By now, practically everyone has seen the video of James Harden getting crossed by a Nigerian player in Team USA's historical rout on Thursday. Even fellow NBA baller J.R. Smith saw the play and couldn't believe that Harden fell for the move. So, J.R. reached out to the Oklahoma City sixth man via Twitter and Harden responded with a excuse reason:
Wait...he didn't cross you?! Are we looking at the same video, dude? Too bad, it looks like Harden is going through the first part of the Five Stages of Grief: denial.
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[via I Am A GM]