Who would take him at this point? The common factor in years of James Harden drama is... James Harden.
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He's basically on Kyrie's level now. Still a good player as he showed last season, but his trust level is through the floor. Can't be trusted to perform under pressure, can't be trusted to play on a contract he just opted into, makes trade demands not requests. And for they kind of money he's expecting? Who wants that?
ETA: this is a dumb emotional take, but as a Sixers fan I'd rather have Kyrie at this point lol. I'm sure I would regret that though.
Everybody thinks they want Kyrie until they have Kyrie. Look inside yourself. You know it to be true.
$100K is a huge amount of money for me. For Harden, not so much. Compared to the PG-13 crap players are routinely fined tens of thousands of dollars for (which I don't necessarily agree with), $100K seems surprisingly little for how unprecedented Harden's comments were - although I'm not sure of what technical grounds the league has for fining him. If they wanted to hit him with a harsher penalty, they'd suspend him, but they can't do that without Harden's team (6ers, I presume) taking a massive collateral hit
Usually the amount of fines the league can collect is defined in the CBA.
That makes sense. A quick internet search suggests that the $100K handed to Harden is indeed 100% of the max player fine per the CBA. Also, the current CBA, which expires this year I think, took effect July 1, 2017.
pretty sure we’re in the new CBA rules now. but i don’t think fines have changed.
There was a mutual option this year that both sides picked up. The current CBA, started in 2017, expires at the end of this NBA year
(Edit: I was incorrect here, see below)
the new cba started July 1, that's when the league calendar flipped to 23-24.
https://twitter.com/nbapr/status/1674149843915141127?s=61&t=4iOWcg_cjl7r7NFOLo26ew
Thanks! I don't have twitter so can't use your link, but I did another search and you are indeed correct. Thanks for the correction!
Yeah this is also one of the bigger fines I've seen coming from the league to a player. Biggest I've seen is Stoudamire getting fined $250k after he got arrested for the third time for marijuana possession.
He must be so annoyed that it's legal now lol
He shouldn't have taken the player option.