Bearded James Harden Wears His Masculinity on His Face
James Harden is committed to his beard until ASU loses. And now he’s sucked his teammates into the display of masculinity—with mixed success. Find out which Sun Devils are trying to keep up with their bearded leader.
We know admittedly little about James Harden. Thanks to Sports Illustrated we knew that Harden is a “bull moose of a wing player” who was a twist of fate from attending Pitt.
Other than that, he seems like a pretty private guy. But over the last month or so, we’re learned one more thing about Harden: The guy can sure grow a beard, and now he’s dragged his teammates into the display of virility.
Quoth Harden: “Coach wants me to trim it down a little bit, but I said not right now. Give me a couple more weeks. We’re doing good with this beard. It’s been growing so fast, I just said forget it, and let it grow out. I’ve seen Baron Davis with the thick beard, so I just said why not try it. They’re [my teammates] trying to get it as well.”
They are Derek Glasser, Jeff Pendergraph, Jerren Shipp and Ty Abbott. And they are experiencing varying degrees of success.
Glasser is a pretty hairy dude, so he’s a given. Pendergraph has probably sprouted his chin strap through pure determination and heart. Shipp and Abbott, well, they’re a little rough.
As Harden pointed out, “For some of the guys, it just won’t happen.”
We applaud Harden for two reasons. No. 1 is sheer masculinity. We’ll be 30 in two months and still can’t grow respectable facial hair.
No. 2 is leadership. The fact that he dragged his teammates into this – even the ones who look foolish – is worth recognizing. We once started a Tuesday Tie Club, the members of which wore a necktie to work on Tuesdays. The club lasted about a month, and it didn’t have nearly the crimp on the members’ lifestyles as gangly chin pubes.
So here’s to you, Mr. Harden. May your beard grow long, your first NBA check exceed in bounty, and your mad March stretch into the first weekend of April.
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If you’re gonna rip off Wacky Tacky Tie Day, at least give Stewie Griffin some credit.
If any of you have never tried to grow a beard, you’re making a huge mistake. It changes you — always for the better.
In the words of Clay Travis, James Harden is a BGID — “Beard Getting It Done.”
ak47: I hope you’re only referring to the men.
BTW, there was a decent little column on Yahoo about Harden coming to ASU and how he and Sendek have turned around ASU.