Contract/Trade Details: Harden Deal, Grizzlies’ Picks

NBA Notes: Cavs, James Harden, Grizzlies, Jordan Hawkins, Dalano Banton

Cavaliers The Cavaliers got James Harden‘s new contract under the wire. Barely. Harden’s three-year deal with Cleveland begins at $30,647,619 and is worth $96.54 million overall, according to Bobby Marks of ESPN and Sports Business Classroom. That’s slightly less than the $97 million initially reported, and there’s a reason. As Luke Adams of Hoops Rumors […]

Contract/Trade Details: Harden Deal, Grizzlies’ Picks

By Luke Adams | at September 9, 2026 7:38 am James Harden’s new three-year contract with the Cavaliers includes a starting salary of $30,647,619, according to Bobby Marks of ESPN and Sports Business Classroom. As we detailed over the weekend, because Cleveland was operating just $30,692,664 below its first-apron hard cap and only held Harden’s Non-Bird rights, which limited him to 5% annual raises, he couldn’t get the full $97MM that he and the …

Contract/Trade Details: Harden Deal, Grizzlies' Picks

James Harden’s new three-year contract with the Cavaliers includes a starting salary of $30,647,619, according to Bobby Marks of ESPN and Sports Business Classroom. As we detailed over the weekend, because Cleveland was operating just $30,692,664 below its first-apron hard cap and only held Harden’s Non-Bird rights, which limited him to 5% annual raises, he couldn’t get the full $97MM that he and the team reportedly agreed to last month. But he’…