James Harden
.jpg) Harden with the Rockets in November 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 – Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard / Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | |||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 26, 1989 Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Artesia High School (Lakewood, California) | |||||||||||||||||||
| College | Arizona State (2007–2009) | |||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall | |||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2009–present | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Oklahoma City Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–present | Houston Rockets | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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). He 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. In 2012, he was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the Thunder and helped the team reach the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Miami Heat in five games.
Harden was traded to the Houston Rockets in October 2012, before the 2012–13 NBA season. During his time with the Rockets, he became one of the NBA's top scorers and earned recognition as the best shooting guard in the NBA, as well as one of the top overall players in the league. In 2018, Harden led the league in scoring and was named the NBA Most Valuable Player. He is a seven-time NBA All-Star, and has earned All-NBA Team honors six times, including five times to the first team.
Harden is a two-time member of the United States national basketball team, winning gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2014 FIBA World Cup.
- 1989 births
- African-American basketball players
- American Olympic gold medalists
- American basketball players
- Basketball players from California
- Competitors at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Houston Rockets players
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Oklahoma City Thunder players
- Olympic gold medalists
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles, California