We got some good trash talking going on between the Mavericks and Rockets. You knew Mark Cuban had to get in on it.
“There’s no more predictable team than the Rockets. You know exactly what they’re gonna do,” Cuban told Kirk Goldsberry. “But James Harden is so good. That’s what analytics have begot. Right? Predictability. If you know what the percentages are, in the playoffs, you have time to counter them. Whether you’re good enough to do it is another question. Because they are very talented, and James Harden, I think, is the MVP. Because that’s not a very good team over there.”
Not that the Rockets aren’t good, but I do think the overall point that Harden got them to the 2-seed while dealing with teammates injuries, suspect play of his teammates and in a tough Western Conference, says a lot about his value to the Rockets.
H/T SB Nation