The Sixers star has reached out to support student, John Hao -- a fan of Harden's -- who was paralyzed in the shooting.
“My team found out about it — the people that work for me,” Harden said. “Things like that, you just sit back and think about real life and things bigger than basketball. I heard that he was a fan of mine, so I wanted to get on that ASAP and just see what I could do. So a couple of people from my team flew up there, were actually in the hospital with him, and brought him some things to kind of cheer him up, make him smile.
“They put me on FaceTime with him. He’s actually doing a little bit better. So the more I can just encourage and rub off this energy that I have and give him hope, I feel like that’s what I’m here for. That’s what I have this platform for. So hopefully he can recover and bounce back out of that. … I gave him my number so whenever he feels like he needs anything, he can call me and I can check up on him.
While Harden and Iverson are obviously different in plenty of ways, the Sixers’ 33-year point guard recognizes that his stardom can be similarly powerful outside of basketball. “I’m just fortunate and blessed to be in a position where I can make an impact in people’s lives,” Harden said. “That’s what I really care about. … It’s a tragedy. He wasn’t expecting that. It’s something that he can’t control, and that’s the craziest part about it.
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