3 – James Hardin
James Harden is possibly the most hated player in the entire NBA but at the same time on of the best. People hate him because he doesn’t try on defense. Another reason is the number of shots that he takes per game, many hate the scoring outbursts of Harden. He also cannot get along or coexist with another star player on the same team as him and he often has issues and conflicts with them. The final and most notorious reason why he is so hated is that he has every official in the league wrapped around his finger. He shots countless free throws a game in which some of the fouls come from phantom calls in which he is not even touched but does an incredible job of making it look like there was contact.