<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-james-harden-better-michael-jordan-offensively-patrick-beverley-open');   ga('set', 'title', 'James Harden better than Michael Jordan offensively? 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Patrick Beverley open to it</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-10T10:12:29-07:00">September 10th, 10:12am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-10T10:12:29-07:00">September 10th, 10:12am</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA Stories</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former NBA guard Patrick Beverley made a strong claim over Hall of Fame guard Michael Jordan and future Hall of Fame guard James Harden’s respective offenses. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-patrick-beverley-thinks-kevin-durant-vs-larry-bird-isnt-close">Beverley ranked Kevin Durant higher than Larry Bird</a> over the summer. Then, he delivered another hot take about Jordan and Harden. While many consider Michael to be the greatest NBA player of all time, Patrick says James might be “slightly better” offensively.</p><p>Beverley is open to giving Harden the slight edge over Jordan <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02soVFJRsu0" rel="noopener">as the better offensive player</a>, he said, per N3on’s YouTube channel.</p><p>“The best basketball player to ever play the game is who?” Beverley asked. “James Harden,” Neon replied, to which Beverley stated, “Michael Jordan is. Offensively, James Harden is damn sure close. Might be slightly better. Slightly —offensively,” he added.</p><p>Harden, who earned three consecutive scoring championships (2017-2020), pales in comparison to Jordan’s 10 scoring titles. As an active NBA player with 27,687 career points, Harden is 11th on the all-time scoring list while Jordan is fifth. However, when it comes to career free throws made, James surpassed MJ with 8,164 career free throws made, as the fifth all-time leading free-throw scorer, to Michael’s 7,327, which is seventh.</p><p>As for threes, a stat that heavily depended on in today’s NBA compared to Jordan’s era, only Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is in front of Harden, who surpassed Hall of Fame shooter Ray Allen (2,973), last season. With 3,175 career threes made, Harden will most likely remain the second all-time leading three-point scorer for quite some time.</p><h2><b>Patrick Beverley thinks Kevin Durant vs Larry Bird ‘isn’t close’</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Patrick-Beverley.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/houston-rockets/rockets-news-patrick-beverley-houston-reunion-almost-happened">Patrick Beverley nearly reunited with the Rockets</a> last season, he went unsigned throughout the 2024-25 campaign. Since then, Beverley started a podcast focused on the NBA, which included some hot takes on who he believes are two of the greatest small forwards to ever play the game.</p><p>When it comes to comparing Rockets’ Kevin Durant to Hall of Fame forward Larry Bird, it’s not even close for Beverley, who says Durant is the better player.</p><p>“I don’t think it’s close, KD. What are we talking about?” Beverley asked. “I mean we’re talking about Larry Bird, one of the best players of the entire decade of the 80’s. A guy who has like a lot of championships. A guy who played really good defense, a guy who was loyal to his squad and was an incredible shot maker, incredible playmaker, and if he was playing in today’s game, [he] would’ve probably burned it for like six to nine threes a game.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I don't think it's close. KD. What are we talking about? … If Kevin Durant was playing what Larry Bird was playing, he would average 50."</p><p>Patrick Beverley says he would put KD over Bird higher in his all-time top 10 of NBA greats 😲</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/PatBevPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PatBevPod</a>)<a href="https://t.co/WCTSUSwwuU">pic.twitter.com/WCTSUSwwuU</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1960693588729196703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Given the difference in Durant and Bird’s respective eras, it’s an interesting debate to say the least.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

James Harden better than Michael Jordan offensively? Patrick Beverley open to it

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-james-harden-goes-inside-kung-fu-lesson-china-trip');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ James Harden goes inside kung fu lesson on China trip');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Clippers-All-Star-James-Harden-2.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers’ James Harden goes inside kung fu lesson on China trip</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-20T10:35:29-07:00">August 20th, 10:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-20T10:35:29-07:00">August 20th, 10:35am</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Clippers All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers/clippers-james-harden-teased-his-upcoming-adidas-sneaker-in-china">James Harden teased his upcoming Adidas sneakers</a> and took a kung fu lesson during his time in China. The veteran guard has visited China before as part of his Adidas brand. Taking in the Chinese culture, Harden talked about his experience with kung fu.</p><p>In a recent interview, a reporter asked Harden what <a href="https://twitter.com/overtime/status/1958192374137422237" rel="noopener">his favorite part of kung fu</a> was, per Overtime.</p><p>“Trying to understand what was going on,” Harden said. “The instructor, I mean, he was just a professional, obviously, but in other professions, you realize and you cherish what it takes to actually be a professional in what you do in your craft. Then, trying to learn something else is a different experience. It would probably take me some years to actually perfect it.</p><p>“But the experience of being there and learning the culture and learning what they’ve been through and what they’re doing, and who he’s teaching was a good experience,” Harden concluded.</p><p>Harden also had a mall in Guangzhou City, which was packed with thousands of fans in the five-floor mall for his annual Adidas tour. James also receives lots of love whenever he makes his yearly summer trip to China, and this year was no different for the 11-time All-Star.</p><h2><b>Clippers’ James Harden honored with 4,700 square foot gift</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Clippers-All-Star-James-Harden.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Amidst his Adidas tour, Clippers All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-james-harden-honored-with-4700-square-foot-gift-in-china">James Harden was honored with his own court</a> before his kung fu lesson. Harden also made a stop at a mall, which was packed with fans awaiting his arrival, before he stopped at a kung-fu studio for a lesson. Harden and Adidas took to Nansha, a county in the city of Guangzhou and the capital of Guangdong Province in China. It was there that <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1952398013885808699" rel="noopener">a special gift</a> in the form of a 94-foot x 50-foot basketball court was unveiled to celebrate the Clippers star.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Adidas surprised James Harden with his own basketball court in China 🔥</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/overtime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@overtime</a>)<a href="https://t.co/1C66RsuT3B">pic.twitter.com/1C66RsuT3B</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1952398013885808699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The new court with a massive mural of Harden himself is located in Dongchong Town and was designed by an artist named Yin, who is also a big fan of Harden’s and previously created a hand-drawn portrait of the Clippers star. The love for Harden never disappoints whenever he makes his annual trip to China.</p><p>Soon, he’ll be opening up the Clippers’ 2025-26 regular season, a highly anticipated campaign for Los Angeles, considering the offseason moves the front office made to put themselves in the running amidst a competitive Western Conference led by the champion Thunder. After re-signing Harden and Nicolas Batum, the Clippers traded for forward John Collins and signed free agent veterans Bradley Beal, Brook Lopez, and Chris Paul.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ James Harden goes inside kung fu lesson on China trip

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/sneakers/clippers-james-harden-teased-his-upcoming-adidas-sneaker-in-china');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ James Harden teased his upcoming Adidas sneaker in China');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/James-Harden-teased-his-upcoming-Adidas-sneaker-in-China.jpg"></figure><h1>Clippers’ James Harden teased his upcoming Adidas sneaker in China</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-18T13:42:53-07:00">August 18th, 1:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-18T13:43:14-07:00">August 18th, 1:43pm</time><address><a>Dominik Zawartko</a>Dominik Zawartko is a Michigan State graduate with a degree in Political Science and English. Having previously worked in the nonprofit and legal sectors, he decided to pursue his true love of writing with ClutchPoints. Dominik's hobbies include painting, cooking food, training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and always having a laugh. His main focus areas are UFC coverage and all things sneakers.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Clippers’ star James Harden recently concluded his Adidas-sponsored <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-james-harden-draws-thousands-of-fans-for-adidas-china-tour-uno-fest">tour through China</a> promoting his latest signature sneaker, returning to the fanbase that made him a global sensation. Not only did Harden interact with thousands of ride-or-die fans, but he also gave everyone a new look at what him and the folks over at Adidas have been plotting. Harden even gave fans an official sneak peek at his upcoming signature model.</p><p><i><b>Check our <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers">Sneakers news</a> for more upcoming releases and breaking content!</b></i></p><p>James Harden released his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers/new-adidas-harden-vol-9-hellcat-available-now">Adidas Harden Vol. 9</a> signature sneakers at the start of 2025 as a new look for his signature sneaker line compared to year’s past. Harden let fans know that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers/james-harden-makes-still-going-up-admission-on-signature-adidas-line">him and Adidas have big plans</a> for the next few years, instantly drawing interest for what the eventual Harden Vol. 10 would look like.</p><p>Adidas has recently taken a new direction with their signature lines, offering inventive looks and changing classic ideas of what a basketball sneaker should look like. Their work with Timberwolves’ <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers/anthony-edwards-adidas-partner-with-clot-for-adidas-ae-1">Anthony Edwards and the Adidas AE 1</a> is evident of just that and it’s certainly helped the Harden Vol. 10 gain steam in its own right. With Harden holding the physical sample pair in his hand, fans received their best look yet at the star’s tenth signature sneaker.</p><h2>James Harden teases the Adidas Harden Vol. 10</h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">FIRST LOOK 😳</p><p>James Harden previewed his new adidas Harden Vol. 10 while in China 👀 <a href="https://t.co/4cI73TEKGi">pic.twitter.com/4cI73TEKGi</a></p><p>— Nice Kicks (@nicekicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicekicks/status/1953599191575670858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">James Harden reveals his upcoming Harden Vol. 10 while in China.<a href="https://twitter.com/JHarden13?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JHarden13</a> will become just the 13th player in NBA history to launch ten consecutive signature shoes with a brand.</p><p>“We’ve got our groove now,” Harden told me. “I got my swag that we’re able to match.” <a href="https://t.co/2m09x8XH7W">pic.twitter.com/2m09x8XH7W</a></p><p>— Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickDePaula/status/1953618103860179334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>While previous leaks were floating around social media for quite some time, this newest look is our best yet and the most likely to resemble the finishing product. Using a TPU molded upper to create a futuristic topographical pattern, the shoes show slight similarities to the iconic <a href="https://stockx.com/reebok-shaqnosis-retro-washed-black">Reebok Shaqnosis</a> from Shaquille O’Neal. Nevertheless, these are uniquely James Harden and it certainly seems as though Adidas has locked-in a solid direction for his signature line moving forward.</p><p>The Adidas Harden Vol. 10 is expected to release early into 2026, following previous releases from James Harden over the last 10 years. For now, the Adidas Harden Vol. 9 is <a href="https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/adidas-harden-volume-9-basketball-shoes-24adiahrdn9lvxxxxmns/24adiahrdn9lvxxxxmns?sku=26338752&amp;camp=CSE:DSG_92700081085579362_pla_pla-2376010510015_58700008811166659_71700000118653393&amp;segment=&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21254808139&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADv4bTaQmftYftcEw3zd4X6Vl8TG5&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwnovFBhDnARIsAO4V7mA78q-SCQhJEn8cSQvo5wg2pRen68PwZC5lncpV_TIi4jqrSNBvwFoaAlhtEALw_wcB">still available</a> and hotter than ever, so be sure to grab your pair while awaiting the newest Vol. 10.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Clippers veteran James Harden is all over the place. Recently, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-james-harden-honored-with-4700-square-foot-gift-in-china" rel="noopener">Harden received a basketball court in his honor in China</a>. </p><p>In addition, he will be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers/adidas-harden-vol-9-flamingo-releasing-september-2025" rel="noopener">releasing his Harden Vol. 9 “Flamingo” shoe</a> with Adidas this September. If that wasn’t enough, he is now offering his list of his all-time starting five. </p><p>Interestingly, Harden <a href="https://x.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1955032194772242815" rel="noopener">brazenly put</a> himself amongst his starting five, per NBA Central. The other four names mentioned included Kyrie Irving, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, and Joel Embiid</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">James Harden reveals his all-time starting lineup of former teammates:</p><p>Kyrie Irving<br>Russell Westbrook <br>James Harden<br>Kevin Durant <br>Joel Embiid</p><p>(h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/big_business_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@big_business_</a> )</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/RDBKhQdRHU">pic.twitter.com/RDBKhQdRHU</a></p><p>— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1955032194772242815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The noticeably absent player was Clippers teammate Chris Paul. It is well-known that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/thunder-news-chris-paul-addresses-relationship-with-james-harden-after-messy-rockets-breakup" rel="noopener">Harden and Paul have a complicated relationship</a>. </p><p>Altogether, Harden had played with these guys at some point in his career. </p><p>From 2009 to 2012, Harden was teammates with Durant and Westbrook. In 2012, the Thunder made it to the NBA Finals before losing to the Miami Heat. The following year, he played with Paul with the Houston Rockets from 2012 to 2021, during which their relationship suffered. </p><p>Harden reunited with Durant and joined Irving on the Brooklyn Nets from 2021 to 2022. From 2022 to 2023, Harden joined the Philadelphia 76ers with Embiid. </p><p>In 2023, he joined the Clippers and plays alongside the likes of Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. In July, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/spurs-news-chris-paul-pens-emotional-goodbye-san-antonio-returns-clippers" rel="noopener">Paul returned to the Clippers</a> after one year with the Clippers. </p><h2><b>James Harden and his impact on the Clippers</b></h2><p>Playing with these other guys meant that Harden had to share the spotlight. Yet with the Clippers, he has managed to stand out. </p><p>Since 2023, Harden has made quite an impression with the Clippers. He’s turned the team into an offensive powerhouse, leading the way. Clippers teammates Ivica Zubac and Norman Powell saw an increase in their numbers with the help of Harden. </p><p>In addition, he has taken on the role of team leader, which he will likely share with Paul. </p><p>Last year, Harden averaged 22.8 points, 8.7 assists, and 5.8 rebounds per game. </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

James Harden names himself on all-time teammate starting five

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-james-harden-honored-with-4700-square-foot-gift-in-china');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ James Harden honored with 4,700 square foot gift in China');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/James-Harden-Los-Angeles-Clippers-Adidas.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers’ James Harden honored with 4,700 square foot gift in China</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-06T13:24:06-07:00">August 6th, 1:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-06T19:45:59-07:00">August 6th, 7:45pm</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-James Harden era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his free time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter and Instagram for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Clippers star James Harden is in the midst of his China tour with adidas that has been nothing short of legendary thus far. After stops at a packed-out mall and a Kung Fu studio, James Harden was hit with the ultimate surprise.</p><p>Harden and Adidas took to China this week to celebrate Harden’s Vol. 9 shoes as well as the career and legacy of the 11-time NBA All-Star.</p><h2><b>Clippers’ James Harden honored with 4,700 square foot gift in China</b></h2><p>On Tuesday evening, Harden and adidas took to Nansha, a county in the city of Guangzhou and the capital of Guangdong Province in China. It was there that <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1952398013885808699" rel="noopener">a special gift in the form of</a> a 94-foot x 50-foot basketball court was unveiled to celebrate the Clippers star.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Adidas surprised James Harden with his own basketball court in China 🔥</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/overtime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@overtime</a>)<a href="https://t.co/1C66RsuT3B">pic.twitter.com/1C66RsuT3B</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1952398013885808699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This new James Harden court in Guangzhou, China 🤯🔥 <a href="https://twitter.com/adidasHoops?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@adidasHoops</a> <a href="https://t.co/BnE4rPNrQ1">pic.twitter.com/BnE4rPNrQ1</a></p><p>— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) <a href="https://twitter.com/LAClippers/status/1952814425393774990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The new court with a massive mural of James Harden himself is located in Dongchong Town and was designed by an artist named Yin, who is also a big fan of Harden’s and previously created a hand-drawn portrait of the Clippers star.</p><p>The stadium itself, which features bold and vibrant colors, draws inspiration from the venues used in Paris, France, during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Yin chose the key visual of James Harden’s 2025 China Tour as the design for the court’s portrait pattern. The two slogans for the adidas tour — both in English and Chinese — are displayed on the outer sides of both baselines. They read, “DengFengZaoJi,” and “Under No One.”</p><p>This comes after James Harden had <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-james-harden-draws-thousands-of-fans-for-adidas-china-tour-uno-fest">a mall in Guangzhou City</a> with at least five stories completely packed with thousands of fans there for his annual adidas tour.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">James Harden had this mall in Guangzhou City completely packed with thousands of fans there for his annual adidas tour.</p><p>You can see everything from Thunder, Rockets, Nets, and Clippers jerseys to the Harden Vol. 7’s, 8’s and 9’s. <a href="https://t.co/SzZJJP7DsP">pic.twitter.com/SzZJJP7DsP</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1951850834196922585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In addition to that, the brand also hosted its first-ever, “Uno Fest,” a festival to honor and celebrate the now-16 year NBA career of Harden, who has played with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, and Los Angeles Clippers.</p><p>Harden is coming off a season that saw him named to his 11th NBA All-Star team and his eighth All-NBA team. In 79 appearances this season, Harden averaged 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 8.7 assists, and 1.5 steals per game for the Clippers, who won 50 games in the regular season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ James Harden honored with 4,700 square foot gift in China

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