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James Harden has spent two decades as one of the NBA’s most prolific scorers. The 35-year-old guard was named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team in 2021 and is a two-time Olympic gold medalist with Team USA.

Harden, nicknamed “The Beard” for his signature facial hair, spent his most statistically dominant years with the Houston Rockets, where he won the 2018 NBA MVP award. After stints with the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers, he joined the Los Angeles Clippers before landing in Cleveland, where he has continued to contribute as one of the league’s most experienced offensive players.

Harden has been publicly dating Paije Speights, a fashion designer and influencer, for the last few years. The couple has kept the details of their relationship largely private, though both have offered occasional looks at their life together online. Curious to learn more about James Harden’s girlfriend? Here are a few facts about Paije Speights:

Paije is originally from Detroit.

She’s originally from the town of Inskter, a western suburb of Detroit in Wayne County, per the Detroit Metro Times.

The couple went public with their relationship at a wedding in 2024.

The couple made their public debut at former NBA point guard Rajon Rondo’s wedding in Italy in June 2024, where a video of the moment quickly spread online. As described by People, Speights caught the bouquet after it landed on the floor near the back of the crowd. As cameras captured her reaction—excited, bouquet in hand, arms around Harden—the footage panned to reveal Harden standing stiffly beside her in a black suit, staring straight ahead, expression unchanged. The clip went viral almost immediately.

James and Paije share a child together.

Speights appeared alongside Harden in Netflix’s Starting 5, which premiered in October 2025, and the docuseries became the vehicle through which the couple announced they were expecting a son together. The pregnancy had not been publicly confirmed before the show, and footage of Speights’s baby shower and approaching due date aired as part of the series. The couple has since kept the child largely out of public view, declining to share the baby’s face on social media.

Both Harden and Speights have children from previous relationships. Harden has a 6-year-old son named Jace, and Speights has a son, Prynce Almario Chalmers.

She loves fashion.

Speights has built a career in fashion that long predates her relationship with Harden. She competed in the first season of HBO Max’s streetwear design competition The Hype in 2021, finishing third, and has since launched her own label, Front Paije, which opened a physical store in Michigan in 2023.

Her courtside appearances have drawn nearly as much attention as her design work. During the NBA Playoffs in May, Speights arrived ahead of the Cavs vs. Raptors game in a black Cavaliers jersey with red accents layered over a camouflage long-sleeve shirt, accessorized with a Chanel Small Kelly Shopper handbag in dark burgundy with gold hardware. Ahead of Cleveland’s matchup against the Detroit Pistons, she attracted attention on social media for wearing an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watch, valued at $44,000.

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