Houston Rockets star James Harden is well-known for a variety of skills and excellent moves, but now he is working hard to add a new special move to his arsenal – a one-footed, stepback three-pointer. Harden spoke to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon about the new move and innovations.
“I’m always trying to be creative. I’m always trying to get better — at basketball, life, business-wise. I’m always trying to find ways to be impactful. With basketball, you have to be creative. This is my 11th year, and every single year I want to get better. I don’t want to stay the same. You’ve got to find ways to keep growing.”
It’s still work in progress, however, and Harden is not sure whether he will actually use it in an NBA game.
“I’m not sure; it’s something that I work on. But you know how Mike [Jordan] has his fadeaway and Dirk [Nowitzki] has his one-leg and [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] had the sky hook, I want my stepback to be one of those moves that last forever. So when I travel around the world and I see little kids that [say], ‘Hey James, I got a stepback!’ — I love to see that. It’s me being a creator and me being an innovator and paving the way in basketball in my own way, doing it how I want to do it, and that’s what it’s all about. As a little kid playing in these parks, that’s what I imagined, that’s what I dreamed of. Now it’s coming to reality, so it’s pretty cool.”
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