ESPN Analysis: Rumors about Harden s contract renewal of the Clippers

On May 16, the famous American sports media ESPN analyzed: The rumors that Harden and the Clippers renewed their contracts for two years and $75 million in two years were exposed yesterday. All this is purely nonsense. Harden has a player option contract of $36.35 million this summer, but he is likely to choose to refuse to execute it as a free agent. At the age of 36, he cannot choose a short-term contract of 1+1, at least a three-year contract of 2+1, and the contract renewal price is about 3 years and $120 million. The last year is the player option contract. Harden is likely to choose to return to the Rockets in the last year to choose a glorious retirement.

Harden signed a two-year, $70 million contract extension contract with the Clippers in the summer of 2024. The last year is the player option contract. He averaged 22.8 points + 5.8 rebounds + 8.7 assists per game in the regular season this season. With Leonard's injury, he led the Clippers to lock in the playoffs with 50 wins and 32 losses, which is an indelible contribution; the Clippers' final series was eliminated by the Nuggets 3-4. The 36-year-old Harden played seven games against the Nuggets, averaging 39.4 minutes per game, and scored 18.7 points + 5.4 rebounds + 9.1 assists + 1. 3 steals + 1.0 blocks, shooting percentage 43.0%, three-point shooting percentage 36.0%, free throw shooting percentage 81.0%

ESPN believes that Cavaliers guard Garland averaged only 18.0 points + 5.2 assists per game in the second round, but in July, he had the right to sign a 2-year, $128.4 million super maximum salary renewal contract with the Cavaliers in advance. Compared with it, it is obvious that Harden has the right to get a more reasonable pension contract. After all, in order to win the championship in his career, Harden rejected the Rockets' two-year, $100 million and the three-year, $162 million contract renewal provided by the Nets. According to relevant American media reports, the Magic and Spurs are interested in recruiting Harden to train young players Vanbanyama and Banchero. The most important thing is that Harden does not need to bear the pressure of offensive scoring here, and both teams lack an experienced true point guard-level star!