{"id":1442118,"date":"2022-04-17T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1442118"},"modified":"2022-04-17T08:01:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T12:01:08","slug":"charles-barkley-to-james-harden-you-got-more-pressure-on-you-than-any-player-in-the-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charles-barkley-to-james-harden-you-got-more-pressure-on-you-than-any-player-in-the-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Barkley to James Harden: \u201cYou Got More Pressure on You Than Any Player in the Playoffs. \u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcharles-barkley-to-james-harden-you-got-more-pressure-on-you-than-any-player-in-the-playoffs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1442118&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Charles Barkley played eight seasons in Philadelphia and experienced the weight of never winning a championship with the Sixers.<\/p>\n<p>It is why the TNT analyst scoffed at James Harden saying this week that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/15\/espn-analysts-mock-james-harden-ahead-of-nba-playoffs\/\">he isn\u2019t feeling any pressure entering the playoffs<\/a> following his midseason trade from the Nets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJames Harden, you said you don\u2019t feel no pressure? Man, you better think again,\u201d Barkley said on the air Friday night. \u201cThem people in Philadelphia ain\u2019t gonna be having you going out there and playing bad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you can sit \u2014 I don\u2019t want to call it deflection or whatever \u2014 you got more pressure on you than any player in the playoffs. Good luck, now, \u2018cause my Sixers, I love y\u2019all Sixers and my Suns, but James, don\u2019t tell that lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1239870424.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>James Harden was traded to Philadelphia midway through the season.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Sixers, who haven\u2019t won an NBA title since 1983, enter their first-round playoff series against the Raptors as the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference. They went 19-9 following Harden\u2019s acquisition from the Nets with Paul Millsap on Feb. 10 in exchange for Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and Andre Drummond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPressure? No, I feel good,\u201d Harden told reporters on Thursday. \u201cI\u2019m ready to hoop. There\u2019s nothing to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harden averaged 21.0 points and 10.5 assists over 21 appearances following the trade, but biut he and MVP candidate Joel Embiid are seeking their first championship rings in their respective NBA careers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tell him to be himself. He\u2019s been doing a great job of being the playmaker, but we need him to be aggressive and really score the ball, especially against Toronto,\u201d Embiid said. \u201cHe just has to be himself, and not worry about people talking about pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Barkley played eight seasons in Philadelphia and experienced the weight of never winning a championship with the Sixers. 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