James Harden has agreed to a brand new three-year, $97 million contract to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The deal features a participant possibility and a commerce kicker, his brokers Mike Silverman, Troy Payne and Brandon Grier of Fairness Sports activities informed ESPN.
The brand new settlement will push Harden’s profession earnings to roughly $511 million.
That may make him simply the fourth participant in NBA historical past to surpass $500 million in profession wage, becoming a member of the 76ers’ LeBron James, the Rockets’ Kevin Durant and the Warriors’ Stephen Curry.
Harden will flip 37 subsequent Wednesday, Aug. 26.
As soon as the 11-time NBA All-Star formally indicators the contract, he may even turn into solely the second participant in league historical past to obtain greater than $90 million in assured wage on a deal signed at age 37 or older.
LeBron is the one different participant to perform that feat.
BREAKING: James Harden has agreed to a brand new three-year, $97 million contract to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, with a participant possibility and a commerce kicker, brokers Mike Silverman, Troy Payne and Brandon Grier of Fairness Sports activities informed ESPN. pic.twitter.com/b9jnBykly8
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