{"id":21108,"date":"2022-07-21T09:22:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/james-harden-76ers-agree-to-68-6-million-contract\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T09:22:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:22:10","slug":"james-harden-76ers-agree-to-68-6-million-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/james-harden-76ers-agree-to-68-6-million-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"James Harden, 76ers agree to $68.6 million contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>James Harden is back in Philadelphia \u2013 for far less money, that is. <\/p>\n<p>The free agent shooting guard and 76ers have agreed to a two-year deal worth $68.6 million, according to ESPN&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1549893084011446274\" target=\"_blank\">Adrian Wojnarowski<\/a>.  The deal includes a player option for the second year that allows Harden to hit the free agent market if he so chooses. <\/p>\n<p>Harden&#8217;s agreement comes less than a month after the 32-year-old declined his $47.4 million player option for the 2022-23 season, instead opting to return to Philadelphia on a restructured free agent contract.  The selfless move, which sees the superstar&#8217;s annual salary drop more than $13 million to $34 million, provided the 76ers with financial flexibility they could use to fill the holes in their lineup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had conversations with [team president] Daryl [Morey], and it was explained how we could get better and what the market value was for certain players.  I told Daryl to improve the roster, sign who we needed to sign and give me whatever is left over,\u201d Harden recently told Yahoo Sports.  \u201cThis is how bad I want to win.  I want to compete for a championship.  That&#8217;s all that matters to me at this stage.  I&#8217;m willing to take less to put us in position to accomplish that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>James Harden and the 76ers have agreed to a two-year deal worth $68.6 million, according to Adrian Wojnarowski.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Morey did just that, signing defensive specialist PJ Tucker for three years, $33 million, sharp shooter Danuel House for two years and $8.5 million and last year&#8217;s G League MVP Trevelin Queen.  The Sixers additionally acquired guard De&#8217;Anthony Melton from the Memphis Grizzlies via trade.<\/p>\n<p>Harden joined the 76ers after being dealt by the Brooklyn Nets just hours before the last season&#8217;s trade deadline.  Now, it seems as though he&#8217;s committed to sticking with them for at least one more season. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Harden is back in Philadelphia \u2013 for far less money, that is. The free agent shooting guard and 76ers have agreed to a two-year deal worth $68.6 million, according to ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal includes a player option for the second year that allows Harden to hit the free agent market if he &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/james-harden-76ers-agree-to-68-6-million-contract\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">James Harden, 76ers agree to $68.6 million contract<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[5917,68,1230,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20741,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/james-hardens-new-deal-with-philadelphia-76ers-includes-player-option-for-2023-24-season\/","url_meta":{"origin":21108,"position":0},"title":"James Harden&#8217;s new deal with Philadelphia 76ers includes player option for 2023-24 season","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Philadelphia 76ers free agent star James Harden is returning to the franchise on a new two-year, $68.6 million contract, including a player option for the 2023-24 season, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.The deal guarantees Harden $33 million for next season and the opportunity to decline his $35.6 million player option\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20701,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/james-harden-philadelphia-76ers-reach-agreement-on-2-year-68-million-deal\/","url_meta":{"origin":21108,"position":1},"title":"James Harden, Philadelphia 76ers reach agreement on 2-year, $68 million deal","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Free agent star James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers have reached an agreement on a two-year, $68 million deal with a player option, league sources told Yahoo Sports.Harden declined a $47 million option this offseason to facilitate the new deal at a discount.\u201cI had conversations with [president of basketball operations]\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18283,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/james-harden-says-hell-take-whatever-is-left-over-from-philadelphia-76ers-in-next-contract\/","url_meta":{"origin":21108,"position":2},"title":"James Harden says he&#8217;ll take &#8216;whatever is left over&#8217; from Philadelphia 76ers in next contract","date":"July 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"James Harden isn't playing hardball in contract talks with the Philadelphia 76ers; he just wants \"whatever is left over.\"\"I had conversations with [team president] Daryl [Morey], and it was explained how we could get better and what the market value was for certain players. I told Daryl to improve the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8773,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/james-harden-takes-pay-cut-to-signs-two-year-deal-with-76ers\/","url_meta":{"origin":21108,"position":3},"title":"James Harden takes pay cut to signs two-year deal with 76ers","date":"July 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"James Harden said after the 76ers lost to the Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals that he would be back in Philadelphia the following season. It turns out that it will cost him. On Friday, the 32-year-old former NBA MVP reportedly agreed to a two-year contract with the 76ers \u2014\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"James Harden has reportedly re-signed with the 76ers for two more years.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/NBA-Free-Agency-Basketball-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/harden-3.png?w=1024","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}