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My Take
James Harden splits opinion like few players of his generation, and that is exactly why I find him compelling. The step-back three and the drawn fouls turned the rulebook's gray areas into a personal art form; purists hated it while he piled up scoring numbers nobody could ignore. His arc from Sixth Man of the Year in 2012 to MVP in 2018 is one of the league's great self-made stories. Yes, the team-hopping and the exits were messy, but I respect a player who knows his worth and acts on it. When historians rank shooting guards, the beard will be in the conversation.
Overview
James Edward Harden Jr. (born August 26, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest shooting guards and scorers in NBA history. In 2021, Harden was honored as one of the league's top 75 players by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- James Harden
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェームズ・ハーデン
- Reading
- じぇーむず・はーでん
- Born
- August 26, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Snake
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 196 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Artesia High School
- University
- Arizona State University
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
- 2012 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
- 2018 NBA Most Valuable Player Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.