Houston would satisfy that demand, but it would have to get a king . [162], In the Rockets first game after the suspension of the season due to COVID-19, Harden became the second highest scorer in franchise history after a 49 point, 9 rebound, 8 assist, 3 steal, 3 block, and 1 turnover performance on 70% shooting from the field in a 153149 comeback overtime victory over the Dallas Mavericks. [107] By the end of December, Harden had carried the Rockets to a 2115 record with fellow All-Star Chris Paul out with a hamstring injury. [23], That same day, he became the first-ever NBA player to score 37 or more points while registering a double-digit assist total in his team debut, posting 37 points, a career-high 12 assists, six rebounds, four steals and one block in a 10596 win over the Detroit Pistons. [134][135][136][137] He finished the season with the largest scoring margin (8.1 points per game) over the second-leading scorer since Wilt Chamberlain in 196263. It was his 17th career triple-double and his fourth career 50-point game. James Harden teamed up with Accolade Wines to release his first signature wine collection in July. People began to doubt James and Gail's relationship after Gail posted a photo of herself wearing a diamond ring on her ring finger on social media. It was back to back championships for Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James by beating the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA finals. [189][190], On March 29, Harden logged his twelfth triple-double in 32 games as a Net with 38 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists in a 112107 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves, tying Jason Kidds franchise record for triple-doubles in a season who did it twice in 80 and 51 games, respectively. 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First of all, I'm not in that locker room so who knows. After the conclusion of the season (a second-round NCAA tournament loss to Syracuse), Harden declared for the 2009 NBA draft. He joined Wilt Chamberlain as the only players in Sixers history to put up a 20-assist triple-double and his 21 assists tied Chamberlain and Maurice Cheeks for the most assists in a game in Sixers history. [233] During the early portion of the 201617 season, Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni played Harden at point guard,[55][56] which resulted in him averaging over 10 assists per game for the first time in his career. [109] In the following game on January 13, Harden scored 38 points but was just 1 for 17 on 3-point attempts in a 116109 loss to the Orlando Magic. Harden led the Nets to an NBA-best 112 record in March, recording averages of 27.9 points on 43.8 percent shooting from the field and 87.7 percent shooting from the free-throw line, 9.8 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 1.6 steals in 38.8 minutes per game. [184][185][186] On March 17, Harden posted a season-high 40 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists in a 124115 win over the Indiana Pacers, joining Carter as the only Nets players with a 40-point triple-double. Your login session has expired. He averaged 31.8 points, 9.0 rebounds, 10.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game. [131] After a 135103 victory against the Los Angeles Clippers on April 3, he became the third person in NBA history to record 2,700+ points and 500+ assists in a single season. [100] In Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, Harden scored 41 points in a 119106 loss to the Golden State Warriors. James Harden's Stats. [122] On February 28, he scored 58 points in a 121118 win over the Miami Heat. He became the first player in franchise history to have two 50-point games in a season. Is it too farfetched to assume Harden will get anywhere close to $30-$40 million for around $120 million? [17] On February 20, 2013, Harden scored a career-high 46 points in a 122119 win over his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. [24] Harden was named as a reserve for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, marking his first All-Star selection. A certain Houston Rocket player begs to differ. Harden said he relies on the suite of products from Therabody, a company he invested in via his 13 Endeavors in February 2021, that have become a part of my lifestyle., You know when youre younger, you can just get up, go, play and run around, and everything is great, he says. [206] On January 15, 2022, Harden had 27 points, 8 rebounds and tied a season-high 15 assists in a 120105 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. He surpassed Moses Malone's team mark for free throws made in a season (630 FTM in 198182), joining Malone as the only two Rockets players to ever reach 600 free throws made in a single season. James Harden has a Hall of Fame resume already: An MVP (and he is convinced he should have won more), six-time All-NBA and seven-time All-Star, a two-time scoring champ (averaging the most points . [124] On March 20, he scored 57 points in a 126125 overtime loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, marking his seventh 50-point game of the season. There's no doubt about the fact that if a team wants to win in the regular season, the playoffs and eventually the championship, there needs to be healthy team chemistry. Robin Lundberg: No one knows exactly which teams will benefit from the NBA's extended layoff. [63] He tied Wilt Chamberlain for the most points in a triple-double in NBA historyChamberlain pulled the feat during the 196768 season, with 53 points, 32 rebounds and 14 assists. In his first season with the team he set or matched several team records and was named to his first All-NBA Team (a third-team selection), as well as his first NBA All-Star team. In a blockbuster four-team trade, The Beard has been moved to the Nets for Victor Oladipo, Rodion Kurucs . Harden was just a third option on OKC, but with the Rockets, he developed into an MVP. Paul Millsap. Unhappy with the failure of the Oklahoma City Thunder to offer him a max contract, he refused their contract extension offer when it was substantially under the max. He improved his stats to 18.8 points, 7.7 boards and 3.5 assists in his junior season and led Artesia to the California state title and a 331 record. . He became the fourth player in NBA history with multiple games of 10 or more 3-pointers, joining Stephen Curry (15), Klay Thompson (5), and J.R. Smith (3). Harden's franchise-record six triple-doubles of the month carried the Nets into first place in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 2003. Harden said the Thunder could have won a championship if he wasn't traded to the Rockets in 2012. James Harden has been among the NBA's top-tier players for years. [145][146], After a disappointing start to the season shooting 28.6% from the field and 15% from the three-point line in the first three games,[147] Harden scored 59 points on 1832 shooting from the field, along with nine assists in a 159158 win against the Washington Wizards on October 30, 2019two points away from his career-high. In October 2021, Harden was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.[6]. [111], On January 14, he scored 57 points in a 11294 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. [126] For these performances, he received his fourth Western Conference Player of the Week honor of the 201819 season. [10] On November 30, 2008, Harden scored a career-high 40 points in an 8858 victory over UTEP. Harden scored 16 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter to tie the series at 22. When he arrived I thought that playing with a talent like Joel was supposed to be the desired outcome. Harden set a franchise record by scoring at least 20 points in his 30th straight game. If he is double-teamed then he has to pass the ball up in a situation where a lot of time has already been taken off the shot clock and the player who receives the ball is under tremendous pressure to make the shot in the little time that he gets. Oklahoma City Thunder. Things get chippy early between James Harden and Dillon Brooks. Two days later, he scored 45 points against the Atlanta Hawks. [115] With 37 points on January 29 against the New Orleans Pelicans, Harden extended his streak of 30-point games to 24 and had his 11th straight game with at least 35 points. [187][188] On March 26, Harden, who missed a game against the Utah Jazz due to neck soreness, returned to the Nets and logged a season-high 44 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists in a 113111 win over the Detroit Pistons. [81], On July 8, 2017, Harden signed a four-year contract extension with the Rockets for approximately $160 million,[82] giving him a total six-year deal with $228 million guaranteedthe richest contract in NBA history. [33] On March 6, 2015, he recorded his third triple-double of the season with 38 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in a 10393 win over the Detroit Pistons. [9] He was also named first team All-District by the NABC and the USBWA. [197] In the first minute of Game 1 against the Milwaukee Bucks in the conference semifinals, Harden re-injured his hamstring and missed the remainder of the game, as well as the next three games of the series. [76] Between March 12 and 18, he had four straight triple-doubles, giving him 19 for the season. He also set a record for being the first player in franchise history to earn Player of the Month honors in consecutive months. Harden was a D'Antoni fan and likely . [164] He became the league's scoring champion for the third season in a row and the league leader in total steals. Durant, chased rings with the Golden State Warriors, which is a bad look compared to what Giannis just did. [105] That same month, he was voted the National Basketball Players Association's MVP for the 201718 season, earning the honor for a second time. During James Harden's sophomore year at Artesia High School, he reached an average of 13.2 points, while Artesia . [195][196], In Game 5 of the first round of the playoffs, Harden posted a triple-double with 34 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in a 123109 win to close out the series. He is Risen! [67], His 10th and 11th triple-doubles came in back-to-back games on January 8 and 10, both resulting in wins. [89], On December 20, despite Harden's 51 points, the Rockets were defeated 122116 by the Los Angeles Lakers, ending their 14-game winning streak. Harden was a member of the United States national team that won a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics,[241] and was also a member of the team that won the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2014. It does not make matters any better knowing that he has one of the league's worst shooters this season in Russell Westbrook as his teammate. the seemingly endless droves of criticism bother him, but contrary to Bayless opinion, he wants to win and will do whatever it takes to do so. Im willing to take less to put us in position to accomplish that.. [90] Two days later, Harden had a second straight 51-point performance in a 128118 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Harden set career highs for points and three-pointers (with nine) and matched his career best for assists. Championship or bust mindset., James Harden, who invested in Therabody in 2021, said he its suite of products have "become part of [+] my lifestyle.". James Edward Harden Jr. (born August 26, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Rockets made 61 percent of their first-half shots to get the second-most points in a first half in NBA history. [49] Harden finished the 201516 season with 374 turnovers,[50] besting Artis Gilmore's mark of 366 in 197778, the first season the NBA recorded turnovers. Thanks to his superb all-around skills, Harden has stuffed the stat sheet with some record-breaking performances: From December 13, 2018, through February 21, 2019 . [251], On October 4, 2019, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey issued a tweet that supported the 201920 Hong Kong protests. Search Near-ring experience: Alongside Harden, Westbrook was a member of the Thunder team that lost the 2012 Finals to the Heat. [73] On February 3 against the Chicago Bulls, Harden scored his 10,000th point as a Rocket, passing Yao Ming for sixth place in franchise history. Critics and pundits ranging from Stephen A. Smith to Skip Bayless and Kendrick Perkins have had harsh words about Hardens work ethic, motivation, sensitivity and demeanor, especially following the Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 loss to the Miami Heat in the 2022 NBA Eastern Conference semifinals. The honor was Harden's second as a Net, becoming the first player in league history to earn Player of the Month honors in each of his first two full months with a new team since the award's inception in 197980. [213] On March 10, in a game against the Nets, Harden made his 2,561st career three-pointer to pass Reggie Miller (2,560) for third place in total NBA career three-pointers made, behind Ray Allen and Stephen Curry. James Harden floats in the and-1 for the 76ers. Also read: Houston Rockets News: Franchise could file protest over James Harden dunk that was ruled out. During the 2012 free agency period, Oklahoma City attempted to sign Harden to a four-year contract extension worth between $52 and $55 million. [179][180] The following day, Harden was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the month of February. Entering his sophomore year, Harden appeared on many pre-season All-American lists and on the cover of the Sports Illustrated college basketball preview issue. [155] He continued his scoring rampage in the following 130107 win against the Orlando Magic on December 13, 2019, where he got his second 50-point game in a rowthe third time in his career where he has scored back-to-back 50-point games[156]with 54 points on 19-of-31 field goal shooting and 10-of-15 from three, in addition to seven assists, and five rebounds. Make no mistake about it, James Harden is probably the most gifted offensive player in the game today. [92] The following day, he was ruled out for two weeks with a Grade 2 hamstring strain. Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports. With that, James Harden will have the largest scoring margin, 8.1 ppg, over the second-leading scorer since Wilt Chamberlain in 196364", "Jazz vs. What do you enjoy about playing with him? [119] On February 21, in the Rockets' first game after the All-Star break, Harden scored 30 points against the Los Angeles Lakers for his 32nd consecutive game with 30-plus points. Almost a week had passed since James Harden's 2021-22 season had come to an end. He played in three other Western Conference finals as a member of the . Charles Barkley, one of the NBA's all-time great stars, who alongside icons like Karl Malone and Patrick Ewing infamously never won a championship, says he simply has to live with that fact and . Hall of famer Charles Barkley too condemned Harden's style of play recently by saying that if he were on the floor with James Harden he would definitely get frustrated at watching Harden doing his thing while standing in one corner just waiting for the ball that would rarely come to him. James Harden ushered in a new NBA stat. [53][54] In September 2016, new Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni announced that Harden would take on the point guard role to begin the 201617 season. [125] Two days later, he matched his career high with 61 points, including 27 in the first quarter, to lead the Rockets to a 111105 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. None of . The previous record was held by Malone, who did it in 29 straight games in the 198182 season. [245] His beard has appeared in songs and T-shirts, and it earned him an endorsement and a unique candy with Trolli's where a depiction of his face and beard was shown on each gummy. [193][194] After missing 18 games due to a strained hamstring, Harden returned to action on May 12. Although the couple has never been captured together, nor do they follow each other on social media. In the game against Houston Hoops, played on the same day, Harden had 33 points. [95] On January 30, in a 114107 win over the Orlando Magic, Harden became the first player in NBA history to score 60 points as part of a triple-double, finishing with 10 rebounds and 11 assists for his third triple-double of the season. The Rockets aren't contenders and likely won't be for a few more seasons at the earliest. He's one of the superstars without a ring, and he's only been to a single Finals series. Not the first time Harden's baby rumor has come up, and probably not the last either. He is the all-time leader in 3-point shooting fouls drawn, and he led the NBA in free throw attempts and makes every year from the 201415 season until the 201920 season. [28] On December 11, 2014, he scored a season-high 44 points in a 113109 overtime win over the Sacramento Kings. In the . JH: Well, he's really good.But in all seriousness, he's as humble as . I love wine and I want my passions to be accessible to everyone., This is a BETA experience. James Harden signed a two-year deal with the Sixers on July 20 worth a reported $68.6 million. Charlotte Hornets. focus on the end game and that's winning a championship." The Sixers still have to figure . Harden also invested $15 million for a small stake in the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer in July 2019. [101] In Game 4 against the Warriors, Harden scored a game-high 30 points to help the Rockets even the series at 22 with a 9592 win. [170] On February 2, Harden earned his first Eastern Conference Player of the Week honor, after logging a double-double average with 25.3 points and 11.3 assists over three games. Harden has actually considering that become a seasonal MVP candidate, many thanks partially to the sort of play that generated a record-setting 60-point triple-double in January 2018.
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