June 30 news, today NBA came here with heavy news. 76ers player Harden officially rejected the 47.4 million player option and is expected to sign a multi-year contract with the 76ers with a starting salary of about 37 million. According to this statement, Harden's salary cut this time is at least 10 million, with the purpose of freeing up a middle-class space for the 76ers to sign his former good brother Tucker and improve the team's strength to compete for the championship. Harden's move quickly aroused heated discussion, and many celebrities also praised Harden for his great plan.
Harden took the initiative to cut his salary to compete for the championship, but Irving accidentally took the shot. Why is this? After Harden announced that he would not exercise the player option, the 76ers and team reporters posted multiple updates expressing their respect for Harden. He said that Harden applied to leave the Nets. He did not play well after joining the 76ers, but he was willing to take a salary cut to help the team. He was also questioned for leaving the Nets. And Irving missed most of the season due to his personal decision, and then forced the Nets to renew his maximum salary contract this summer.
In the past two days, there was a lot of fuss about Irving's contract extension with the Nets, because he is also a player option this year, but the contract renewal with the Nets has been unable to be negotiated. Irving asked for a long-term maximum salary, but the Nets were only willing to give him a short-term contract with binding terms in view of his performance in the past season. Later, there was even news that Irving took the initiative to apply for a trade to leave the team, and he would do anything to renew his contract with the maximum salary. Now that Irving has compromised, he feels like no one cares about him when he goes out for a walk, and he has implemented the player option to stay with the team.
Looking at the choices of Irving and Harden this summer, it is really a judgment call, and I really feel that it is not worth it for the Nets. At the same time, it can also be seen how much Harden hated Irving when he left the Nets. Harden came here for the championship, changed his style of play to become a global team, and now he is willing to take a 10 million salary cut to compete for the championship. On the other hand, Irving has a lot of shit to do all day long, and he still needs to renew his contract with a maximum salary. Just imagine, if Boss Cai gave up Irving and kept Harden and Durant, and used Harden's salary cut to strengthen the lineup this year, it would be more competitive than now!
