IS JAMES HARDEN THE WORST FLOPPER IN THE NBA?

The Houston Rockets beat the Los Angeles Lakers again 126-111 with James Harden scoring 50 plus points and a couple of assists and rebounds. The issue here is James Harden was favored by the officials, he went on the line 18 times, the referees were calling fouls every time James Harden drive to the basket. This frustrates Lebron James and the whole Lakers team.

"It's obvious that there are some calls that are not right, this is unacceptable" - Lebron James.

It's a bad officiating night but let's give credit to James Harden who can manipulate the rules in the NBA very well, he is very good in selling calls but there are lot of NBA players who were mad at him because he always flops especially at the end of the ball game. He is very good in acting like he was fouled, the most painful part is you will foul him on the three point line. Sometimes he has no intention of shooting it, he was just really good in making the officials blew their whistle.

James Harden is a great player but most NBA players and analysts were calling him a flopper.

 " It is what it is, the officials were calling the fouls, I am playing honest basketball here, I'm just giving my best and trying to win the game for my team" - James Harden.

With the new rules of the NBA, the evolving calls, most players cannot be touched nowadays, just a little bump then you will be called foul. It's hard to play honest defense nowadays, every hand check will be called, every slight push will be called especially if you are guarding an elite player like James Harden.

The NBA officials were having a hard time making the right call because some players were really good actors, an MVP caliber like James Harden is the toughest to guard because he makes a living on the free throw line, he is the best at selling calls and pretending that he is hurt.

The NBA officiating must be corrected properly so that we can watch the best games, the best honest games without the help of the referees, sometimes the referees were dictating the game and the wisest players were thriving the most.

A twitter poll conducted by an NBA fan says that James Harden is the worst flopper in the NBA history, sometimes he looks like he is cheating, twitter users voted 3 million votes about who is the most flopper in the NBA and James Harden won the contest unanimously.

But it's ok, just like the old saying "if it is working then don't stop it" that's why James keep evolving as a player, the only missing link in his game is defense, if James Harden wants to win championships then he must learn how to play defense, he must use his lateral quickness to guard the player that he is guarding. No doubt he is one of the best but he needs to play defense all the time and not only when he wants to.