Harden talked with 76 senior executives again and reiterated the transaction request, but the wording changed from “requirement” to “request”. It can be seen from Harden’s inner entanglement. He must be regretting why he carried out the player option now, turning his dominant negotiation into a negotiation that he did not dominate. But why does harden want to switch to the Clippers? Is it not good to stay at 76 people?
Ramona, a well-known journalist, revealed on Shelburne that Harden still did not change his position when he met with 76 senior officials again, but his attitude had changed from the initial “request” to “request”, the anxiety in Harden’s heart can be seen between words.
Ramona also analyzed the attitude of 76 people, either Harden continued to wait and waited in the team until the new season began. Just because Harden has chosen the player option to execute 35.6 million in the last year, he will become a free player after the end of next season. However, it is impossible for him not to play because of this fender, which is equivalent to smashing the signboard.
Another possibility is to let Harden have confidence in his teammates again, and believe in the strategy of manager Naas, and then find a way to reconcile Harden with 76 people. This is a risky road. The reason is that the transformation of 76 people by Nasi may be completed in an instant or it may take a long time. Harden may not be patient to wait.
In general, if Harden refuses to execute the player option in the last year, he will now take full control of his own destiny and become a complete free player. He can go wherever he wants without looking at the faces of 76 people. But Harden also has difficulties. Previously, he had several salary cuts and applied for transactions. Someone calculated an account for Harden, and he had lost more than 0.1 billion on this item alone. This will be an astronomical figure for anyone. I was busy with the transfer when I was able to make the most money, which made Harden lose too much; I didn’t think that I should make money until my health was worse than before, even I couldn’t give up the annual salary of 35.6 million yuan in the last year, this is Harden’s sorrow.
Another reason Harden wanted to leave was that the compensation he had reached with 76 people had disappeared in a blink of an eye. In 2022, in order to strengthen the team, Harden made a 15 million-year salary reduction and reached an agreement with the team to get compensation in the long-term contract renewed in 2023. But after a season, Harden’s long-term contract disappeared, and 76 people refused to renew him with the top salary, and his compensation disappeared. Harden thought that 76 people were not talking, so he moved the idea of leaving the team.
However, Harden chose to join the Clippers, which still made his second monk confused. Except that Los Angeles is Harden’s hometown, he has no reason to expect to join the Clippers. It is true that the Clippers have the Kacho combination, and they are also the guarantee to win the championship. However, it is still unknown whether the two can fight healthily. Alliance executives claimed that when Leonard and George renewed their contract, it would be a bad business to renew either of them with a top salary, because the two were in a unpredictable state of war; another anonymous broker claimed that the Clippers were in a dilemma whether to place their hopes on Kacho or to maintain the flexibility of salary space.
The Clippers renewed their contract this summer, but weishao is no longer the former MVP guard. His annual salary last season was $47 million, and next season it was only 3.8 million, with a salary cut of about 43.2 million, the largest salary cut in NBA history. In this case, the Clippers can only use him as the guard of 3.8 million. Harden thinks he is a man with less and stronger than Wei, which can bring great help to the Clippers. Even if he may have to step on the old road of Wei less one year later, even if he had to pray in his heart that the Kacho team could fight healthily.
In this case, the left-behind 76 people may not be a worse choice than joining the Clippers. Lewis and McGrady are both persuading Harden that he should stay with 76 people. He can partner with MVP here and he has the best chance. Pierce thinks that the Clippers need young people, while 76 people have enbid, Maxi and Harris, which can reduce the important task of scoring on Harden’s shoulders. Even enbid was trying to persuade Harden to stay. Last season, they fought 7 games with the Celtics, and even led 3 to 2 at a time just one step away from the east; The manager changed this summer, just can look at it again, and then make a decision, why is it certain to assert that there is no chance for 76 people to win the championship.
Looking back at Harden in recent years, it has been not smooth since 2020. At first, he was clamoring to leave the rocket, and the high salary was nothing to say, even falling out with the team; After being sent to basketable nets in early 2021 and forming Trident with Durant and Owen, he had another disappointing playoff; Then he took the initiative and wanted to leave, which came back to 76 people. After two seasons of cooperation, he somehow targeted the Clippers and changed the leaving request for 76 people from “request” to “request”. I feel Harden has been confused about what he wants, and he is unhappy with his team every time. The same is the requirement for high salary. When you can make a lot of money, you will win the championship wholeheartedly. When you want to make money, it is a pity that you are not online.
The farce of Harden and 76 people will continue, and we will wait and see the changes.
(Mao Mao dad/supine support)
