{"id":1927839,"date":"2023-05-10T04:42:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T08:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/76ers-james-harden-gives-signed-sneakers-to-michigan-state-shooting-victim-john-hao-after-game-4-invite\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T04:46:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T08:46:02","slug":"76ers-james-harden-gives-signed-sneakers-to-michigan-state-shooting-victim-john-hao-after-game-4-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/76ers-james-harden-gives-signed-sneakers-to-michigan-state-shooting-victim-john-hao-after-game-4-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"James Harden of the 76ers gifted signed sneakers to John Hao, a victim of the Michigan State shooting, after inviting him to Game 4."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F76ers-james-harden-gives-signed-sneakers-to-michigan-state-shooting-victim-john-hao-after-game-4-invite%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1927839&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>James Harden&#8217;s Heartwarming Gesture to Michigan State Shooting Survivor<\/h2>\n<h3>James Harden does it all for 76ers in thrilling OT win to even series<\/h3>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/76ers-james-harden-gives-signed-sneakers-to-michigan-state-shooting-victim-john-hao-after-game-4-invite\/\" title=\"James Harden of the 76ers gifted signed sneakers to John Hao, a victim of the Michigan State shooting, after inviting him to Game 4.\">thrilling overtime win<\/a> against the 76ers, James Harden scored 42 points and made a game-winning 3-pointer. But it was his heartwarming gesture towards John Hao, a paralyzed Michigan State shooting survivor, that truly stole the show.<\/p>\n<p>Harden had developed a long-distance FaceTime bond with Hao and invited him to attend Game 4 as his guest. Before the game, Harden leaned into Hao and got small pats on the back before resuming his pregame drills. Hao was all smiles as he looked on from the court, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-inflation-reduction-act-that-doesnt-reduce-inflation-into-law\/\" title=\"Biden Signs \"Inflation Reduction Act\" That Doesn't Reduce Inflation Into Law\">needed respite<\/a> from looming rehabilitation for the international student from China.<\/p>\n<p>Harden removed his sneakers, signed them, and handed them to Hao after the game. \u201cHe brought me <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-womens-shelter-will-host-family-friendly-drag-queen-show-with-headliner-crystal-methyd\/\" title=\"Arkansas Women\u2019s Shelter Will Host \u2018Family-Friendly\u2019 Drag Queen Show With Headliner \u2018Crystal Methyd\u2019\">good vibes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-born-olympic-wrestler-dedicates-silver-medal-to-israel\/\" title=\"Iranian-Born Olympic Wrestler Dedicates Silver Medal to Israel\">good energy<\/a>,\u201d Harden said. Hao wore Harden\u2019s No. 1 Sixers jersey and attended the game with his parents. Harden also kept his promise that Hao could attend a game. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-triggered-by-dr-seuss-and-the-muppet-show\/\" title=\"GRAHAM: Triggered By Dr. Seuss And \u2018The Muppet Show\u2019\">family watched<\/a> the game from a club box at the Wells Fargo Center.<\/p>\n<p>Hao recently left a Chicago rehabilitation facility where he\u2019d been since a February shooting on the East Lansing campus that killed three students and injured five others. Harden learned after the shooting that Hao was a fan of his and donated sneakers, money, and then called the student to offer encouragement. \u201cI know it\u2019s tough right now, just gotta be mentally strong,\u201d Harden said in February in video of the call. \u201cJust think about the positive things and keep pushing. Keep fighting. I got you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hao said his spirits were strong and he was now a 76ers fan because of Harden. \u201cHe taught me to keep strong,\u201d Hao said. The shootings at Michigan State happened in February during evening classes at Berkey Hall and nearby at the MSU Union. Students across the vast campus were ordered to shelter in place for four hours while police hunted for Anthony McRae, 43, who eventually killed himself when confronted by police not far from his home in Lansing.<\/p>\n<p>Hao said he doesn\u2019t know what\u2019s next for him and still needs additional treatment. Hao said he was committed to graduating from Michigan State, though he may move back with his parents to China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More On: james harden James Harden does it all for 76ers in thrilling OT win to even series Celtics take back homecourt with Game 3 win over 76ers NBA star\u2019s biggest highlight came before he scored 45 points NBA star James Harden slaps man in nightclub incident: report PHILADELPHIA \u2014 James Harden sank the overtime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1927840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20618,6528,15962,26319,9282,9174,5334,4475,4601,4300,3738,23635,5031],"class_list":["post-1927839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-76ers","tag-game","tag-gifted","tag-hao","tag-harden","tag-inviting","tag-james","tag-john","tag-michigan","tag-shooting","tag-signed","tag-sneakers","tag-victim"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1927840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}