After leaving the Rockets, he lost 80 million! Only with a salary cut can Harden help the Clippers retain the special case

NBA salary experts analyzed the issue of Clippers star Harden's contract renewal this summer. This season, Harden's salary ranks only 43rd in the league. Harden's salary next season is $36.3 million and has a player option this summer. The Clippers' guaranteed contract reached US$124 million, and the contracts of Harden, Coffey and Batum expired. Next season's salary cap is $159 million, and Harden has the opportunity to sign a three-year, $173 million contract, but in this way the Clippers will trigger the first tyrant line. The ideal operation of the Clippers is to ask Harden to sign a two-year, $67 million contract, and then renew Kofi with a full middle-class special case.

In fact, this is very unfair to Harden, who has performed well in the regular season in the past 2 seasons and has been selected for the All-Squad this season. If Harden chooses to jump out of the contract this summer, there will be many teams pursuing it, such as the Heat, Raptors, Hawks and other teams. It is worth mentioning that in the four seasons since Harden left the Rockets, Harden has not received a maximum salary contract. Next season, Curry's contract will reach $59 million. If Harden had not left the Rockets at the beginning, he would have the chance to sign a five-year, $260 million contract with the Rockets.

Recently, Harden said in an interview that it is very difficult for him to maintain his peak period of about 16 or 2017 in the league, with stars like Curry, James, and Durant. However, Harden's statement was questioned by fans, because the other three people have won the championship, and Harden has never won the championship, so Harden is not qualified to be compared with the other three people. Moreover, in his expression, Harden did not mention Westbrook, who, like Harden, had never won the championship.