JaVale McGee Nick Young James Harden video

by doclinkin on May 24, 2009 1:19 PM EDT Comment 12 comments

LA summer balling.

See JVMcG go berserk on the rim.

See Nick Young throw an alley oop.

See James Harden actually drive to his right hand side for once...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgWAWiyziFg

Players are in the Drew Summer ball competitions. Like Barry Farms or Rucker park, Gilbert Arenas has run in the Drew League as well as a host of other pros. Maybe we can get some LA based Wiz fan to hunt it up and give us the courtside scoop.

Nice to see JaVale with the handle and mid-air violence though.

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Yea - James Harden isn't athletic at all...

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by Evander holyfield on May 24, 2009 2:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That's the first time in two years

that I’ve seen Harden drive to his right, and elevate for a dunk….

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by Rook6980 on May 24, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yea, it looked pretty effortless against D like that

But you have to admit he did get up on that dunk…

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by Evander holyfield on May 24, 2009 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A lot of these guys will be working very hard on their weaknesses....

Harden’s perceived weakness is his average athleticism… perhaps he’s been working hard on getting extra lift from his legs…. He certainly looked like he had no trouble taking off and finishing strong….

I was watching a video of Hasheem Thabeet while he was working out…
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2009/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&page=PreDraftTour-090514
He said he was working on increasing his strength and his footwork (two of his perceived weaknesses) -and in the video, you can see him shooting jump shot after jump shot (another perceived weakness)…

Some of these players have never had to do certain things because their teams needed them to do something different – It doesn’t mean they can’t LEARN or improve….

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by Rook6980 on May 24, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh yeah...

And ESPN’s Chad Ford said that Harden had lost about 10-15 pounds since he’s started his Summer workout regime.

The improved physique and conditioning have given him an added quickness and explosiveness that you didn’t always see at Arizona State.

That could also be the reason Harden is looking more “athletic” than when I reviewed his games during the Season.

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by Rook6980 on May 24, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And can somebody please trade away that kid JaVale McGee!?

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by Evander holyfield on May 24, 2009 2:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

telll me about it lol

by eltacoman on May 24, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This just about made my week

I’d almost forgotten just how much I love watching Nick Young play. Ditto for Javale. I reeeally hope we don’t trade either of them and that Blatche is the odd man out if we trade a young guy with the pick.

Also, Harden might not be the most athletic player in the draft, but he looks incredibly muscular for a guard. His arms looked almost Boozer-like.

by pantslessyoda1 on May 24, 2009 3:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs