James Harden Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets. He played college basketball at Arizona State where he was named an All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year. Harden was drafted third overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2009 and won Sixth Man of the Year in 2012 while helping the Thunder reach the NBA Finals. After being traded to the Rockets, Harden became one of the top scorers in the NBA and earned recognition as one of the best players in the league. He has been named an All-Star five times and won an MVP award as voted by his NBA peers. Harden has also won gold medals with the U.S. national basketball team at the 2012
James Harden Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets. He played college basketball at Arizona State where he was named an All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year. Harden was drafted third overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2009 and won Sixth Man of the Year in 2012 while helping the Thunder reach the NBA Finals. After being traded to the Rockets, Harden became one of the top scorers in the NBA and earned recognition as one of the best players in the league. He has been named an All-Star five times and won an MVP award as voted by his NBA peers. Harden has also won gold medals with the U.S. national basketball team at the 2012
James Harden Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets. He played college basketball at Arizona State where he was named an All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year. Harden was drafted third overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2009 and won Sixth Man of the Year in 2012 while helping the Thunder reach the NBA Finals. After being traded to the Rockets, Harden became one of the top scorers in the NBA and earned recognition as one of the best players in the league. He has been named an All-Star five times and won an MVP award as voted by his NBA peers. Harden has also won gold medals with the U.S. national basketball team at the 2012
James Harden Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets. He played college basketball at Arizona State where he was named an All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year. Harden was drafted third overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2009 and won Sixth Man of the Year in 2012 while helping the Thunder reach the NBA Finals. After being traded to the Rockets, Harden became one of the top scorers in the NBA and earned recognition as one of the best players in the league. He has been named an All-Star five times and won an MVP award as voted by his NBA peers. Harden has also won gold medals with the U.S. national basketball team at the 2012
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James Edward Harden Jr.
(born August 26, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for
the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Harden played college basketball for Arizona State, where he was named a consensus All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2009. Harden was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder.[1] In 2012, he was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the Thunder and helped the team reach the NBA Finals. Harden was traded to Houston prior to the 2012–13 NBA season. Upon joining the Rockets, Harden became one of the NBA's most prolific scorers and earned recognition as the best shooting guard in the NBA,[2][3] as well as one of the top overall players in the league.[4] He has earned All-Star nods five times, and has earned All-NBA Team honors three times as well – once to the All-NBA third team (2013) and twice to the All-NBA first team (2014 and 2015). In 2015, Harden was awarded the first National Basketball Players Association MVP Award, being voted by his peers as the league's most valuable player.[5] Harden is a two-time member of the United States national basketball team, winning gold medals in both the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2014 FIBA World Cup.