According to reports, James Harden, in decline, signing an 81.5 million dollar contract to return to Clippers
Eleven times the All-Star of the NBA James Harden, who will turn 36 in August, has refused his option as a player from $ 36.3 million and will return to the Los Angeles Clippers with a two-year contract of 81.5 million dollars, according to reports from Shams Charania of Espn.
Playing alongside the colleague Future Hall of Famer Kawhi Leonard in their native Los Angeles, Harden marked on average 22.8 points (41/35/87 shooting rifts), 8.7 assists, 5.8 rebounds and 1.5 stolen in 34.8 minutes per game for 79 departures last season, guidando the clippers (50-32) in the conference in the conference in the conference in the conference in the conference in the conference Western.
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The Veterana Guard helped the Zubac Center Ivica to enjoy a season of Breakout in attack, since he marked an average of 16.8 career points per game. Zubac has marked an average of 1.25 points out of three Pick-and-Roll possessions per game, making it one of the best men in the championship both from a point of view of frequency and efficiency.
Harden was fantastic to start the playoff series of the first clippers round against the Denver Nuggets, for a total of 32 points, 11 assists and six rebounds in 43 minutes of an extraordinary victory 112-110 in game 1 of their series.
While the best set of seven seven went on, Harden ended and in the match 7 against the Nuggets he scored only seven points on shooting 2 out of 8 in a loss of 120-101. It was the last reminder of Harden’s propensity to disappear in the greatest moments of the series, a criticism that followed the veteran during his career.
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It is the combination of that story of the playoffs, of his age and further criticism of his out of field behavior that has left Harden with few suitors when the Clippers exchanged a minimum capital to acquire it from Philadelphia 76ers in November 2023.
Nobody was offering Harden a maximum agreement at that point, but the Clippers, with their deep pockets, granted him an extension of the two -year contract of 70 million dollars in the summer of 2024.