Who Is James Harden? Let's Know The Player Better!

James Edward Harden is a professional American basketball sportsperson of the National Basketball Association (NBA).  The player is widely known as one of the best shooting guards and scorers in the history of the National Basketball Association.

In the year 2021, Harden was honored as the greatest basketball player of all time.

It was for the Arizona State Sun Devils that Harden played college basketball for. There, the player was named the consensus Pac-10 and All-American in the year 2009. The player was chosen with the third overall pick by Oklahoma City Thunder in the year 2009 NBA draft.

In the year 2012, the player was actually named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year. The man also helped the team successfully reach the NBA Finals. However, the team lost the match to the Miami Heat.

The Oklahoma City Thunder could not give the player a max contract, and thus he eventually the contract extension when it was actually under the max. Subsequently, he was traded to the Houston Rockets prior to the 2012-13 season.

The Oklahoma City Thunder

The player was chosen in the year 2009 NBA draft with the third overall pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder. The man successfully recorded the fourth-highest 3-point percentage in the history of the NBA for a sportsman below the age of 21 at the time of the 2009-10 season. 

The man put in a season-high 26 points on December 7 in the year 2009 against the Golden State Warriors. The man was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team at the conclusion of the season.

At the time of the 2010-11 season, the man secured 10-plus points on a total of 54 occasions. This included a season-high of 26 points on March 6, 2011, opposing Phoenix Suns.

The average was 16.8 points 3.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds in a total of 62 games during the 2011-12 season. It was then that he got the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award.

Personal Life

James Harden is a Christian. Oftentimes, the player had been seen talking about his faith and being grateful to God for all that he has in his life. Harden has two siblings, and he is the youngest among his siblings. It is said that prior to his birth, Harden's mother faced a myriad of miscarriages.

As per some reports, Harden began growing his beard in the year 2009 which became very popular, but the reason was that he felt too lazy to shave. Interestingly, his beard brought him endorsements. His beardy look became extremely popular, so much so that his beard appeared on T-shirts and songs.

Harden and Politics

In the year 2019, Daryl Morey, Houston Rockets' general manager posted a tweet supporting the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests. However, the tweet led the Chinese Basketball Association to suspend its relationship with the Houston Rockets. Later, Harden had to apologize to China. The apology was expressed by saying, "We apologize. We love China."

James Harden's Net Worth

James Harden's net worth (as of 2023) is 3.3 crores USD.

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