The NBA has never known James Harden without a beard. However, the Internet never forgets.
Harden already had a beard when he was drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2009, although it was just a baby beard compared to what Harden's trademark has grown into these days.
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By the time he was a 19-year-old sophomore at Arizona State, Harden started growing his beard, but his first facial hair venture wall all beard and no mustache.