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Diasabra 23 Juli 2022

Harden, 76ers agree on 2-year, $68 million deal

James Harden has agreed that much money — Harden
to terms on a two-year basically gave himself a 30%
contract to stay with the pay cut for this coming sea-
Philadelphia 76ers and son — allowed the 76ers to
will make about $14.5 mil- make moves such as signing
lion less this coming sea- power forward P.J. Tucker
son than he could have and small forward Danuel
earned under his previous House earlier this month.
deal, a person with knowl-
edge of the negotiations "We got some really good
said Wednesday. pieces this summer, so now
it's time for us to go do the
Harden will sign a deal worth hard work," Harden said in
slightly over $68 million, an interview with AP earlier
paying him about $33 million this week to promote the up-
this season and with a $35 coming launch of a new wine
million player option for the label bearing his name.
2023-24 season, according to
the person who spoke to The Harden's plans have been
Associated Press on condi- clear since Philadelphia's sea-
tion of anonymity because son ended: He was commit-
the team has not announced ted to staying with the 76ers
the deal. and committed to help them
get better.
ESPN first reported the
agreement being finalized Harden is a three-time scor-
between the 76ers and the ing champion and averaged
10-time All-Star guard. 22.0 points and 10.3 assists
during his time with Brook-
Harden had a $47.4 million lyn and Philadelphia last
option for this coming season season. The seven-time All-
that he declined last month, NBA player was the 2018
saying he wanted to give the NBA MVP and is a member
76ers flexibility to improve of the league's 75th anniver-
their roster and compete for sary team.
a championship. Giving back