On February 15, Beijing time, although Harden was traded to Philadelphia, there is still uncertainty about his future "fate" with Philadelphia, after all, Harden did not implement the player option for next season. Now, according to Shams, Harden failed to execute next season's player options due to his failure to submit documents in time, and he can renew a five-year, $269 million maximum salary contract with Philadelphia this summer.
Harden's existing contract originally had a player option, the $47.3 million player option for next season. According to Shams' initial report, Harden was executing next season's player options, but then Philadelphia reporter Kyle Neubeck followed up by reporting that Harden did not actually implement next season's player options.
Now Shams has revealed the reason why Harden did not implement the player option for next season, he revealed in the podcast, "Harden originally planned to implement the player option, but because the relevant documents were not submitted in time, the player option for next season was not implemented." ”
Since Harden has no agent, he is still looking for an agent, so Harden's failure to submit documents in time is undoubtedly true. As for another beauty, John Hollinger, he also confirmed such a thing.
However, there are still some doubts about such a statement, and there are also voices that Harden deliberately did so. In this way, Harden can choose to renew his contract with Philadelphia this summer, because the transaction allows him to retain bird rights, so that he can get a five-year, $269 million maximum salary renewal contract, but it will also lock up Philadelphia's salary space, which is also the choice Philadelphia will face.
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