Want to stay with the Rockets to play with Wall?

No, he's got to get out of their period and fast.

The bottom line is this.

For all the criticism D'Antoni took and Daryl Morey really by extension for running the kind of offense they did, it was on Lee because of that on Lee.

Because of that, that, as greatest James Harden is, he was even able to get his close to a championship.

Has he got in any other system?

Given the talent on that team, which was not extraordinary, they never would have been playing a Game seven at home against the K D Steph Clay Dre Warriors, the same team that steamrolled LeBron and Kyrie and Kevin Love steamrolled them, had to were lucky to escape Houston with a Game seven win, a game in which Chris Paul didn't even play and the team went over 27 at one stretch from three.

And yet still Golden State, only one by single digits, Harden will never get that close again.

Even if they had the same team with a different coach.

It was on Lee because D'Antoni was willing to play a kind of basketball that would be criticized.

That was not aesthetically pleasing, but that was super efficient, that they were able to have so much less talent than Golden State.

And yet get close.

Harden is a great player.

He's in his prime.

His prime won't last for that much longer.

He's become an underrated defender, and he's gotten better and better in the clutch in the playoffs, although he still wouldn't call him clutch.

But he's not.

I didn't see him choke in this last playoffs as I'd seen him choke in the past.

If he wants to win a championship, a championship, he ain't gonna get it done with this roster.

And John Wall.

That's never gonna happen.

It will never happen.

He has to get to a team and join a team with a legitimate chance to win a championship while he's still a great player.

Clearly, that is not Houston.

Well, first of all, Max, nothing is guaranteed, so to say that he needs to go toe contender team like the Brooklyn Nets, there's no guarantee that they will win the championship.

And here's why.

I disagree with you on Should Harden wanna play with wall?

Yes, he should wanna play with John Wall because for the simple fact that James Harden has had control over this organization more than any other player in the NBA, including LeBron James, that so so many people say that runs the team.

And is that the hidden GM behind the scenes James Harden have control?

So a lot of these moves that have been made in the past and now it went through James Harden.

It was some Some of these moves were his call.

So with that being said James Harden, besides Akeem, Elijah won two championships with Clutch City.

James Harden imprint on the Rockets organization.

On and off the court sits up there, right up there with Came Elijah on and with that being said, he has built this foundation.

He made this this, this Houston team Houston organization relevant again.

And when you build something like that and you have the keys to the car, when you have the direct number to call your owner to get things done, you're only lets you do whatever you want to do.

I think you should at least give it a shot.

Should he finished the season off?

It depends on how is going.

But to start the season, you gotta at least give John Wall a chance.

And here's another reason why Stephen that you you probably will agree to this.

Matter of fact, I know you will, for the simple fact that we have been lobbying on here for African American coaches to get a chance to be a head coach in the NBA.

And now we have one and Stephen Silence, a first time head coach.

And now he has the chance if John Wall comes back healthy like I've been here and he looks great.

If John Wall comes back healthy, Stephen Silence have a chance toe to coach James Harden, a guy that could finish in the MVP candid conversation every single year.

Ah, guy John Wall, who could possibly be a All Star who's a who's Ah, four star player when he's at his best and you have a chance and you give him a fair chance to coach you guys like you?

Said Stephen.

They It's not a lot of African Americans that have taken jobs that I've had a fair shot to coach players like James Harden and John Wall, and that's why?

I think James should give John Wall a chance.

Well, let me tell you something.

Um, you talk about giving a brother Ah, moment.

The cause for pause.

Uh, it would be that last point that you just made about Stephen Solace because you are absolutely right on the money in terms of my feeling about that African American coaches, African American executives literally having final say in having power toe lead.

We don't even have one in America that has that power in the in the National Basketball Association.

That's Messiah Jerry in Toronto, Canada.

And he's African even African American.

And you know you got this.

Don't even get me started with all of that.

So KPU are right on the money in terms of your point about that.

But I still respectfully disagree with your overall point about James Harden needing to stay.

And here's why.

When you talk about James Harden, you know, having more control than even LeBron James, per se or whatever.

It is a legitimate argument to that.

He didn't want Dwight Howard.

Dwight Howard's going didn't want CP three Cp three is gone, and obviously him and Russell Westbrook is even though their brothers and their tight they didn't didn't wanna play together.

And so that is on James Harden.

It's not on James Harden that Daryl Morey walked out the door.

Uh, that would be Tilman Fertitta.

Obviously when you look at, uh, Daryl Morey And I'm not saying that Tilman Fertitta did anything or Daryl Morey did anything but clearly Daryl Morey wanted to move on.

And it was Tillman for did his job If he so wanted Thio Thio coax Daryl Morey Understand?

Now somebody would easily say this.

You know what?

Daryl Morey was there for about 13 years.

They never got to the finals.

Now you could talk about CP three going down in Game five and ultimately not being available for Game six and seven.

That Western Conference finals a couple of years ago or whatever the case may be.

But the bottom line is he had 13 years and he never made it to the N B A Finals.

So yes, he's won games.

He's won a lot of games.

He made more moves than anybody.

But there's no championship, not even the conference championship to show for it.

So we gotta respect Daryl Morey, but at the same time point out that fact.

And if I'm James Harden, here's my attitude.

I'm 32 years old going on 33.

Um, I'm the leading scorer in the league.

I just finished averaging 34.

I've averaged over 30 the last three seasons.

I've been as prolific as you could get on the offensive side of the ball.

I've improved defensively.

I've given Max effort.

I haven't been injured.

I didn't engage in load management.

And, damn, I still can't get over the hump.

And now my best chance has come and gone in Houston.

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