Coach during pre game just said Ben and Harden about the same tier 😂😂😂

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Probably took the night off to work on his shot 

He’s become a sharp shooter…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Call of Duty

looks ok to me

what will it do for Bens ego if he is traded for Harden? He probably believes like coach just said that he is on the same level. Will fail to consider that Harden is pretty washed, and STILL the only reason he can get traded for him is because the Nets have no leverage. 

6 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

looks ok to me

Niang is your starting 4? And Harris probably isn't playing this year. 

7 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

what will it do for Bens ego if he is traded for Harden? He probably believes like coach just said that he is on the same level. Will fail to consider that Harden is pretty washed, and STILL the only reason he can get traded for him is because the Nets have no leverage. 

It’s amazing that nets fans on Twitter believe they have really good leverage especially if this goes to the offseason. They have 3 options at that point. 1.  He leaves and they get nothing. 2. Do a sign and trade with the sixers for Simmons and green/curry/whatever minor pieces or 3. Do a sign and trade with another team where they likely don’t get much anyway besides probably expiring contracts 

Here is a glimpse of what Harden is still providing this year on offense. 

Not gonna get in to the value of any hypothetical deals, or possibly extending him. But from a basketball sense-

I dont care much if hes not a 30-40 point a night guy anymore. Embiid just needs a guy like Butler who can score 20+ when needed. Many times Butler was even below 20, but would just make shots at the right time. When Embiid is out of the game, or at the end of the game.

If Harden can give about 25ppg, thats plenty of help for Embiid. Thats just basic PPG thinking. But thinking deeper in to defensive matchups, its also going to mean your opponent's best perimeter defender is now on Harden. With attention drawn to him and Embiid, Maxey is going to be eating up weaker defenders on a nightly basis. Teams 3rd best defenders arent going to be able to stay in front of him. Its also going to help Tobias (if we dont find some trade for him) as well. If a team wants a bigger defender on Harden, Harris thrives when mismatched down low on smaller defenders. Thats how he scores most of his points on his biggest scoring nights. 

Just like when I was saying you dont necessarily need a super star that can carry a team (because we already have Embiid), you dont need Harden to be that superstar either. He just needs to be another ~20 ppg scorer, while drawing defenses attention away from Embiid, out to the perimeter.

 

If Embiid is scoring 30, Harris and Harden scoring 20 each, and Maxey and Curry scoring 15, thats 100 points a night from your starting 5. And on most nights one or more of those guys is going to go well above those totals. 

 

28 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

It’s amazing that nets fans on Twitter believe they have really good leverage especially if this goes to the offseason. They have 3 options at that point. 1.  He leaves and they get nothing. 2. Do a sign and trade with the sixers for Simmons and green/curry/whatever minor pieces or 3. Do a sign and trade with another team where they likely don’t get much anyway besides probably expiring contracts 

people dont understand leverage.

Why did Harden sit tonight's game vs the Jazz?  Most box scores usually list a reason.  The one I just looked at was mysteriously blank. 

 

 

I'm definitely watching the ESPN broadcast tonight 

WTF? 

Harris having a nice start. 

4 minutes ago, iladelphxx said:

WTF? 

His hair is dedicated to celebrating 75 years 

Boban 🤣

Wow, this game is gonna end LATE. 

Smells like triple over time. I’ll wake up at 2 to watch the ending. 

This is ridiculous.  I was planning on staying up to watch the 1st half.  But not if it takes 2 hours.  

Texas is in the Central time zone.  So it's already almost 10:00 there.

ESPN has fallen so far so fast.  Good God their studio people are morons.  Everything ESPN does now, sucks.  

Powell sucks.

I was just noticing that Tobias Harris and The Weeknd look very similar.

Who’s in charge of the maintenance crew in Dallas?  Mike McCarthy?

Theres a surprising lack of pictures of The Weeknd for how popular he is currently in the music industry. Thats the best I can do. 

Just now, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Who’s in charge of the maintenance crew in Dallas?  Mike McCarthy?

Joe Biden

It's starting again!