James Harden was born August 26-1989 the youngest of three children. James Harden is raised by single mother in Compton south central LA. James and his family always heard ambulance or police, sometimes they heard that somebody is shooting. That people are not here now or they ended up in jail, one of those people is James's father- James Harden senior. James Harden didn't spend that much time with his father and he had no trust in him so it was just him and his mom. They had i lot of struggle throw life, but know that something will happend and that was James.
When James was kid there was a basket in the school and he was just shooting until 1:30-2:00 in the mourning and that is how he kept him to not be troublemaker and to dont go his father steps. In 2003 as a great shooter Harden was the only freshman to make a rebuilding varsity basketball team at Artesia high school. Harden was very slow and he couldn't move that fast because of his body, but he could shoot and he was a cache and shoot type of player.
James harden one time wrote a latter to his mom and there sad "can you weak me up in 7:00 and can you leave me i couple of dollars Pierce kip this paper im gonna be a star. he always know that he is gonna be a star but didn't know when and he doesn't had a plan B. After that letter his game evolved and he started to play really great. His friends told him you are next Manu Ginobili because he was the best with the euro-step. After win back to back two California state championships James was McDonald's all-american.
Recruited by schools like UCLA and North Carolina he followed coach and teammate to Arizona state. He was at freshman one of the best players in the league, but his sophomore season he was better, he wanted to be a leader in and of the court. HE started his beard in sophomore year in college and that made him look older in college ant that is what he liked. His mom always asked him when will you cat your beard and then she just gave up.
James was picked by Oklahoma City Thunder like a 3th pick. He played with Russell Westbrook and Kavin Durand and they were named big three. James at first started of the bench but he was humble and he waited his time. One time the OKC coach Scotty Brooks came out to him sad do you want to start and he told him he dont know because they had a chemistry, his rooms was to come out of bench that was for the better of the team. In 2012 James Harden become the second youngest player to become sixth player of the year and he led the thunder to the finals. James though that he's gonna be sixth man forever.
OKC contract offer was six million dollars less the than the leagues maximum and it left less then a week before the 2012-2013 season was to begin and James didnt take the offer that night, that was a most money that he would made in his life and they gave him a short amount of time to decide and that wasn't enough time for him. That same night Harden got a phone call from thunder general manager and they sad him that he is traded to Houston rockets and that was very sad night for him, he started tearing up, he had big plans.
James singed 80 million dollars contract and he is not anymore sixth man, he now have his team where he is the main man. First game in Houston jersey James had 37 points and 12 assists and next game he had 45 points, those two games gave him that confidence to be what he is now. From the start being the Houston rockets player he was every all-star, not just being the star on the court but being the star off the court. That beard is not just look, it is a brand, something different- that is JAMES HARDEN.
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