Houston – The NBA announced reserves for the 2016 NBA All-Star Game and Houston Rockets guard James Harden was one of seven players selected to represent the Western Conference.
Harden has been named an All-Star in each of his four seasons as a Rocket, making him the seventh player in franchise history with at least four appearances.
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Since joining the Rockets in 2012-13, Harden leads the NBA in scoring (7,413 points; 473 more than the next player) and free throw attempts (2,761; 747 more than the next player), while having the fourth-most 3-pointers made (693), sixth-most steals (480) and eighth-most assists (1,796) of any player over that span.
Harden has started all 48 games for the Rockets so far this season and is averaging 27.5 points, 6.9 assists and 6.3 rebounds after averaging 27.4 ppg, 7.0 apg and 5.7 rpg in 2014-15. In NBA history, only six players have averaged at least 27.0 points, 6.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds in consecutive seasons.
Earlier this season, the 26-year-old became the youngest player in NBA history to hit 1,000 career 3-pointers. Harden tallied 33 points, a career-high 17 rebounds and a career-high tying 14 assists against Detroit on Jan. 20.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first player to post those numbers in a single game since Wilt Chamberlain in 1968. Harden also had 45 points, 11 assists, 8 rebounds and 5 steals vs. Portland on Nov. 18., becoming the first player in league history to reach those numbers in a single game according to Elias.