Good clip by Paul Pierce. He speaking The Truth. https://heavy.com/sports/brooklyn-nets/nba-basketball-brooklyn-nets-harden-sixers/amp/ Harden fanbois gonna be adding another one to their sh*t list. Nobody dare criticizes Harden!
Two weeks from the beginning of NBA free agency on June 30 at 6 p.m. ET, all signs point toward All-Star guard James Harden returning to the Philadelphia 76ers on a shorter-term contract extension, league sources told B/R. Harden and Sixers leadership are aligned on one clear directive, sources said: The franchise's best opportunity to compete for a championship starring Joel Embiid, as well as Harden's optimal opportunity to earn his first NBA ring, resides with Harden playing in Philadelphia for the foreseeable future. Sixers ownership, though, has been resistant to the idea of giving Harden a full four-year maximum contract extension beyond his 2022-23 option season, sources told B/R, or the five-year deal that Harden would be eligible for if he chose to decline his $47.4 million player option for next season. Signing perhaps a two-year extension after his option season to create a new three-year framework would also provide Harden with greater optionality for his own career. In any scenario, Harden is expected to pick up his player option for the 2022-23 season, sources said, but the Sixers' further financial commitment to him remains to be seen once the legal negotiating period begins. Since Philadelphia acquired Harden in a trade in mid-February, it would behoove him financially to wait until Aug. 10 before signing an extension. Until that six-month benchmark, Philadelphia would only be allowed to offer Harden 105 percent of his 2022-23 salary in the first year of a two-year extension, followed by a 5 percent raise for the second year, for a rough total of $149.3 million through 2024-25. If Harden waits until Aug. 10 to sign his extension, he could receive an 8 percent raise on the second year of the extension, which would net him a total of $150.8 million, according to cap calculations provided to B/R. If Harden opts out, the maximum he can earn on a new three-year deal would be $150.7 million. There has also been plenty of talk among league personnel of Harden potentially taking less than his maximum salary to amplify Philadelphia's efforts to build a championship-contending rotation around Harden and Embiid.
Option to retire early? Nice bait and switch by Morey there Too bad Harden is too fat to defend and move without ball or he could've just pulled KD and joined warriors for a sure thing and then took max in a small market.
Fumbled the bag. lol Nets had a 5 year max contract ready for Frauden. Now he's looking to get a 3 year Eric Gordon type deal.
He should had made it work with the nets warriors back now and there is no way Morey will create a team that can beat the warriors with an aging harden.
He looks cooked to me. If he's going to pick up the option anyway why not just postpone extention talks until 1/3rd of the way into the season to see if he can bounce back. If not, trade him for Westbrook and a pick and move on. The warriors are an outlier. Teams and fans need to start moving on from these 2010s stars.
If I had to give a full extension to either Harden or Irving, I would probably just flip a coin. I would be screwed either way.
I was figuring a Chris Paul Deal but I don't think he will be THAT Generous If he played for Free . . how much cap space would that open up? Seens like every team is just manipulating number under the cap Except G.S. They just out spending the league Rocket River
