Harden is the Worst Defender in the League

[jacobdr4]

This video is hilarious. Not sure what he is doing on half of these plays.

[MACK11]

You linked the wrong video bro ahahahahahhahahahhaha

[enlightenment]

This video is hilarious. Not sure what he is doing on half of these plays.

I think you posted the wrong video. No harden in the nets vs raps breakdown.

[MACK11]

I got the real video

[jacobdr4]

You linked the wrong video bro ahahahahahhahahahhaha

shit...

[isaacthompson]

Saw it this morning. Stunning how little effort he puts into his D.

[MACK11]

If there was an all no defense team he'd be the captain of the first team.

[BobLoblaw]

He's improving, he's been trying to play defense for a couple months now.

I'm not even sure he's the worst defender on his team anymore, I think Chandler Parsons deserves that title.

I wonder if media/fans are the main reason behind this increased effort. He got ridiculed so much about his defense this year. He obviously had to see and hear it.

[BigCamB]

Saw this today as well, absolutely hilarious. My favourite are his token swipes as the guy waltzes past him.

[Machine]

This is mind boggling. I will never look at harden the same way again.

[white men can't jump]

Wow...that was brutal. I knew he was bad, but that was just brutal.

Thoughts:
-If this was your only evidence, you'd think Luke Babbitt was an all-star the way he kept torching Harden
-No amount of interior help D can make up for such terrible effort
-On some of the rebounds, he actually takes like the worst angle possible. Like he's making an effort to put himself out of position.
-The ballwatching is bad enough...but the really lazy D where he just ends up reaching around after his man blows by him is ridiculous. That's textbook "I'm going to make it look like I'm playing D when I'm really not".
-How is McHale letting him get away with all this? Talk about no accountability for your stars

[xRevise]

Talk about one-way player. I knew he was bad, but that's dare I say, Bargnaniesque

[white men can't jump]

Talk about one-way player. I knew he was bad, but that's dare I say, Bargnaniesque

Indeed

[stretch]

The classic matador defense. Thanks, I was not aware Harden was like this.

[Bendit]

Ole. He probably signed on to the same on-line course that Phil Kessel uses.