I gave up $80 million to renew my contract with the Clippers just to keep George Harden

On January 11, it was reported that in the just-concluded NBA regular season, the Clippers defeated the Raptors 126-120 at home and won two consecutive victories. In an interview after the game, team boss Kawaii Leonard said that he wants to keep Harden and Paul George as much as possible when talking about his salary cut to renew his contract.

On January 10, local time, the Clippers officially announced that the 32-year-old star Kawaii Leonard signed a three-year contract extension with the team. According to US media reports, the renewal amount of the two parties is $152.4 million over three years.

In fact, Xiaoka could have signed a bigger four-year, $234 million contract with the Clippers, but he gave up and chose to take a salary cut to renew the contract.

In the post-game press conference after the victory over the Raptors, when asked by reporters whether his contract extension is part of future contract renewal negotiations with George and Harden, Xiaoka said: "Do I communicate with other people? I think basically everyone is going to return, and with my contract extension, we have a good chance of keeping Paul George and Harden." ”

When asked why he renewed his contract now and why he renewed his contract for three years, Xiaoka said: "I just felt that it was time, so I renewed the contract, nothing exactly." The contract was renewed for 3 years because I was 35 at that time and I wanted to see how I would play at that age. ”

When asked after the game about the impact of his contract extension on his potential contract extension, George said: "When the time is right, I'll see where I'm in, but I'm very, very optimistic that I can get some things done and we're trying to figure that out." ”

George said he hopes to re-sign with the Clippers and stay with the team for the long term.

In this regard, netizens said, "George won't do the kind of thing that his teammates cut their salaries and run away by themselves."

"Leonard playoffs are in the second round, don't count on those guys, you're the thighs"

"One year less to 8000w, this is a drop of 68, an average of 800-900w per year."

"What he means is that he hopes that the other two, especially George, will drop the point, so that they can strengthen the follow-up puzzle pieces."

"This is the copy given to him by the team, he reads it, says a word and looks at the paper on the table"

"Harden is still a little good in the playoffs, he is named every day on the court, and he gives a 2+1"

"Stay healthy and make the playoffs"

"What was James sprayed when he took a salary cut to go to the Heat"

"That's going to blow up next season, even though the Clippers owner is very rich."