest statement was “it’s a business” ie. Morey shafted him and offered him little despite their personal relationship.
B) did he only agree to this interview if they promised not to ask any Sixers questions? Or why he didn’t go to Embiids wedding and opted to go to a club and eat burgers instead?
just business and playing with Embiid reduces his ability to contribute. Just not compatible talent. Embiid will never work well with a dominant wing who needs the threat of penetration to get spacing on his defender as Embiid clogs up the lane area with his defender(s). Watching the celtics zone, nobody on the 76ers was finishing at the rim, even maxey was blocked 3x. Unless Embiid is used in a way to open up the floor(not sure is is good enough from 3), and until he passes effectively out of double teams, harden cannot help the 76ers. He actually played better with EMbiid off the floor as did maxey. Now defensively the team cratered without Embiid, so they just dont have the right pieces. More process ahead. And yes harden may not believe his sacrificing his game is enough to matter. 76ers need to do a better job putting talent together, they have poor rebounding and transition defense with or without harden. Giving up easy buckets is seriously demotivating and kills trust. 76ers gave up tons of easy buckets to the C's.
@@thomasblank2353I agree and have noticed the same. Who’s the type of player Embid would work well with?
@@anshgombar7173 I thinhk EMbiid does fine with harden but hardens efficiency drops vs playing small ball. In order for EMbiid to be the best player in the league he has to be a much more effective passer setting others up. ANd the 76ers have to push him for less offense and more defense in this energy. for example he would benefit the team more if he would go for 27/15 vs 33/10. When EMbiid takes up so many plays the guys around him watch, they are probably thinking he will just shoot. THis hurts ball movement and Embiids ability to make plays for others. When he is making plays for others the opponents defense works harder, his own offense will be more energetic and efficient(open shots). Also you dont want to run with him on the floor due to his size and injury history, he can keep up sometimes but then he has less gas in the tank late. I would think a jrue holiday pr CP3 would be a better fit with Embiid, and small ball sure is not a fit with Embiid but its hardens wheelhouse. You dont want a guard that creates a lot if you want EMbiid to be a scoring magic johnson at center. If he modeled his fundamentals after jokic( more passing and more rebounding) he is less predictable and can have more energy to take over late. Give paul reed 10 more minutes a game, rest Embiid more. His stats will suffer but scoring leaders rarely win championships outside MJ and even MJ's bull were better when he scored less than 40. Dominating stats should not be a goal if you want to win. Its time for E,mbiid to make a sacrifice and a defensive PG who can shoot but not necessarily be focused on creating off the dribble would match up with him better. If Embiid is going to hang in the lane area he needs to create a lot more for his teammates as their penetrations inside will be limited by the defense he draws. He also needs to be much better at NOT turning the ball over, he was the worst all star int he playoffs in asst/TO ratio, too many TO's.
"I don't do things for attention."
Dude has been literally entering stadiums with ridiculous outfits for the media.
He gets paid to that your looking at someone who is on the board of saks fifth
First interview since all the drama James must have asked that there be no 76ers questions😄. ? Should I stay or should I go I guess no news is good news😆.
I wouldn't answer none either bad fanbase and media 😂😂😂
I hope James Harden gets a ring
Harden “no comments “ ….proceeds to comment 😂😂😂
🎉😎🏀
We have learned you will go out ringless
Harden has to swallow his pride and accept that Philly is his best choice for this year. Play it out with the mvp, an improved Maxey and Nurse orchestrating everything and see what happens. He will put Embiid and everyone in even better spots. Nurse>Doc anyday of the week
Embiid gonna be injured again
Where did she get these brutal softball questions.
Welcome to the Clippers.
NINER GANG!!!
E1 just talks maybe he just knows where he has a chance to win and where he dont
He learned it's a business by asking out from his last three teams.🤦
No questions about the Sixers, huh?
Why if you want sixers info don't you just listen to Philly media and espn paint him as the bad guy 😂😂😂
Then opt out buddy, oh wait you realized no one is going to pay you a max contract, market spoken buddy
He wants money doesn't care about a team he's selfith and as long as he scores and looks good doesn't care at all if his team fails
For me, he is the unluckiest player in NBA history.
Him and cp3
how is he the unluckiest? He's had stacked teams his entire career and is a huge playoff choker every single year. Maybe he'd be more "lucky" if he got in shape instead of partying all the time
@@nemohoes5923such an ignorant post. He’s one of the hardest workers in NBA history
@@jamesharden1889 oh really? That's why he flies into Vegas and parties all the time mid season and in the playoffs right? Maybe if he was in the gym more he wouldn't be so out of shape and fat. He doesn't take care of his body as much as he should be and is the reason why he can't give you multiple good games in a row anymore. He doesn't care about winning a ring and never has
His current Teammate, Joel Embiid, is actually the most unlucky player in NBA history
Wtf, why tf did you call harden a floppers
14+ years and the only thing he's proved is that you can make MVP through flopping, only plays on stacked teams, will NOT honor his contract, WILL gain weight like a pregnant woman if his demands are not met and will walk out of interviews if you ask him about FACTS. 🤣🤣🤣
Oh you mad huh
@@heigherheights21 Mad about a flopper not winning a ring? If anything this is a celebration 🤣🤣🤣
I heard Mbappé is up for sale… just sayin
He quits on every team tho...
Crazy he’s so talented he took his body for granted, he won’t ever win
He has never missed the playoffs. I hardly call that never winning
@@WHITEPERSUAS1ONif he did more cardio and less clubbing, maybe he can run back on defense too 😂
A prime example of a player that don't LOVE a kid game called basketball and you want millions for that crap we all 👀 in the playoffs 😂 keep partying up James.
Where are you these kids in here got so much hate for people they don't even know go wash your pissy ass draws 😂😂😂😂
Bro do u hear yoself he worked all his life for this and hoop 8-9 months out there yesr he can't have fun gang😂
@@fxckyoutone5077 did you watch him this year stay off the weeeddddd 😂😂😂
@@chuccybrown1631easy 20 pts 20 ast 7 reb name the players in the league giving you that output.
@@heigherheights21 Reg season harden😭 really ☠️ last game dude played 41 mins 6 reb 7 assists and 9 points and we lost my guy 🤔 not even going to go in on his FG%
i learned u only play good in regular season
Lmao no questions about his trade, what a joke
Why continue listen to ESPN and Philly media for bad information
Lol she asked all the wrong questions
Mackenzie so fine. Damn.
Dumb leaving philly... bad questioning
Pay that man then
This…did not help 😬. Dumb questions, terrible answers.
Side note: Harden knows 1 soccer player and it’s Messi 🤣. “James, name 3 active soccer players.” 🤣
You do know he has ownership in soccer teams
@@heigherheights21 I do. That means he’s wealthy, but not necessarily knowledgeable about players. For him it’s probably like playing the stock market- you know the product/business, but you don’t care who does the work (players).
@@nintendoconvert4045your not smart don't assume and make an ass out of yourself he's tapped in with Arsenal as well
He looks like AI in this
No spine
The floppong rule is gonna make him even worse. He literally cant get to the basket without it. His finishing numbers at the rim were atrocious last year. U can have him clippers. If his 3 ball isnt fallin, hes done for
Let's see passing, rebounding, shooting mid range or long range your a jackass 😂😂😂😂
You don’t watch ball
Dummy I played ball you know nothing your just a nba2k hooper 😂😂😂😂
Yes as you age you get slower but I still see him getting by defenders, don't have the quickness he used to have but that's where experience comes in refound hos midrange game and the greatest part about his game he can create for others basketball is not just about scoring there's also rebounding steals assists but you wouldn't know that.
Harden don’t flop. Lol
🤡
He need milk
This interview isnt that interesting tbh
Maybe if he wasn’t partying every night and was keeping in shape he could have got the sixers to the finals but he chocked and he is now crying he’s not getting paid
Joel Embiid also choked guys, maybe he could of got the sixers to the finals, maybe he's the mvp guys. Did we forget about that guys
He needs stop jumping teams every other year am pissed off he is leaving my Sixers after all we did to get him here but am happy he is leaving because he likes to party and hanging out at the clubs
It's the current norm in the NBA, unfortunately.
@@timphelps605not when your mvp’s wedding is going on 😂😂
@@illyph9963lol he don’t have to go to that mf wedding 😂😂😂
Y’all knew what he was before y’all got him he goes to clubs and drops 40 unfortunately for you it was 50/50. And the phillys not winning shit anyway
Sixers fan as well. Im not pissed that hes leaving, although with him, we are pretty much guaranteed 50 wins and a spot in the final four of the Eastern Conference. That being said, thats not enough, and while hes a great playmaker, he does shrink in the playoffs, and is pretty bad defensively.
What DOES bother me, is him wanting out, and being vocal about it, atleast to his sources, is that we now will most likely get very little for him, and we gave up a ton to get him. Not all his fault, fine, but still.
He seems to ask for trades a lot lately, but if he did give up seven or eight million last year, to get Tucker or whomever, and Morey hinted we would tear the contract up and commit to him long term, id be a lil pissed too. While hes a very rich guy, that is a lot of money, and its not something a lot of guys do in the NBA.
I want him off my sixers so bad. Some guys are bonifide losers mentality wise. U cant win with guys like james unless hes the 3rd or 4th option. Hes delusional and wont get it.
Yall are trash been trash always gonna be trash no wonder no one wants to play there
Embiid is the biggest playoffs choker EVER
Your whole organization was built on losing on purpose so he fits right in
Look like a fully scripted interview
Scripted how because he controls his interview 😂😂😂😂
As a Sixer fan I just want Harden to go away! He’s slow, out of shape, can’t get to the rim anymore and is a cancer everywhere he goes! Goodbye Janes and enjoy another non-championship season with the Clippers!
imma comeback next season and see how ur sixers do without james, gon be a shit show i guarantee it.
@@zaine4721lol facts
Philly is trash media and fanbase nobody wants to play there
Big Facts, but u know what else is true. Embid is in the category as well. He's mentally immature and I'm sick of him as well. Unless he can carry his game and mindset from the regular season to the playoffs, none of it matters. I'm done
Why u hating
James just give me no manners energy 😂
I’m so glad he lost so much money for how he bent over the nets. Same with Ky, they literally took food out of their mouths for being me first
Be careful of the hate you push out karma is dish served well cold 🤡
@@heigherheights21 what hate numbnuts, he is getting what he deserved, also numbnuts you don’t think your comment is peaceful go sit and spin.
@@louisb5766Be careful of the hate you push out karma is dish served well cold 🤡
He learned that he’s a perennial playoff choker who shrinks in the biggest moments of his career.
So is 90% of the league dunmy
he cooked boston for 2 games which is 2 more than anyone else on that sorry 76ers team did
@@itsDEEZY he scored 0 points in the 4th quarter of games 5,6,7 casual
@@heigherheights21 there’s a difference between shrinking and getting beat by a better team dumbass
@@9FolesBDN lmao including game 5 when it was a blowout win is peak hater shit
15 years in the nba and washed up now
Still better than 98% of the league
I CONSIDER YOU SOFT
I consider you dumb 😂😂😂
I really don’t like this Diva
But u watching ah interview of him 😂😂😂🤡
Horrible beared man is not a good team mate.
Memo to Harden: For a low-tier player scrapping for every contract - yes, it’s a business.
For someone getting $150+mil after first few seasons (contract + endorsements) - it SHOULD be about Winning after that point.
This guy has been in league 10+ years and still talking like he just joined the league on a rookie contract. Smfh
Your a 🤡
But yet he's more credible and has more basketball knowledge than all of you do because y'all have never hooped in y'all entire lives let alone been in an NBA team's organisation or played in an NBA game so y'all shouldn't talk about basketball unless y'all played because y'all don't know shit about the game.
@@liamm6208college ball and pro hoops 😂😂😂😂
@@liamm6208Rephrase I played college ball and pro hoops abroad plus some college coaching now talk basketball
You can't play no more the 76rs let maxy Cary the team this past playoff against the Celtics but let's not talk about that, let's just move to yet another team and magically you'll ball out again, yes you have gotten better at passing and what not but dude you use to put up 40 in your sleep, up 3 games and you and Joel flopped, I always rooted for you and now I can barely call my self a fan
Maxey struggles against the Celtics 😂😂😂😂