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The NBA world is always brimming with crazy stories every day, and podcasts are surely a way to be privy to those conversations. Many superstars in the NBA have had unusual experiences, and James Harden is surely one of them. The Beard’s various escapades throughout his NBA career could easily make for an hour-long uncut conversation. However, some stories are so unbelievably wild, that even fans who are excited about the conversations refuse to believe them.

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A similar thing happened when James Harden’s ex-teammate from the Houston Rockets revealed an unprecedented piece of information. So much so, that the fans took him on a trolling spree on social media as they devoured him like hungry piranhas.

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James Harden’s ex-teammates surprising story from the Rockets’ days

Harden, who became a legend in his glamorous days with the Houston Rockets had quite a few people around him to help him through. One of them was one of the NBA’s most fiery stars, Patrick Beverley.?

In his rookie years, Patrick Beverley was a part of James Harden and co. or the glamorous Houston Rockets. For his first few years in the NBA, Beverley enjoyed quite the success with The Beard as he made the playoffs in all his four years at H-town, even making the conference finals in his second year.

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However, the player that Harden became after his legendary years at the club, can’t all be credited to him, at least according to Beverley. In his recent The PatBev podcast, Beverley explained how The Beard’s signature step-back shot was inspired by Mr. Pat Bev himself.

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There was a time when he wasn?t even doing step-backs?,” said Beverley. He further added, “we was playing ones and s?, my first two years in the NBA and every move I did I finished with a step-back? ?Aye, remember when you told me why you always stepping back??? I hit him up a year ago? He goes, ‘yeah you were onto something’

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The Chicago Bulls star casually admitted to giving Harden one of his most iconic moves while playing with each other. It is a huge revelation if true, but fans don’t seem to believe in the extravagant Chicago Bulls’ defender’s words. Instead, they ended up ensuing a trolling spree for the 34-year-old.

Fans react to Pat Beverley’s outrageous claim of inspiring Harden’s stepback shot

Although Beverley did shoot quite some step-back shots during his time in the Euroleague, his words didn’t seem to convince NBA fans as they bombarded him with trolling reactions.?

Here are a few of those reactions

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