Once regarded as part of Orlando's young core, Harkless was traded for almost literally nothing Tuesday. LoL Now I can see why.
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is establishing himself as arguably the best trash-talker in the NBA. “I absolutely love it,” Green told ESPN after the Warriors overcame a 17-point deficit on Saturday to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers119-113, taking a commanding 3-0 series lead. “I’ve been doing this for a very long time. There’s an art to trash-talking.” Green finished the evening with an impressive stat line of nine points, eight rebounds, seven assists, two steals and a game-high six blocks, but his verbal psychological edge was just as effective. Maurice Harkless has been on the receiving end of the two-time All-Star’s verbal taunts this entire series, and it appears to be working. Green does his homework. Harkless obtained a $500,000 bonus for shooting 35 percent or higher from 3-point distance this season. How he earned the extra cash made headlines. With four games remaining in the regular season, he was stuck right at 35.1 percent. He cleverly didn’t attempt a 3-pointer in the final three games he played, securing the bonus. Knowing this factoid, Green used it to his advantage. In Game 2, at one point during the contest while guarding Harkless along the perimeter, he baited him to hoisting the outside shot. “You ain’t gonna shoot it. You’re still chasing that petty-ass change,” Green yelled to him, sources told ESPN.
Nice guy, good smile, nice teeth, cool dude. How long are we going to wait for this guy to break out though?
I'm in agreement, generally, but your posts are fucking garbage and this shit ultimately harms the community and keeps individuals from wanting to contribute. Myself in particularly, not that anyone cares. Discussion can be had without shit posts, but the jack ass Stephen A, Skip hot take, little follow up, little backing is the way to contribute here.? It sucks. but so be it.
Why can't Harkless at least play hard? It's so obvious when he's coasting and when he's engaged. The first game he was everywhere defensively, I don't even remember what he did offensively and I don't even care, because he was that good on the other side. The difference was as simple as effort.
good, while I fully support him doing that last year we are in to close of a race to have someone playing simply for themselves this year.
