James Harden has run out of courage

The away loss to the 13th Kings hurt the Nets (29-22). It tarnished their already tarnished reputation and put Brooklyn’s team in trouble when it came to buying their presence in the top six in the East and qualifying straight for the playoffs. The Hornets, Raptors and Celtics are chasing them, but it seems the problem for Steve Nas and his staff is big and has to do with the confidence of the organization’s top players.

James Harden, for example, had one of the worst performances of his career and after the end of the match, in which Sacramento were without the fiver DiAaron Fox, Terence Davis, Marvin Bagley showed his complete disappointment. They asked him if he needed a “single meeting” to discuss the team’s weaknesses and Mousia replied: “what we said, we said. We’ve talked a lot“and leaves many questions about the relationships within the organization.

Harden played 37 minutes, had 2/6 two points, 0/5 three points, missed a shot, collected 7 rebounds, shared 12 assists and made 6 errors, with Kairy Irving staying on 14 points from 15 tries and Patti Mills on 14 on 12 shots. In general, it seems that Moussias is not having a good time in Brooklyn, he is concerned about Irving’s part-time presence, he has no players around who are able to support his game in defense and offense, and while the team’s agents Claim that if they don’t accept a proposal before the February 10th trade deadline, it’s possible that they might even negotiate with other teams for its concession before losing it for nothing in the summer.

Overall this season, Harden has 22.5 points (47.6% in two points, 33.2% in three points, 86.9% in shots), 8 rebounds, 10.2 assists, 1.3 steals and 4, 8 errors per 37 minutes played in 44 games. His points are 12 fewer than his last season in Houston and nearly 14 of the 36.1 he put on the Rockets jersey in the 2018-19 season.