Programming note: Watch the pregame edition of Warriors Outsiders on Friday afternoon at 4:30, streaming live on the MyTeams app.

James Harden used to be a horrible defender.

In the past, clips used to circulate on social media that highlighted a complete lack of effort from Harden on the defensive end of the floor.

But you haven't seen a lot of that the last two seasons because he has improved on the defensive end.

During the 2018-19 regular season, Harden was second in the NBA in steals (2.03) and third in deflections (3.5) per game. The advanced metrics also show that he's an extremely good post defender.

But during an appearance on ESPN's show The Jump on Friday afternoon, Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta got very carried away.

"James is gonna do whatever it takes to win," he said. "You see that when he plays defense, there's nobody that plays any better defense in the NBA."

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm...

... no.

Do we even need to say anything else?

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No.

Enjoy Game 6!

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