By now, you know that James Harden is not a very good defender. The guy loves playing offense and will shoot the ball 9,746,182 times per game if you want him to. But defense?
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So it shouldn't come as a surprise to hear that Harden got caught playing bad defense again last night. But it's still pretty incredible to see just how apathetic he can be when it comes to playing D. Check out the Vine below, which features Knicks guard Shane Larkin driving by Harden. Harden essentially just stands in the middle of the floor and lets Larkin go right by him without making any effort whatsoever and…it's just bad:
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C'mon, man! Can't you at least pretend to play some D?
We'll give credit where it's due and give props to Harden for winning the game for his team in the end. But this is yet another bad defensive play to add to his highlight reel.
[via For The Win]
