NBA star James Harden is no longer facing gun charges in Texas. On Thursday (August 6), a Houston judge dismissed the misdemeanor charge after Harden completed an alternative resolution program. The charge stemmed from a June arrest when police found a handgun in his car during a traffic stop.<\/p>\n
The dismissal came after the Harris County District Attorney’s Office requested it, following Harden’s completion of the program, which allowed him to avoid a criminal record. Such programs often involve community service, although the specific terms of Harden’s agreement were not disclosed. According to court records<\/a>, the charge was related to having a gun “in plain view” without a license, a misdemeanor in Texas.<\/p>\n Harden, a free agent, recently declined a $42.3 million option to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, aiming for a longer contract. Despite the legal troubles, he remains a sought-after player, having averaged 23.6 points per game last season. The Cavaliers have expressed interest in retaining him, but a deal has not yet been finalized.<\/p>\n The Cavaliers acknowledged the situation when it first occurred, stating they were gathering more information. Harden, who has not publicly commented on the incident, is an 11-time All-Star and a former MVP. He previously played for the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Clippers before joining the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA star James Harden is no longer facing gun charges in Texas. On Thursday (August 6), a Houston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[57107,7,193,5005,96791,292,194,4066,560,6,211],"class_list":["post-806122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-rockets","tag-ai-assisted","tag-basketball","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-free-agent","tag-gun-charges","tag-houston","tag-houston-rockets","tag-houstonrockets","tag-james-harden","tag-nba","tag-rockets"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117055712350073825","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}