This media tactic works every single time; ask a player who the best player is, naturally the player picks himself, a firestorm of debates ring off, and then they ask other players what they think about player 1 picking himself over them. Got it? Good. So Klay Thompson was asked to pick the best player at every position, he picked his teammate Stephen Curry as the best point guard then picked himself as the best shooting guard. Of course that drummed up controversy and many thought about last year’s MVP runner up and also a shooting guard, James Harden. Naturally he disagrees with Thompson’s opinion on the matter.
via Houston Chronicle:
An All-NBA third-team choice last season, Thompson had continued his recent roll in the three games since, averaging 19.6 points heading into Wednesday’s game in Dallas. Rockets guard James Harden, the first-team All-NBA guard last season and second-leading scorer this season behind Stephen Curry, did not seem concerned if his own reputation has been diminished by the Rockets’ struggles and did not argue Thompson’s assessment of the shooting guard hierarchy.
“People are going to talk,” Harden said. “Just let them talk and do whatever they’re going to do. Whatever gets them excited and whatever gives them that confidence to want to talk, just go ahead and do it. But we really know what’s going on.”
Asked if Thompson’s comment adds any motivation to Thursday’s meeting, Harden left it at “No.”
