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James Harden, Move Aside – JJ Watt Is The New Face Of Houston

Tori Richards

It turns out that homes, businesses, vehicles, power grids, bridges and people aren’t the only things Hurricane Harvey affected. The latest casualty of the monster storm could be the shining star of the NBA’s richest player.

The player in question is James Harden of the Houston Rockets. Harden was arguably Houston’s most famous athlete and recently inked the most lucrative contract in professional sports history at $228 million. On Saturday he pledged a $1 million donation to the mayor’s relief fund — the first time the public had heard from Harden since a tweet on Wednesday, asking America to pray for Texas.

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