The 76ers made good gains in the free market. They successfully signed P.J. Tucker and House, and with the addition of the Melton trade, the lineup became deeper. And all this is also thanks to Harden, who gave up a $47.4 million player option to give the team salary space flexib

76ers made good gains in the free market. They successfully signed PJ Tucker and House. In addition, the trade acquired Melton , and the lineup became more deep. And all this is also due to Harden , who gave up a $47.4 million player option to give the team salary space flexibility. It is reported that Harden will sign a 1+1 contract with the 76ers, with a salary of almost US$32.4 million in the new season.

It can be seen from this that Harden took a salary cut of US$15 million. For a time, Harden also received many praises from the outside world. Harden gave up a high salary in order to compete for the championship. This move received a lot of praise. They all believed that his sacrifice was very crucial for the 76ers and allowed the team to gain something in the free market. In this playoffs , the 76ers lost to the Heat in the semifinals, which exposed the problem of insufficient lineup depth, and the team quickly made adjustments.

Originally, Harden's salary cut was worthy of praise, but salary expert Bobby Marks expressed some doubts, believing that the $15 million Harden gave up may have entered Harden's pocket through other methods. He said: "Harden received 15 million less. I sent text messages to several teams and asked them how to make up for the 15 million? Stocks? They replied 'maybe', so I think if you are from the league, You should investigate."

Harden is also a little helpless. Giving up his salary of 15 million US dollars and giving some support to the team can be regarded as his own contribution. Unexpectedly, he was also questioned, thinking that his contract might be the yin and yang contract of or , which means that he has a salary of more than 30 million US dollars on the surface, and there is some support behind it. Obviously, in reality, it is still difficult to understand why he gave up tens of millions of dollars. In fact, Harden makes sense. As long as he regains his form in the new season, he can sign a larger contract. This is completely planning for the future, rather than focusing on immediate interests.