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After watching the elbow incident many times today, I have came to the conclusion that it was a flop. I hope everyone can have an open mind and let me present my case or evaluation of the incident.
1.) There is a strong case that Harden had no business running up to Ron while he flails his arm in his trademark chest thumping. Ron threw his elbow like many players that threw their elbows after a rebound to get the defender off. Like in baseball when a pitcher would throw inside to knock the hitter off the plate. Ron was doing this in the heat of the moment to intimidate the opponent.
Unfortunately it hit Harden in his ear. As you can see with the video below the point of contact was his ears. It wasn't a strong enough elbow to knock Harden out. He got up and walked off. As a matter of fact he was "selling" the elbow to the ear.
Examples of Harden selling flops are located below:
As usual...Harden stays down holding his head. Which was not hit. Just like he wasn't hit today. Ron hit his ear.
Here is another illegal play by Harden. Yes, unintentional hit that leads to an illegal flop.
As you can see with the video posted above, James Harden has a habitual tendency to illegally flop and sell fouls.
Did Harden get hit in the ear by Metta? Yes, but the hit isn't as vicious as the selling that was done on the ground.
Ladies and gentleman, Harden was not hurt in the play. There were no bruises or signs of blood from a busted ear. He was cleared to comeback and play but was advised by his advisers to stay in the locker room for further tests. Harden himself, wanted to comeback and play.
It's not as serious as some may try to portray and Harden's activity may cost one of our key players a suspension.
are you kidding?
