James Harden says the NBA has wrongly eliminated veteran leadership in the league: "They don’t know how to be professional"

[Street Knowledge]

The NBA has long thrived on the impact and leadership of veteran players, but that seems to be fading. In his 16th year in the league, James Harden believes that is one key element that the league is taking for granted.

"I don't want to feel like the old guy," he said,"but it's like there's not a lot of vet on each team. "When I came in… you had like vets show you how to be professional and then show you how to work and show you how to be all these things and their steps to it. Now it's just a lot of young guys and I get it, young guys, they want to take a chance on things but they don't know how to be professional. They don't know how to work."

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[Barney Rubble]

Gil's Arena talks about this shyt a lot. They always talk about how the vets lead by example, showed them the ropes, and they tried to do the same for the rooks. Gil trolled Nick Young like crazy as his rookie, but they still best friends to this day.

 

[Easy-E]

When James Harden sounding like a old head..damn.

 

[NZA]

and that's coming from an unprofessional motherfukker

 

[Boonapalist]

I’ll never forget Harden calling Morey a liar in front of those kids

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

If veteran leadership is what made James Harden what he is then the league did the right thing by getting rid of it.

 

[Hersh]

every team needs vets.. but teams want youth.. vets want buyouts to try and win... it's a cycle but I think it's needed

 

[Art Barr]

The nba kinda moved away from.
having any core grisled vet on roster thing.
The players who seek to speak to industry vets like Dr j or so. Will more than likely thrive. As they have the penchant to want to learn how to succeed. Yet given the lack of digging in a crate in everything. Coupled with the money. I doubt If these guys know who Sam Jones is. When that player created the program.
they all have to attended as rookies.




Art Barr

 

[Nostalgic]

And this is coming from James Harden a guy that acted as the upmost primadonna during his tenured in Houston.

 

[itsyoung!!]

If veteran leadership is what made James Harden what he is then the league did the right thing by getting rid of it.

One of the greatest scorers of all time and a lengthy successful career?

 

[Sk3ptical]

One of the greatest scorers of all time and a lengthy successful career?

I'm saying

 

[Primetime]

Several factors, including status, salary, and older players simply getting aged skilled-out of roster spots.

Haslem worked in Miami because he had history with and the backing of management. Similar for Tristan Thompson in CLE. But put them in Charlotte or Washington... they don't got the pedigree, money, or skill set to tell LaMelo or Jordan Poole anything.

Tristan only really works in CLE because Donovan Mitchell, similar to SGA, is the real "vet" who checks all those boxes even at their young age (pedgree, money, skill set, professionalism); so respecting your OGs will naturally be a part of that for the youngins around them.

And even then Donovan and SGA were under the tutelate of Mike Conley and Chris Paul respectively, both having checked all the boxes as actual elder statements.

 

[Tflasha]

James harden has no room to talk
this nikka would quit on his team mid playoffs and run straight to the strip club aint nobody respecting this nikka in the locker room

 

[Big Boss]

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

One of the greatest scorers of all time and a lengthy successful career?

One of the biggest chokers in history who quit on 3 teams and paid more stripper’s tuition then Myron from Players Club

This y’all’s vet leadership?