HOUSTON — It all started with a note.
Before James Harden became a four-time NBA All-Star. Before he was voted onto three All-NBA teams for the ridiculous number of points he puts up after shaking defenders with his patented stepback of death. Before he became the undisputed franchise player of the Houston Rockets. Before he became one of the league’s biggest superstars and before he made “bearding” a thing...
He was a ninth-grader with a dream written on a homemade Post-it note.
That note, minor as it may seem, is part of Harden's story. It's the story he wants to tell with his signature Harden Vol. 1 shoe line. Each shoe release will have a special memory cherry-picked from his journey to his current Beard-God status attached, hence, the volume designation in the title.
“I wrote a note to my mom, asking her for some lunch money, as every kid does,” Harden said after a team shootaround in the Toyota Center. “I wrote her a note. I wrote ‘P.S. keep this note. One day Imma be a star.’ She has that note to this day. I think it was important for me to expre ...
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