Mike's Biggest "James Harden's" In Sports History

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🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Valenti gives his list of the biggest playoff chokers in sports history.

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0:00.0	Okay, so we are looking for the James Hardin Award, the biggest playoff joke artist in all of sports history.
0:09.1	And again, this is another reminder of why I don't get seduced by the regular season.
0:13.4	Hardin's a great regular season player.
0:15.5	The playoffs are a whole different ball game.
0:17.5	And just think about this.
0:18.5	How many playoff games do you have to play to have 30 that are so
0:24.1	egregious, you turn the ball over more than baskets made as a high usage player? That's staggering.
0:35.7	It's, it truly, it's remarkable.
0:39.7	So I've given some names.
0:40.7	I have a list.
0:42.4	I really took my time with this.
0:43.2	I'm a loser.
0:47.2	But there's one that rises above and I haven't said it.
0:49.2	I wanted to offer the guys a chance.
0:51.2	You know in listener land.
0:54.3	You know who my number one is.
0:57.3	Oh, my shining superstar.
1:00.7	The James Hardin Memorial winner.
1:03.3	I'll just hope someone gets it.
1:04.1	Okay.
1:05.0	Want to go to the people?
1:05.9	Let's go to the people. We're going to go to as he wants to be referred to now,
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