James Harden

James Harden was born on 26th August 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA. This shooting guard position athlete plays for the Oklahoma City team, as a professional basketball player. Standing six foot and five inches, weighing around 220 lbs, jersey number allotted to him is 13.

Harden completed his studies from Artesia High School in Lakewood, California and graduated from Arizona State University. Harden played for the Artesia High School Basketball team leading the team for the California State Basketball title. He played as a key player for the Arizona State Sun Devils. Harden was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder Team in the first round of the third pick with overall three rounds of the NBA Draft in 2009.

Harden’s statistics shows that during his college days, he played for Arizona State Sun Devils for 2007-08 season and 2008-09 season. He played in 69 matches and achieved 19.0 points, 5.4 rebounds with 3.7 assists.

Career Highlights

Harden was named several for award during his basketball career because of his excellent performance in matches. He was named for “Parade” and “McDonald’s All-American”, “the first team All-District” by USBWA and the NABC, “Wooden Award”, “the Pacific-10 Conference’s Player of the Year”.

Haeden has scored 40 points while playing for the Arizona State Sun Devils in 2008-09 season.