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Sure. In today's NBA he is.
harden is worth about 10-11..yall are crazy acting like anyone is going to sign a player of his caliber for 7 gtfo with that
Sure. In today's NBA he is.
no he isn't. He isn't athletic, his D sucks, and he doesn't do much on O when he isn't falling to the floor when he drives. He got exposed in the Finals.at the Manu comparisons. I fail to see how they compare other than flopping.
Yes. A typical max contract now isn't close to what it used to be. No more 7 year deals with 12% raises. A typical max deal for a RFA is now 4 years with 4.5% raises. Harden will surely get that and the Thunder would be fools not to match.
Look guys, there is a certain talent threshold in the league that cons utes a max contract. Some players (LeBron, Kobe, Dwight, etc) are far (faaaar) and above that threshold, and if teams could pay them more, they would. The fact of the matter is, the salary cap and contract limitations makes superstars underpaid, while some players get paid an amount more deserving of their skill level. James Harden is in the echelon of players that deserve a modern day max contract.
If the question was "Is James Harden a superstar?", I'd say no.
I would say no but then I remember that Joe Johnson got a max contract so I don't know.
He was worth the max to OKC last season, at least in the regular season.
as long as they don't take 35 million bucks over 2 years for basically playing no games, im OK with it tbh
A 'max deal' for him is about 14m a year.
So it's not like we're quite talking 18m/year. He needs another 3 years in the NBA to qualify for that.
He's also young and has been getting better every year. And he's solid already. 3 year player with good offensive promise and on a team with two players who eat up a lot of possessions with all their shot attempts. So there's even more possible potential if given a larger role.
But no, probably north worth it, but I could see him getting it, or something close to it by a team who's coming off of tanking and wants to add a little extra to jumpstart their franchise. Or some rich team could trade for his rights after this season and just go over their salary cap like the Lakers did with Nash.
I'd guess he gets somewhere in the 12-13m for 3 years area. Possibly a max deal depending on how this next season goes and if he improves or looks especially dominant in his role which is naturally reduced by playing with Durant and Westbrook who consumed literally half of OKC's shot attempts per game last season. They also commit nearly half the team's total turnovers per game too.
When you play with two players who eat up that many possessions, jesus, it's practically a miracle Harden still managed to score 17 PPG.
He'd never sign for 7m a year or even consider it. Half of max deal? lol. He'd laugh in your face.
Consider, Omer Asik is getting 8m. Haywood is getting 7m. Jameer Nelson: 8.6m. Carlos Boozer: 15m. declined Kobe: 29m (average of his last 2 seasons remaining on contract). Felton was getting 7.5m last year. Jamal Crawford was getting 10.8m last year.
When you compare to people who are getting roughly the same as or more money than what a max deal for Harden would be, he is clearly worth it.
Harden's not a cornerstone player to give the ball to and expect 30 PPG, or to expect to shut down the opposing offense, but he's an excellent piece that would work on almost any team.
Is there a 2 guard in the league anyone would rather have going forward in the next 7 or so years?
Yeah, I'd definitely take him over Gordon and Gordon just showed the market for a player of his ability is a 4 year max deal. That's what Harden is getting unless he blows out his knee or contracts AIDS.
Nope
still worth more than any player tho
Lmao what are you a interet thug or what
Oh and your boy terry reppin green now you need to swap out thay pic lmao
You need to swap out the condiment packed tacos and burritos for more complex carbs before you get your little brown cuckolded by beetus.
No you didn't.
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