James Harden Supposedly Spent So Much Money at a Houston Strip Club They Retired His Jersey

James Harden seemingly signs a new bonkers extension with the Houston Rockets every offseason, and apparently he’s reinvested much of his fortune in the local community.

Right before the 21-minute mark of the Joe Budden podcast, the co-host Mal recounts a story of when they were at one of the “more popular” strip clubs in Houston with Harden, whose jersey was hanging from the rafters. When he was asked what the deal with that was, Mal responded that “They was doing that because they said James was going in there spending like … so they gave him his own jersey hanging from the rafters.

Hey, it’s a free country.