The League has opened investigations to find out whether the player’s contract extension complied with the regulations.
The North American Basketball League (NBA) has opened an investigation to determine whether the extension of James Harden’s contract with Philadelphia, announced on Wednesday, complies with transfer regulations, the American press revealed on Friday.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer and ESPN television, the NBA wants to determine if the Sixers and Harden began talks about extending his contract before the official transfer window, set for June 30, began. which is banned.
The Sixers guard initially waived the option to extend his contract for one season, which would have guaranteed him a salary of 47 million dollars (46 M EUR) in 2022-2023 .
He then extended for two seasons, until 2024, for a total amount of 68.6 million dollars (67.2 M EUR) by therefore accepting a significant reduction in salary, which is authorized, in order to allow Philadelphia to sign two players, PJ Tucker and Danuel House.
Harden, crowned NBA MVP in 2018 and one of the top scorers in activity, joined Philadelphia last February as part of a trade with the Brooklyn Nets, his team since 2021, who received from his Ben Simmons side.
Despite “The Beard“, who scored an average of 18.6 points per game in the play-offs, the Sixers lost in the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference against Miami (4-2).
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