00:00Look, I would have benched James Harden down the stretch.
00:03He's never been, Clyde, a prolific playoff performer,
00:06even when he was terrific and tremendous, and he was playing in Houston.
00:11How would you handle Harden if you're Kenny Atkinson?
00:14The thing is, Harden's reputation is on the line now.
00:17It's been on the line when he came to the Cavs.
00:19Like you alluded to, he's never been a superb player in the playoffs.
00:23So if I'm Kenny Atkinson, I put Harden back in the game.
00:28I don't punish him.
00:30I encourage him.
00:31If that were me, like when we're in the playoffs
00:34and we're playing the bullets, right,
00:36Red Holtzman pulled me in the corner, hey, Clyde, forget about offense.
00:40Just focus on defense on Earl.
00:44Forget about offense.
00:45Don't think about offense.
00:46We want you on.
00:47So if I'm Kenny Atkinson, I go to Harden and say, hey, man,
00:51I'm putting you back in there.
00:52Hey, this is why we acquired you.
00:54Look at your career.
00:55I know what you've done.
00:56You can do it.
00:57This is what Coach Brown did to Bridges.
01:00Remember when Bridges was floundering?
01:02Yep.
01:02Everybody said, take him out of the lineup.
01:04He didn't take him out.
01:06Put him out there and now look what Bridges is doing.
01:09So this is where Harden is now.
01:10He's come to the fork in the road.
01:12Good, I know.
01:15You
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