” YOU ARE THE WORSE COACH I EVER MET” Star player disparaging LA Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue
Tyronn Lue, the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, seems to be running out of patience with James Harden, the team’s star acquisition this season. But the coach is trying to figure out how to work through his issue with “The Beard.”
After their 126-144 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, Lue said in a news conference that Harden’s lack of a preseason with the team is preventing him from adjusting to the team’s small-ball strategy.
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“Until he gets in better shape, I think the small lineup doesn’t fit him well,” the analyst said. The team’s approach offers Harden, who is still having trouble finding his groove, extra offensive duties.
But Lue thinks he knows how to get out of this pickle: “It will be really beneficial for us to keep five on the floor with him as much as possible.”
After a convoluted trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, where he left in the midst of a dispute with the team’s president of operations, Daryl Morey, James Harden joined the Clippers on October 31. The athlete agreed to a $35.6 million, two-season contract.
Additional criticism of Harden
Not just Lue revealed something shocking about “The Beard.” Following the decisive loss to Dallas, Mavericks analyst Brian Dameris dismissed everything that the player had done wrong.
Dameris reflected on Harden’s dreadful tenure in Philadelphia, where he was allowed to hire and fire players based on Harden’s whims for the entire season.
“You wanted a certain coach, they brought in Mike D’Antoni, you wanted to play a certain style, they played it, you wanted Dwight Howard, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him,” Dameris recounted.
The expert claims that the team ignored the player’s lack of discipline as well. “You requested to visit Vegas during off-peak hours, but they refused to let you. You wanted to go out at night, so you asked the squad to stay over. He said, “They tried changing the schedule, but it didn’t work.
There are other issues with the Clippers besides James Harden.
But many think there’s more to the Clippers’ issue than just Harden. They guarantee that the team’s defense is paper thin and that it lacks an offensive identity.
