James Harden’s Debut For The Rockets |

Throwback to the first game James Harden suited up for the Houston Rockets
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[@gino7171]

It’s also Jeremy Lin’s Houston debut!! 12 pts 8 assists 4 rebs 4 steals FG 41.7% What....already 8 years ago?

[@paullaney3339]

Damn that's CRAZY

[@STLo-tt7he]

Gino勁宥 捕獲野生Gino😍

[@jeanramirez6441]

Gino勁宥 lol no step back yet

[@kobesuizo9040]

Back when lin was useful

[@loycamars9229]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6rXnqpnf5mYm9k

[@Answerx32]

I never thought I would say that I even miss Harden's double stepback

[@justiN-tu4jw]

fr bro, and that damn euro step 😂

[@dariuslynard158]

Man everybody had the midrange game back then. I also notice that this Houston team was just coming together. Jeremy's first real start time after New York and same for Harden. Chandler Parsons was lights out, Asik had some confidence and wasn't getting exposed on D yet. These were cool years.

[@brianpeng0413]

bro asik had butter hands that year

[@dariuslynard158]

@@brianpeng0413 I thought it was just those couple opening plays. I was thinking damn, Asik just grab the rebound lol

[@brianpeng0413]

@@dariuslynard158 ikr

[@bilal00276]

It was at this moment, OKC knew they fked up

[@dt9255]

Nah bro he was demanding too much, kd and Russ to took pay cuts to stay together and he wasn't even a starter and wanted more, we can only imagine if only they stayed together

[@dt9255]

Algoods tho current OKC team is better than current rockets team

[@Kirbystare1992]

D T and he should have been a starter and he was proven right they never made it to the finals without him again

[@jcarroll296]

Smh woke saw that stat line. Head drop 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@HtxRam]

D T no they’re not

[@robin5on]

Those days were like *The beginning of the end of mid-range era*

[@kurtjustinrivera7508]

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[@tobiaschaparro2372]

Lol his first point as a Rocket was free throws 😂😂

[@LowBudgetJustinY]

He has been practicing drawing fouls since his 1st day 😂

[@ns5337]

hahahahha

[@RandallWI]

🤣😂 some things never change 😂🤣😅

[@keefxairness6295]

Should've been and 1

[@sankeerthkoshy61]

So was Kobe’s

[@jamesonedwardsii4943]

He was posting up, playing D, setting screens, playing off ball, boxing out and everything.... I guess superstardom hits different.

[@bum_5362]

JJ Edwards he carries that offensive work load so it drains energy, he also still plays D today

[@chipshead3079]

Playing d are you high? This was the time when his defense was at its worse

[@edsoncharlotin8755]

coaching also

[@edsoncharlotin8755]

Chips head nah it got bad when mchale lost the locker room in 2014/15 he ain’t play D For a whole season and that’s the season that everybody talks about even though he stepped it up

[@lareka11]

Thats why he fails in postseason

[@sports3117]

This is when James Harden emerged into an instant superstar

[@Mysterioatokatokat]

Sports 311 instant choker also

[@jackyjamesjeffersonjamaljohnso]

@@Mysterioatokatokat lmao how'd he choke?

[@keefxairness6295]

@@Mysterioatokatokat you still coming to videos with James harden to hate lmao get a life

[@Mysterioatokatokat]

Loyal Fan Great team just remember stephen curry dropped 33 pts SECOND HALF againts james harden, eliminating him in wcf. harden did a choke job in 4 th q, 4 pts, 4 t.o missed wide open layup missed 2 f.t.

[@marcusxavier7083]

@@Mysterioatokatokat man get lost

[@DEZZYCHAMBERLAINREACTS.]

That step back wasn’t in his arsenal yet.

[@edsoncharlotin8755]

it was just midranges and less used

[@DEZZYCHAMBERLAINREACTS.]

Edson Charlotin word

[@loycamars9229]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6rXnqpnf5mYm9k

[@itsjg2800]

Carlos Delfino was cheese from the 3 back in NBA 2K14

[@LordCaltricBlue]

Him and Francisco

[@crypti1c]

Throwback

[@Sbzmike]

Don't forget Chandler Parsons. He was a demigod from the 3 point line on the Rockets.

[@zeerax94]

39:02 Harden in his defensive prime

[@MrNasher113]

Simeon Ivanov 😂😂😂😂

[@Nani17334]

Simeon Ivanov Im harden fan but LMAOOO 😂

[@jakem4361]

man it’s already been 10 years since today. time flies and it’s wild how things change drastically.

[@RandallWI]

Back when Harden was still respected league wide and a joy to watch as a basketball 🏀 fan

[@LordCaltricBlue]

It all went downhill once he beat the Clips

[@DeaDAss-gi6vp]

@@LordCaltricBlue instant hate after that season smh

[@flexoffender7124]

No idea why this is such a chill game to watch.

[@yatuaman6476]

James just scared me on the cover of this video Its like Dwayne Johnson without huge muscles

[@wolfebilt]

So good to hear George Blaha. More pistons games with George Blaha please.

[@theflaire7806]

Let’s add Harden vs Warriors, 40 points/10 threes NEXT. And that was ON THE ROAD!!

[@ilhamnur2268]

And yesterday was last day him on this team

[@brillantes6330]

39:03 look at Harden's defense 🤣

[@TMthe33rd]

DPOY candidate 😅😂

[@georgelinstin3161]

Please bring some Bad Boy Pistons games back. They truly revolutionized the NBA at the time and I truly feel like we should bring back a team that has kind of been forgotten. Sorry for the essay but please, bring some Bad Boy games back 😂

[@cytrex1o1]

And then his second game he scored 45 points 😳😳

[@jayys845]

Don’t they all look like they don’t know what to do with the ball😭😭

[@crypti1c]

JAYY S I mean, a lot of teams still dont. Cheap example: the Knicks

[@morebluntmorecunt1725]

Lol just because they dont play like todays standards doesnt mean they dont know what to do. Seems like you only watch basketball during 2016

[@marcusxavier7083]

@@morebluntmorecunt1725 Facts

[@jayys845]

Token Asian never said that dumbfuck to me it jus looks like they don’t kno wat to do wit the ball N 12 people agree wit me bitch

[@jordancromwell]

@@morebluntmorecunt1725 FR

[@leonelsanchez7645]

Please Cavs and warriors Christmas game 16-17 season full game please🙏🏻

[@Zachhwilliamssssss]

Leonel Sanchez and game 7 2016 finals

[@maxfreitag9525]

Who else remembers the trumpet that played at Bradley center for every carlos delfino three?

[@Zj2030]

holy shit i do lmfao

[@Madrid22285]

Back when I enjoyed watching James Harden play😂

[@Goodieboyz]

You love to watch him play here 🤣🤣 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqPUdJqNrqtsopo

[@davidaulds7031]

Really not a bad lineup put out by the Rockets. Marcus Morris wasn't the player his brother was in any respect!

[@thesofa.4194]

FETUS BEARD

[@NoName-cn3cp]

Weird to see Harden actually fight through screens and try on defense lol

[@compxdyl4816]

Harden’s been drawling fouls since his first layup attempt 😂

[@yjl7237]

IPonchoTN damn that was such a flop, am i right

[@kingquaro8213]

He play for the thunder first you know

[@compxdyl4816]

YJL haha true

[@RandallWI]

@@kingquaro8213 he meant with the Rockets 🚀 😐

[@jackyjamesjeffersonjamaljohnso]

If any of you think that's a flop you're a fucking casual lmao

[@saz19s8]

His beard wasn’t quite there yet 😂😂😂

[@LowBudgetJustinY]

Ikr it looks so weird 😂

[@Bronny00]

He looks so much slim

[@Dontcrybebetter]

Damn I miss the old rockets jerseys

[@JeriDro]

remember when Kevin Martin was our best player?

[@sergiofabrietti9960]

Who's here after he was traded to the Nets?

[@donovanortiz5806]

Shiii crazy end of a era forreal 💯

[@ch3ckm8]

damn bring back jeremy lin!

[@Evanite]

Also Andre Drummond's debut

[@solomonbakaniceva3519]

Yo you should stream the warriors vs rockets game where harden hit the game winner

[@alexander_r]

Doodoo head

[@jonathanfa4267]

RIP james harden

[@houston5357]

yes please

[@LJYunJJ]

Tayshaun Prince😍

[@--MuhammadAlifNandipintoA]

Look at harden body he's so slim before 2018

[@marksuckerburg3051]

1:29:53 a few years later and they get Howard

[@brillantes6330]

Also Drummond's first game?

[@harristong2283]

Who's here after the trade ?

[@Nani17334]

Carloz Delfino a sniper yo

[@flawlessreese]

It doesn’t feel like it’s been eight years since he got traded

[@DaffyTaffy93]

RMH™ bro I really wish we never traded him Okc would’ve had a championship and warriors would’ve never been a dynasty

[@flawlessreese]

HotDogBun it hurts more that we kept ibaka instead smh

[@chediamor3607]

F for all the pistons fans who bought season tickets that year. those pistons games were painful to watch

[@jaikhaira1320]

anyone here after he's been traded to the brookyln nets?

[@ScheiZZBoZZnier]

47:20 min PiTSon

[@p0pov13]

Not even a minute in : Asik...who is an excellent defender. Yikes lol

[@vincentramirez9043]

I just kept sayin...."GIVE IT 2 HARDEN!!!"

[@thehomebuilder]

So who's still active on that Rockets' roster? Harden and Morris?

[@johnpatricklarayos4690]

2016 nba finals game 7 please

[@Zachhwilliamssssss]

Johnpatrick Larayos they seriously are doing a average at that time James harden vs a crappy pistons team instead of possibly the best nba finals game of all time. 😂

[@bhecxm47]

james harden is the best player in the NBA no question

[@hardworkinghustler9307]

True

[@chrishandsome4267]

Are we finishing the season this year or not

[@AntwoneAntJackson]

They won't. Plus if they did there wouldn't be crowds, the amount of sucking that brings is equivalent to the back alleys of Hotel Transylvania; so we might as well not have it.

[@frankpoleski5423]

Taysaun 10th yr in the leauge

[@TheJdizzle14]

This is pre ISO-Harden

[@Tigerex966]

Alright which NBA star with a huge shoe contract, will be the first to personally go on record criticising the way blacks are being discriminated against in China as we speak, it is so bad. My props goes out to the one with that much integrity, because family, blood is thicker than money$$$$. I'm waiting.....

[@bobbycastillo3932]

Harden is not chubby 8 yrs ago lol

[@bigp7644]

Jlinnnnnn

[@dbsaucce4128]

Actually verry shocked he dropped 37 in his first game

[@_SayitAintSo]

He played for the thunder 1st. This is in his like 5th season

[@RRAAII17]

Harden shooting mid range shots? Playing off ball?? Posting up??? This cannot be real

[@rajkumarsamanta6]

Wow

[@sydguitar99]

People who don't understand basketball be like "AlL hE dOeS iS dRaW fOuLs AnD tRaVeL"

[@eatdikz]

Syed Hoque people who understand basketball be like “harden is a f**got

[@baonho90]

@@eatdikz 😂😂

[@cedricthiboumerypeaguda1377]

Drummond debut !

[@Bosschano12]

Support

[@N.SEVILLA91]

harden really plays D

[@pureseduction93ce38]

Nol Oliver Sevilla 😂😂😂 Subscribe to my channel ❤️

[@gorockets9349]

Carolina Howard hell no

[@blankblank6871]

Carolina Howard 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳.

[@wabwab8155]

Btw, he's top 5 spg last season

[@gniknus87]

Year?

[@HONDACR919USA313]

2012

[@BobbyJenko]

Wish this was from the rockets broadcast since that’s who it was geared towards.🙄

[@chadm5765]

1:20:33 anyone hear dude call Jeremy Lin Yao Ming

[@Mysterioatokatokat]

1-17 3pt fg, nba record and 9-51 3fg for the last 5 games, BRICK SHOOTER OF ALL TIME

[@AntwoneAntJackson]

Harden is a creator not really a shooter.

[@AntwoneAntJackson]

At least an efficient one.

[@Mysterioatokatokat]

The Ant Gamer how is that efficient dumb

[@AntwoneAntJackson]

@@Mysterioatokatokat ironic that you say dumb when you didn't ready what I said

[@Mysterioatokatokat]

The Ant Gamer how is it efficient when he brick 16 3pt shot lmfao dumb

[@AntwoneAntJackson]

Yo, he actually played decent defense😂😂😂 wtf happened? 😭 ( Cp3 should tweet that to him )

[@wabwab8155]

He's top 5 steals per game last season

[@AntwoneAntJackson]

@@wabwab8155 he gambles a lot more on defense now. In this video he was staying in front of his man, contesting shots, and moving laterally. Just because you get steals doesn't mean your playing hard on D

[@johnnyyonnas349]

@@AntwoneAntJacksonI’m really late but fax

[@Tortortoriz]

He should play for the nuggets

[@Taxman3313]

Welp, who's here after the Nets trade?

[@John-ei1uh]

15:00

[@acevarios6073]

Damn the pistons r doo doo in this

[@2klegendsworld376]

Hardem Sauce: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jl64eqewncqAhtE

[@Mysterioatokatokat]

kobe to jems harem your not going to win championship with iso ball and step back 3s when im at my prime you got no ring when your at your prime and i got old you got no ring when i retired 4 yrs ago, still you got no ring now im in heaven you still got no ring

[@shadowcaster7294]

Could we see kobe's 81 point performance

[@Switch_Hitta_Beats]

The full game of Kobe's 81 point game against Toronto is on KZbin.

[@Switch_Hitta_Beats]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJS5gX-kh5KWack There ya go.

[@shadowcaster7294]

Thanks

[@user-dj5cd6cp9t]

1:38:20

[@bjliuyunli]

1:20:35 "hey Yao Ming" lollll

[@rodrigoquintanilla5497]

From day one in Houston Harden was traveling. Notice how often he would pick up his pivot when fronting his defender.

[@bgn7268]

yo

[@TechyTameka]

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[@LowBudgetJustinY]

Is it me or his beard looks weird 😂

[@notoriousbran4872]

It’s not in its final form

[@mygaffer]

How appropriate that Harden's first points as a Rocket came off free throws...

[@patrickbarthold359]

He was actually playing defense back in those times lol

[@justincox1050]

Basketball will never be as good, as it was in the past... I love the game tho..

[@Goodieboyz]

It could be worse. Trust me kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqPUdJqNrqtsopo

[@adrip1024]

I am spanhis un my cauntry are the 0400

[@RandallWI]

???

[@Amanda395]

Play a game where the Pistons actually win.

[@wabwab8155]

Greg Monroe is great player back then

[@bhecxm47]

but houston is the best

[@i_arji]

Harden doesnt create his own shot lmao the old times

[@jacejeung9389]

Y harden look like that tho

[@bigwaxx5045]

Beard was'nt quite there yet he look a tad bit younger around the eyes and probably about 20 pounds lighter

[@mskitty1854]

8)

[@kyrie7965]

Early

[@jaivinmehta7053]

First comment

[@jeanramirez6441]

Lol James harden now would have ran thru the pistons like nothing

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[@SHIMONISHIART]

This is the worst game i have ever watched terrible playing, i would say that i play better then these guys but i wouldnt.