OT in the desert with Westbrook and Harden

Las Vegas is no place to be working outside in early July, but Russell Westbrook and James Harden are all smiles when discussing their sweaty experience last summer.

Westbrook and Harden actually held down two jobs while in Vegas. Their indoor job was trying out for the U.S. Olympic team. Their outdoor job was shooting a pair of commercials with Foot Locker.

In the “Tear Away” commercial, Harden actually got to tear off his clothes — several times — only to reveal identical clothing underneath.

“It was fun,” Westbrook said. “It took eight hours to do, but it was fun. The hardest stuff was (James) pulling the clothes off. Every time he’d pull it off, it’d take like 30 minutes to put back on. So if James messed up a line, he’d have to put (the clothes) back on.”

Harden even had a tear-away beard.

“It was about 120 (degrees),” Harden said. “It was fun, don’t get me wrong. It took about about three hours just to rip off the beard (correctly). It was hot outside, but it was all fun.”