The Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden beef may have come to a head today, but it’s been a long time coming. All the signs were there and they were pretty obvious — it’s surprising we didn’t catch on sooner.
Before the All-Star game comments, before Harden got mad Giannis stole an MVP from him, before Giannis hilariously pulled off the most aggressive off-the-heezy move in the history of mankind on Harden’s head, there was this incident in 2014.
At the end of a Bucks vs. Rockets game where the Rockets were winning pretty handily, Antetokounmpo and Harden got tangled up and Harden was called for an offensive foul.
Giannis had some words for him and, uh, they didn’t look too kind. Plus he smacked the ball out of Harden’s hands like a six year old.
It looks like this was the start of the Harden x Giannis beef in 2014 👀 pic.twitter.com/Y3gDEl40Td
— Hoops Provider (@HoopsProvider) February 28, 2020
It looked like Harden was ready to go right then and there. Until Larry Sanders stepped in anyway.
Is this when the two future MVPs realized they just don’t like each other? Before all the MVP’s and All-Star appearances and everything else, there was this.
And we know James Harden is a member of “GIANNIS DON’T HAVE NO BAG” Twitter. We should’ve seen this coming, y’all. We should’ve known.
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