I saw people complaining about it and was sure they were exaggerating but when I finally saw it I think that might have been one of the most absurd flops ever. Your cheating the game with that type of bullshit and im sick of it getting rewarded. League needs to get its shit together and either punish refs for rewarding this or the player or maybe both. I dont even care about either team btw.
I dont think he cares.
Then fine the refs lol. Something has to be done about this bullshit and its not even meant to be a harden hate post. Its ruining so many games because the game just turns into a flop/flail off and no one is allowed to play real defense anymore because
I think an adequate punishment would be forcing James Harden to do karaoke at the All Star game half time show
So two things are true: 1.) Harden was fouled by Kawhi. Did he embellish contact? Yes. Did he create something out of nothing? No, there was a foul. It was nothing like [this](https://youtu.be/BNmzHYYgvbU?t=14) 2.) Harden did foul Kawhi before he go
This would get you banned in the clippers subreddit lol, but you are right. I definitely think harden hardcore sold it, but some contact from kwahi was made
Harden turned down 100 million to go win, a 5k fine resulting in a win wont phase him as much as you want it to.
Deception is a part of the game. Harden doesn’t deserve to be punished for using strategy in an attempt to win.
There’s a difference between deceiving a player with a pump fake or something and deceiving a ref by getting them to officiate the game incorrectly.
That’s not a players job to worry about, that’s a missed call by the refs
Don’t hate the player, hate the game
James Harden singlehandedly made flopping an actual skill. Why should real fans of basketball not hate him
1. He actually didn’t 2. He’s just taking advantage of rules that are in place 3. Unless it’s Karl Malone, hating a player is unnecessary
Kawhi pushes off with his arm
To be fair, Harden fouled him first by grabbing on to him during the drive. I don’t fault Harden for selling Kawhi’s response to the initial contact, but you can’t blame people for being mad about it.
Fair I’m not gonna blame KL or harden but blame the games rules that they do allow that a lot. It was a smart move by harden though