{"id":148572,"date":"2017-08-22T07:27:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T14:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=148572"},"modified":"2023-06-12T14:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T21:53:23","slug":"the-body-transformation-of-james-harden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/the-body-transformation-of-james-harden\/","title":{"rendered":"The Body Transformation of James Harden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By now, you have probably seen this photo of a shirtless and muscular James Harden from earlier this month. According to NBC Sports<\/a>, the Beard added about 15 pounds of muscle to his listed 220-pound frame, which has never been known to be one of the fittest in the NBA -- especially in the summer.<\/p>\n

Remember this photo from the summer of 2013?<\/p>\n

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In his defense (no pun intended), I think the photo was taken while he was sticking his gut out because he didn't look this way while playing in the Drew League. Or maybe this really was a case of a camera adding 10 pounds. Then again, in a 2015 article about his improved diet by SI<\/a>, Harden said he does have a sweet tooth.<\/p>\n

\u201cCookies, ice cream, brownies, hot fudge sundaes,\u201d he says, listing a few special sweet treats. \u201cI like cookies and cream ice cream, and vanilla too.\u201d<\/p>\n

So let's take a journey back to his senior days in high school and watch the transformation of his body and game go from a 185-pound teenager who wasn't even ranked in ESPN's Top 20 players in the nation to a 218 pound Sun Devil to a ripped MVP candidate.<\/p>\n

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