James Harden’s First Podcast: Billion-Dollar Moves, Transforming Basketball, & Answering Critics
Earn Your Leisure
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4.8 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In his first-ever podcast interview, James Harden joins Earn Your Leisure to share an in-depth look at his journey from basketball superstar to a successful entrepreneur. He discusses how his relationship with Jay Z led to the opportunity to join 'The Beard Club' and reveals the story of how he first met Michael Rubin. Harden reacts to Mark Cuban's claim that athletes will eventually earn more than team owners and reflects on the special love he receives from fans in China.
Harden opens up about the challenges of saying "no" to friends and family and shares insights into his long-standing relationship with Adidas, where he has now taken on the role of elder statesman. He talks about handling business challenges, the creation of J-Harden Wine, and his ambitious plan to turn it into a 9-figure business. Harden also shares his thoughts on analysts’ criticism, the current state of basketball, and why the iconic beard wasn’t intended as a marketing tool.
In this candid conversation, Harden dives into the evolution of his team, his thoughts on NBA players designing their own shoes, and his admiration for Michael Rubin. He also reflects on his $500K investment in Body Armor, inspired by Kobe Bryant's advice, which led to the company’s $5.6 billion sale seven years later.
This exclusive interview provides a rare glimpse into the mind of one of basketball’s greatest players as he balances success on the court with thriving business ventures.
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| 0:00.0 | earners what's going on listen eYLU is relaunching revamping retune that's right we're creating a new |
| 0:06.4 | educational experience that's more expensive shawdy tell what we got yes 2023 we got a lot in store |
| 0:13.0 | a lot playing for you guys so you know that eYLU already includes monthly financial planning |
| 0:18.3 | calls with me book club calls with Troy, real estate |
| 0:21.5 | calls with MG the mortgage guide, access to the home buying blueprint, volume one and |
| 0:26.4 | volume two. Part of the revamp will include 27 local chapters from across the United States, |
| 0:32.9 | live interactive teaching, hands-on, not just pre-recorded videos plus 15 brand new |
| 0:39.5 | curriculums the biggest just got bigger head over the EYL University dot com that's |
| 0:46.2 | EYL U N I V-E-R-S-I-I-S-I-T-Y dot com see you there all right guys welcome back e y we got a special episode we're on |
| 0:57.9 | west coast time right now west coast legend yeah west west west y'all for sure we got one of the |
| 1:02.6 | greatest to ever do it james hardin what's what's what's going on my brother none same so um |
| 1:08.8 | so um yeah we're gonna we're gonna get into this man um talk about all your business you |
| 1:13.9 | know everybody knows what you've done on the court we'll talk about that as well but you um |
| 1:18.2 | really are quite the mogul these days yeah a lot of people might not be aware so yeah we |
| 1:23.0 | frequent at some of the some of the portfolio yeah it's uh it's it's all right you it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, |
| 1:28.4 | but I'm, I'm happy where I am right now. |
| 1:31.4 | Not complacent, though. |
| 1:32.5 | Yeah, for sure. |
| 1:33.4 | Well, first, I want to get into it, like, um, we're going to talk about the wine, Who gave you that mindset to start actually wanting to invest and wanting to be an entrepreneur |
| 1:45.0 | as opposed to just being a basketball player? |
| 1:49.1 | I think just, you know, being in the NBA and just having opportunities and then just, you know, |
| 1:55.8 | growing, you know, as I got old, as I get older and still to this day just want to do more like I love music I love |
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