She: Deeply in love with his mother
Harden was born on August 26, 1989 in the small town of Compton, south of Los Angeles. It was a typically black chaotic city in the United States, and his childhood was wrapped in street violence, drugs, and thousands of low-class civilians. This child was born like thousands of black American children, the father because of drug trafficking for many years to prison as a home, but even so he has a mother who loves him deeply, his mother gave Harden a nickname: lucky, this is because before Harden, the mother has miscarried twice, learned that this child is not easy, the mother cherished more, in order to let the child not go the way of the father, the mother with the child alone chose to let Harden engage in sports, Let the child grow up in a safe and healthy environment, maternal love is great, Harden training is very hard, every day to go to school training, mothers will send their children to school, and then go to hard work to make money, in Harden training to accept to pick up little Harden home, and then tutor the child homework, which is extremely hard for a single mother, and then the mother wants to let the child get the most, do not want to disappoint the child.
There's a little story about harden's note when he was a kid, "Can you wake me up at 7 and give me a little money?" And I'll be a star." This is Harden's promise, he knows that his mother is not easy, he knows that he has nothing but basketball, so he trains hard and sets his own firm goal, that is, to enter the NBA, to earn millions of wages, so that his mother's life can be improved, and his mother told Harden that if you set a goal of entering the NBA, then no matter how difficult it is, you will firmly complete it. Mom is always behind your back and supports you unconditionally!
Later we all knew the story, and we knew that little note, Mom kept it, and Harden fulfilled his promise. Without her, Harden would not be the Harden he is now.
Second, he: the eternal idol Kobe Bryant
Harden in '89 is not like I am like you like those 80.90 children, grew up watching Kobe's game, and as a child in Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant is a superhero in Harden's heart, imitating Kobe's dribbling and shooting after training every day, and his bedroom is plastered with Kobe's posters, just like a little fan. Following in Kobe's footsteps, Harden also entered the NBA as desired and became the strongest point in the league after the Kobe era.
And when that damn helicopter accident happened, Harden hid the idol in his heart, and at the funeral in Staples, Harden put on black sunglasses and tears in his eyes, perhaps for him, being able to continue the mamba spirit is the greatest respect for the idol.
She: The woman who made Harden MVP Kardashian
Harden's life in the Thunder is actually good, he has always hoped to be with the eldest brother Durant, the second brother Westbrook long-term, he is willing to become the Thunder's Ginobili, although Harden has improved year after year and achieved the NBA's best sixth man, but in the playoffs and the following finals poor performance, but also harden in the Thunder position shaky, and finally that summer, the Thunder still chose the big man in the team, Ibaka, and then came to this strange city after a big deal with the Rockets. Houston Rockets.
Harden's arrival was established as the core, so that the Rockets, who had been hovering on the edge of the playoffs for many years, regained competitiveness and returned to the playoffs, becoming a powerful team to be reckoned with in the West, and Harden also became a regular in the league's best team from the best sixth man. Both the team's record and personal data have risen steadily, and he has also won the honor of the best team for two consecutive years, which is only his third year as the team boss, and no one knows where Harden's ceiling is, until the woman appears.
In June 2015, renowned rapper Kanye West hosted a banquet at the Staples Centre and invited many friends to celebrate his birthday. At the time, Kohler Kardashian was still a legal couple with Lakers Odom, but she had filed a divorce petition awaiting the court's verdict. In the evening, there are many stars who come to the birthday party, but the alliance upstart Harden is undoubtedly the most eye-catching one. In that year, Harden, as the boss, had just led the Rockets into the Western Conference Finals. In the same year, Adidas offered a large contract worth $200 million. Faced with such a popular superstar who played well and made a lot of money, they naturally began to pat and drag.
However, the love affair with Kohler Kardashian seriously affected Harden's performance on the court, and he fell into the "curse" of the Kardashian family. At the beginning of the 2015-16 season, the Rockets repeatedly lost battles, and Harden's performance was a disaster, criticized by many fans and the media. Because of the poor record, head coach McHale was also fired. By February 2016, Harden and Kardashian ended an eight-month relationship. In the end, the Rockets, who were second in the West the year before, finished only eighth that season, narrowly catching the last train of the playoffs. If Harden breaks up with Kohler a month or two later, it is estimated that the Rockets will not make the playoffs.
That season was terrible for Harden, from the previous year or a team of players directly dropped to no team. Huge business contracts, personal honors and team-leading results, and Kohler Kardashian, Harden drifted, and he completely lost himself in the 2016 season. He later said: "The 2015-16 season was the worst year". Just when people thought that Harden's ceiling stopped here, Harden began to train like crazy. Seeing the reality clearly, he finally understood what he wanted, he left the spotlight, returned to reality, returned to the training ground, and also returned to the arena. 17 years of assists king, 18 years of MVP, 18-20 consecutive three years of scoring champion, Harden returned to the top after a low. The love affair with Kardashian has taught Harden to be a player after all, know his original intentions, know his pursuits, and make Harden more mature.
As a multitude of sentient beings, to some extent, is not Harden in various fields, ordinary families, great love of mothers, the power of idol role models in your heart that allow you to move towards the goal, slowly accumulate successful experience in continuous setbacks and failures, and face the sinking and awakening of paper drunken fans after success, and keep moving forward in the darkness of not seeing the light, in fact, each of us is not one "Harden" after another?!
Compared with ordinary people, Harden has been very successful, a top star, a billionaire, and a worry-free life. But he has repeatedly lost battles, and his pioneering spirit is still worth learning. Maybe he will fold every year on the way to the crown, but he will still keep improving himself and start all over again. He overcame the temptations and doubts of the outside world again and again.