I well remember how early in the game at Cal in Jorge's first year, Harden was scorching Christopher, who simply could not stop him. Before Cal got too far behind, Montgomery put Jorge in, who immediately invaded Harden's comfort zone. Harden looked both surprised and offended that this kid would so challenge him, get so close to him. In Harden's effort to put Jorge in his place, he took more difficult shots, in place of the more open looks he had been able to get against Patrick, and not surprisingly his percentage went down. And, also not surprisingly knowing Jorge as we came to know him, his active, challenging defense turned the game around and Cal went on to win.
It was one of the early demonstrations that this Jorge would be a game changer with his defense, a freshman who fearlessly did not knock back down against whoever he would guard. And he kept it up for four wonderful years.as a Bear.