James Harden is one of the most dangerous scorers in basketball. Thanks to a blockbuster deal at the NBA trade deadline, the 76ers are now set to pair the 10-time All-Star with another generational talent, Joel Embiid. But how did Harden ascend from relative obscurity in his youth to superstardom? Scott Pera coached Harden at Artesia High School in Southern California. The two then reunited at Arizona State, where Pera had been hired as an assistant, and remain close to this day - so close, they talked the night of the trade. Now the head coach of men's basketball at Rice University, Pera (a Hershey native) chats about what it's been like to watch Harden live out a surreal dream.

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