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James Harden is happy his first pitch wasn’t as awful as Michael Carter-Williams’ was

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Houston Rockets star James Harden took a page out of Michael Carter-Williams’ book the other day, only he ended up with better results than the young gun.

MCW, you see, pitched a baseball right into an unsuspecting cameraman last week. Harden did not. Instead, we can only commend him. He looked pretty determined not to mess up in front of the Houston Astros’ fans.

Houston Chronicle’s Jonathan Feigen even reported Wednesday that Harden said, “I’m going to try not to throw a ball or hit a cameraman.”

LOOK AT HOW FOCUSED HE IS!

Photo: Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports

ARGGGHHH!

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Either way, it worked. Still, he couldn't help having one more dig at MCW. "To be honest, it was a ball," Harden said. "It felt good. That's all that matters. I didn't hit anybody. I didn't hit a cameraman. I'm happy about that."

To top it off, he even had a pretty cool beard friend.

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