After a good laugh and in all fairness....

2012-13 MINUTES LEADERS :  Minutes Per Game  - All Teams
PLAYER NAME, TEAM NAME		GP	MIN	MPG
1	Luol Deng , CHI	75	2,902	38.7
2	Kobe Bryant , LAL	78	3,012	38.6
3	* Damian Lillard , POR	82	3,166	38.6
4	Kevin Durant , OKC	81	3,118	38.5
5	Nicolas Batum , POR	73	2,806	38.4
6	James Harden , HOU	78	2,984	38.3
7	Stephen Curry , GSW	78	2,982	38.2
8	LeBron James , MIA	76	2,877	37.9
9	LaMarcus Aldridge , POR	74	2,790	37.7
10	Paul George , IND	79	2,971	37.6

Harden's MPG ranked 6th in the league.  His sky high minutes, usage rate and a long burden of carrying a newly-restructured young team have worn him down.  As I mentioned in my previous post -  Harden, Lin, Asik are all in their first full year as starters,  the Rockets are very young with lots of room for improvement.  Realism will set in at some point.
The Rockets have made significant progress so far, although it is unfortunate that some fans have such negative impressions on Harden's BB IQ.  Lin had a slow start early in the season; it was Harden who stabilized Houston, leading the team to win many of the season games.   Had Harden passed up the opportunities for those offensive games, Houston would likely have already packed it in to enjoy an extended vacation.  It was a joyful moment to see such a young team made it to the playoffs - Kudos to Harden, Lin, Asik, Chandler and the rest of the crew for turning it up a notch this season.
A pass-first PG, to some extent, is a supporting role.  When all hands are cold and the PG can't shoot, then the team is toast. Harden was the 3rd overall pick in 2009 coming into the NBA with natural basketball talent.  In Houston, he shares almost the same assist numbers with Lin.  Being the #1 offensive option, by default, he is the one to take more shots on any given night.
Lin is now rolling into better form as a PG, and will be on the stage to shine during the playoffs. 
Cheers to Houston fans.  -- see you all at TT in the playoffs.

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• 這位妹紙，你的波士屯跟扭腰幹上了，首輪收視最高的應該就是這對。 -i751- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:02:56

• 是的今天說了一天火箭。周六開始你一起來幫綠隊加油。 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:04:53

• 那肯定的。 -i751- ♂ (63 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:07:48

• 太好了。我今年為NBA貢獻太多了。 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:11:20

• 如果拚教練對綠隊的教練比較有信心，嗬嗬，支持下net mm ⛽ -令狐衝衝- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:21:12

• 太好了周六會很熱鬧。如果綠隊贏了，這次我會貼PP 為體壇做貢獻:) -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:23:34

• 期待Ing~那我守著電腦就嘿嘿～🌹 -令狐衝衝- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:27:04

• 很久了。醜媳婦總要見人:) -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:32:07

• 我不知道NAP是個女中豪傑。失禮了。 -geneseo- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:44:48

• 我看籃球很晚，真的不是豪傑。我是女同學是真的:) -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:48:17

• 就憑這句看球很晚又如此的出手不凡就是豪傑一名，大頂！ -geneseo- ♀ (22 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 21:03:10

• 哈哈我先下了。在體壇認識大家很高心。 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 21:06:33

• 幸會，安了！ -geneseo- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 21:14:53

• 那就別猶豫勒。比賽第一場一定好看。KG休息好幾天了。 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:53:19

• 為方便你上貼我已關照我尼讓球一場 😜 -geneseo- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:32:50

• 哈哈。那索性讓四場。綠隊這次你們不讓, 還真不知道會怎麽樣。 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:36:33

• 我沒那麽貪心要看4張照片，嗬嗬。 -geneseo- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 21:12:29

• 看一張就夠了，再說掃腰若進東決，我貼pp。 -白娘子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 21:38:55

• 我尼是久病初愈，你就將標準降低一點點吧：） -geneseo- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 21:53:06

• Rondo唉明年吧。我們又突然冒出Jeff Green.還可以和Melo會會。 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:41:53

• 先抓來充數。還是覺得他有潛力。 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:49:54

• Green steps up big this year, but he shouldn't be able to match -geneseo- ♀ (150 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:56:15

• nah. he matched up with LBJ well, believe it or not. -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (104 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 21:01:33

• 紐約波士頓, 手心手背都是肉啊，隻好兩邊都加油了。go Knicks!! Go Celtics! -amyd- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/19/2013 postreply 09:39:01

• Boston strong! Go Knicks!! -Geneseo- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:13:06

• Thanks. Go Boston! Go Knicks~~! -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:18:53

• 掐 ！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！ -Redcheetah- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:22:46

• 不知綠隊主場還會不會來個全場國歌大合唱。 -geneseo- ♀ (22 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:27:21

• 應該唱一下記念Boston前兩天的tragedy. -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:31:11

• 波士頓擁有全美國最好的醫療體係，尤其是創傷類。受傷的人也算不幸中的大幸 -i751- ♂ (33 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:34:03

• 你們昨天的冰球已唱了，很感動呀！ -geneseo- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:34:42

• 寫得真不錯。你支持的波士頓對上扭腰一定非常精彩。 -Warsteiner- ♂ (40 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:23:12

• W同學果醬。綠隊贏了你寫球評好吧？ -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:25:30

• 不嫌我羅嗦我肯定寫。季後賽到了，一些老同學也都慢慢出現了：） -Warsteiner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:52:10

• 你的每篇文章我都拜讀。說定了~~ -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:54:58

• 不防也寫點我尼吧。 -geneseo- ♀ (80 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 21:23:02

• 謝。還記得去年湖人打完雷霆，你和我們一起喊Go OKC嗎，嘿嘿。　 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2013 postreply 20:39:39

• Well said!! -amyd- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/19/2013 postreply 09:31:14

• 頂好文！ -老看客- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/19/2013 postreply 12:21:02