James Harden will without a doubt go down as one of the greatest scorers to ever touch a basketball. In addition to being selected as one of the NBA’s top 75 greatest players of all-time, he passed the great Reggie Miller this season for third all-time in 3-pointers made.  Harden’s legacy is stamped but there’s one thing missing from his resume: a NBA championship.

Harden isn’t in unfamiliar territory this season. Entering the playoffs playing alongside a MVP caliber talent, a newly-formed powerhouse team that had minimal time to gel, some might say Harden was in a similar situation last season with the Brooklyn Nets after reportedly demanding the trade from the Rockets.  In search of his first title and with many narratives out there on his play of late, Harden told us he has nothing to prove entering this postseason with Philly.

“I don’t (have anything to prove)… I don’t feel any pressure, I don’t feel any of that,” Harden says. “For me, it’s going out there and playing my game, trying to help my team win.”

Before he begins his first postseason we caught up with the 10-time NBA All-Star to discuss the title run in Philly, the Brooklyn Nets stint, the free throw narratives, and his partnership with Body Armor and its new “One More” campaign, featuring himself, Naomi Osaka, Mookie Betts, Trae Young, Sabrina Ionescu, Dustin Johnson, and Baker Mayfield.

(This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.)

What does that “One More” mantra mean to you?
It’s simple man for me. My time that I spend perfecting my craft, whether it’s one more rep in the weight room, one more rep in the gym just to make sure we get it right. To make sure we’re always on top of our game. I feel like it’s really on brand for Body Armor. From where we started from to where we are today is because of that campaign, that motto “One more” so it correlates. As far as all of our athletes in the campaign, I feel like they have the same mindset when its comes to the craft.