Renew with the Clippers salary increase, experts talk about Harden s new contract, the Clippers lose their initiative

Harden's annual salary of 36.3 million next season is the player option, and he must decide whether to implement it before June 29. There are two options in front of Harden now. The first is to stay in the Clippers, and the second is to go to other teams. The outside world tends to have the second option. If Harden executes the player option, it means he wants to leave the team and hopes to join a strong team without space through trades. Otherwise, Harden would normally jump out of the option and sign a 2-year contract with the Clippers. Bobby Marks, a well-known salary expert in the US media ESPN, recently talked about Harden. He analyzed some details of the contract renewal and Harden's irreplaceable nature to the Clippers. First of all, in the Clippers space, they can give Harden a raise while also keeping their salary under the luxury tax line. According to the current Clippers boss Ballmer's ideas, the Clippers have gone from a team that competes for the championship at all costs to a team that only wants to enter the playoffs to a team that can make a stable start to win the championship.

With Leonard joining, the deal was sent to Alexander by George. The original intention of the Clippers was to compete for the championship around Kajiao, but Kajiao has disappointing results in the past few years. Ballmer loses confidence in continuing to pay luxury taxes. Now Ballmer just wants to wait until the clamp contract expires in 27 years. If the Clippers are reshuffled, then the Clippers' strategy for the next two years is to keep the playoffs. Staying Harden has become a must-have option for Ballmer. He has lost the initiative and you can't find a player who can replace Harden.

Marks believes that Harden's cost-effectiveness is far more than his annual salary of 35 million yuan. Because Harden was selected as the All-Star this year and was selected as the Best Team. His regular season statistics are quite high, just like Harden said in a recent interview with the outside world. Harden said he doesn't feel like a 35-year-old player, and he feels he's still young and in his early 30s. Harden also confessed that if he felt like he was playing like he was 35, he would retire directly. This also shows that Harden has enough confidence in his current body.

In the external evaluation, Harden's views are surprisingly consistent, and his influence is completely beyond the annual salary of 35 million yuan. This also means that if Harden is willing to get an annual salary of 35 million next season, he will have many choices whether he joins other teams through free time or trades his favorite team through the Clippers. This will force the Clippers to raise their salary to keep Harden. To put it bluntly, the outside world said that Harden would cut his salary to sign up for the Clippers to compete for the championship. At present, the probability is 0.

The Clippers and Harden may not think the team can win the championship. Then money is the reality in front of you. As the saying goes, one can learn from one's mistakes. The 76ers used brainwashing to sign up for the championship by Harden's salary cut. As a result, on the way to save money, Harden can't blame others if he gets deceived, just because he is purely his IQ problem. So 80 million or 40 million in two years is likely to be the best balance between Harden and the Clippers. Harden, who earned an annual salary of 40 million, is also more willing to help the Clippers maintain their decent two years of waiting for reconstruction.

Harden is not without a way out, and the Rockets have not closed the door to go home yet. Harden first played with the Clippers with a high salary for two years. If he is lucky, he may have a chance to compete for the championship. If the opponent in the playoffs happens to have a large-scale injury and the Clippers are in good condition and are in a smooth state, it is not without a chance. Even if you don’t win the championship, you will not lose at least the 80 million yuan you will get. Harden happened to be 38 years old in 27 years, which is in line with the age to return to the Rockets to retire. At that time, signing a two-year contract with the Rockets until they retire at the age of 40 will be considered a perfect end to their career.