Years later, when Harden, gifted the title 'Great Emperor' by the new god, recalled his first adversarial encounter with a god during his NBA career, he cursed bitterly: Do you XX know what collapse means? Do you XX know what despair means? That night I almost severed the father-son relationship...
Let's go back to December 29, 2008, the disastrous night for the future 'Great Emperor'. Harden was a rookie playing substitute at the 1 and 2 positions under D'Antoni's coaching, and in half a quarter, Zhang Yang scored 13 points while Harden was defending.
A very important reason was the terrible inside defense, saying it's the worst in history might be an exaggeration, but only a little.
The Phoenix Suns back then at least had Marion in the inside.
