70 million in 2 years, Harden renews his contract with the Clippers! The base salary is re-signed to the Rockets, Porter Jr., Wei Shao's salary cut is still sold

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2024-07-01 08:35Creators in the field of sports

On July 1, Beijing time, the NBA free market officially opened, and the Clippers, who introduced Harden to form the "Big 4" in the 23-24 season but were out of the first round, also decisively showed their strength in the free and trade market after the draft night remained silent, not only successfully renewed the contract of the No. 1 core Harden, but also successfully introduced the Rockets abandoned Porter Jr. with a base salary, and at the same time was exposed to Wei Shao, who returned to the team with a fire sale and salary cut.

Harden renews his contract with the Clippers

According to Shams of The Athletic, after months of negotiations between Harden's three agents and the Clippers, the two sides agreed to a two-year, $70 million contract extension with a player option for the second year.

Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports' followed up by stating that the contract between the two parties is fully guaranteed.

In the 23-24 season, Harden joined the Clippers through a trade, and then played 72 regular season games for the team, averaging 34.3 minutes per game, and could hand over 16.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 8.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.8 blocks, and shot 38.1% from three-point range.

In the playoffs, due to injuries to small cards, Harden's playing time increased sharply to 40.3 minutes, and his average data per game increased to 21.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 8.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.0 blocks, and his three-point shooting rate was 38.3%.

Whether it's from the reliable No. 1 core in the regular season or the further improvement in production and data in the playoffs, it makes sense for the Clippers to re-sign Harden.

Basic salary Taobao Porter Jr

Shortly after renewing Harden's contract, the Clippers acquired Rockets waiver Porter Jr. on a two-year contract.

Clippers reporter Law Murray followed up and pointed out that Porter Jr.'s 2-year contract is fully guaranteed, and it also includes a 15% trade deposit, from which it is not difficult to see that the Clippers value Porter Jr.'s signing very much and give him double protection.

As the No. 30 pick in '19, Porter Jr. has excellent athleticism and scoring ability, and is the quintessential prowess.

In the 22-23 season, he played 59 games for the Rockets, averaging 34.3 minutes per game, with 19.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.4 steals, and a three-point shooting rate of 36.6%.

Later, due to the domestic violence incident, the Rockets gave up their training and plans for him, traded him to the Thunder, and then was cut and went to the Greek league, and his performance on the court was still good, so he successfully impressed the Clippers.

It's worth mentioning that Porter Jr. isn't the first time the Clippers have tried to sign a "problem player."

In the past two seasons, the Clippers have signed Primo (with multiple allegations of exposing their bodies to women) and then searched for Kay Jones before the start of the 23-24 playoffs (social media frantically claimed to be the GOAT, and was once suspected of having psychological and mental problems).

Neither player was successful with the Clippers, and Kay Jones was cut without even playing a game.

In addition, according to Jake Fischer, the Clippers plan to re-sign Zubac to an interior lineman, but the exact contract is still being discussed.

Paul, who was cut by the Warriors not long ago, was also revealed to be interested in returning to his old club Clippers, but he has many competitors, and many teams such as the Spurs and Lakers are interested in getting him.

Wei Shao was sold

Shortly after exercising the $4 million player option to return to the Clippers, Yahoo Sports legend Jake Fischer revealed that the Clippers had put Willow on the shelf, and Haynes followed up by pointing out that if Willow wasn't traded, he would be cut before the start of the new season.

He also pointed out in the report that Wei Shao had rejected the Nuggets' $5.2 million mini mid-range before exercising the $4 million player option to stay with the team, and as a result, Wei Shao, who took a salary cut, was still sold.

The Nuggets, who had been interested in Wei Shao before, were once again exposed to be interested in trading Wei Shao after Wei Shao was put on the shelf.

In the 23-24 season, Wei Shao averaged 11.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, shooting 45.4%, if Wei Shao is traded, then the new owner will most likely be the sixth team that Wei Shao has played for in the past 7 seasons, since the beginning of the 18-19 season, has been the Thunder, Rockets, Wizards, Lakers and Clippers.

Another player to be put on the shelf is Tucker, who recently exercised his $11.5 million player option, averaging only 1.6 points and 2.5 rebounds per game in '23-24.

George is expected to leave

According to the latest report from Woj, George and the Clippers have once again collapsed, and the two sides have reached an agreement that George is unlikely to return to the team.

Next up for George will be a meeting with the 76ers and the Magic, with the 76ers leading the battle for the time being.

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