James Harden

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James Harden

Harden with the Rockets in November 2016

No. 13 – Houston Rockets

Position Shooting guard

League NBA

Personal information

Born August 26, 1989 (age 31)

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 (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

 NBA Most Valuable Player (2018)

 8× NBA All-Star (2013–2020)

 5× All-NBA First Team (2014, 2015, 2017–2019)

 All-NBA Third Team (2013)

 NBA Sixth Man of the Year (2012)

 3× NBA scoring champion (2018–2020)

 NBA assists leader (2017)

 NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2010)

 Consensus first-team All-American (2009)

 Pac-10 Player of the Year (2009)

 2× First-team All-Pac-10 (2008, 2009)
  No. 13 retired by Arizona State Sun Devils

 Second-team Parade All-American (2007)

Stats at NBA.com

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Medals[hide]

Men's basketball
Representing the   United States
Olympic Games
2012 London Team
World Cup
2014 Spain Team

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 the Arizona State Sun Devils,
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 Houston before the 2012–13 season. He became one of the
NBA's most prolific scorers and earned recognition as the best shooting guard in the
NBA,[1][2] as well as one of the top overall players in the league. [3] In 2018, Harden led the
league in scoring and was named the NBA Most Valuable Player. He is an eight-
time NBA All-Star and has earned All-NBA Team honors six times, including five first-
team selections.
Harden is a two-time member of the United States national team, winning gold medals
at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2014 FIBA World Cup.