Kevin Porter Jr. airballed a three, limped as if he was hurt, then asked for a lob pass (didn't get it), didn't run back in transition, and then looked at Stephen Silas and asked out of the game.
Russell Westbrook on Rudy Gobert guarding him: "I don't have a reaction."
As for how to attack bigs like Gobert? "I put it right through his chest and put that shit in the basket. Same thing I do with everybody else. He ain't no different. He just happen to be a little taller."
James Harden on what he was doing in Atlanta in Vegas during training camp:
"I was just training."
For what?
"The start of the NBA season."
Why in Atlanta and Vegas instead of Houston?
"My personal trainers."
The Houston Rockets under Daryl Morey:
55-27
53-29
42-40
43-39
34-32
45-37
54-28
56-26
41-41
55-27
65-17
53-29
44-28
Not one losing season in 13 years. Managed to rebuild after Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming without tanking.
As a reminder, the Houston Rockets own Brooklyn’s:
2023 first round pick (swap rights)
2024 first round pick
2025 first round pick (swap rights)
2026 first round pick
2027 first round pick (swap rights)
The Nets were also kind enough to leave all of them unprotected.
Christian Wood on if Houston can still be competetive without James Harden: "I do. I'm going to make this team competetive, whether they like it or not. I didn't sign with Houston to lose games."
Basketball junkies will look back at James Harden’s statistics and career winning percentage in a couple decades and be like “How did this guy not win more awards/individual honors?”
And the answer will be pretty simple: “Because people didn’t like him”.
