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James Harden Research Paper

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James Edward Harden Jr was born on August 26, 1989 in Los Angeles, California. Harden is the youngest of three siblings. His father, James Harden Sr. was in the Navy before he got addicted to drugs. His mother, Monja Willis, worked with AT&T. Harden was interested in basketball at an early age. Harden and his father didn’t get along well. In fact, his father never showed up at Harden’s high school games. That’s really sad! Thus, to this day, James refuses to use Jr. when he writes his name. Harden idolized Jason Kapono who played for the Miami Heat.

High School and College
In 2003, Harden enrolled at Artesia High School in Lakewood, California. Artesia High School had a strong hoops program. His coach, Coach Pera thought Harden was ready to play a stronger position in the offense, but Harden refused because he didn’t want to seem selfish. Additionally, he developed a left-handed jump shot. Harden averaged 13.2 points per game and helped his school finish with a 28–5 record at the end of the season.

NBA Career
After playing for the Thunder, Harden joined the Rockets …show more content…

His career with the Rockets this season has been amazing with Chris Paul joining the Rockets at the start of the 2018 season. Unfortunately, Harden and his exceptional team couldn’t get past the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals to go to the NBA Finals, losing the series 4-3. The Beard as he is known by his fans is now competing with King James for the MVP Award and the NBA is real hyped about this competition. Who do you think will win MVP, The Beard or King James? I think Harden will win MVP because he was the player on the Rockets to pass all the teams in the season and finish the season with the number one spot. Although, LeBron did a lot in the playoffs for the Cavs he still didn’t do enough in the season to claim the number one spot in the Eastern

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