Bad price! Famous reporter revealed that Harden is expected to renew his contract with the Clippers, with a new contract of 75 million for two years, which is cheaper than Van Jordan

At present, the NBA playoffs are in progress, and some teams have already started planning for the offseason in advance. This summer, the Los Angeles Clippers have very important work to complete. First of all, they need to solve the weak problem of the team's No. 4 position. This year's playoffs, they suffered enough of the Nuggets Aaron Gordon's pain, and the Clippers must complete the upgrade to this position in the offseason. However, before this, the Clippers had a very important task, which was Harden's contract renewal negotiations.

Harden's salary this season is $33.65 million, and the 2025-26 season is a player option worth $36.35 million. Harden has the right to jump out of the contract this offseason and seek a new one. Although many people expressed dissatisfaction with Harden's habitual atrophy in this year's playoffs, they felt that Harden could not play in high-end games. However, in a team like the Clippers and the star Leonard is constantly injured, they need players like Harden who can support the bottom line to ensure the team's lower limit.

If Harden did not lead the team strongly in the regular season this season, the Clippers may not be able to enter the playoffs. You should know that before the start of the season, ESPN had predicted that the Clippers ranked 13th in the Western Conference. In this 2024-25 season, Harden played 79 regular season games for the Clippers, averaging 35.3 minutes per game, scoring 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 1.5 steals; in the playoffs, Harden played 7 times, averaging 39.4 minutes per game, scoring 18.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 1 block.

The Clippers must strive to keep Harden, and judging from the current news revealed by the media, the Clippers and Harden are very close to reaching a contract renewal. Recently, according to open-air stand reporter Zach Buckley, it is expected that James Harden will not implement the player option and then sign a two-year, worth about $75 million new contract with the Clippers.

The reporter revealed: "Harden, who has a $36.35 million player option next season, has a performance that will allow him to choose to jump out of the contract and expect a small raise. He is just unlikely to get the money on other teams because he is not suitable for Brooklyn (Nets) or Detroit (Pistols)," Zach Buckley also wrote. "We expect the 35-year-old veteran to renew the contract with the Clippers with a two-year contract of nearly $75 million."

Although this matter has not been finalized yet, it seems that it is very possible to achieve. In other words, Harden's new contract has only increased by 5 million US dollars compared to the previous contract, which is definitely a conscientious bargain price. In this era when he started his annual salary of 40 million yuan, Harden was able to stay in the Clippers with a contract of more than 30 million yuan, so he definitely liked this team. You should know that Van Vreet of the Rockets has an annual salary of more than 40 million US dollars.

However, whether Harden stays in the Clippers still has the opportunity to pursue his dream of becoming the first championship depends on his own performance. Harden, you can't be too bad in the playoffs anymore. Brother Deng is not young anymore. Will the Clippers and his two-way rushing into a good story in the end? Hope so!