Trade Radar · open rumor · Wednesday, September 9 · 1 d ago
Contract/Trade Details: Harden Deal, Grizzlies’ Picks
Reported by Bobby MarksRead the original report ↗
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 […]
Confidence
49%
| Reporter starting tier | 50 | 1 call on the ledger, tier used until 5 |
| Corroboration | +0 | nobody else has reported this yet |
| Age | −1 | 1 day old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25 |
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Who it involves
James Harden
Cavaliers · G · 23.6 pts · 4.8 reb · 8.0 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $30.65M · next season $32.18M
Cleveland Cavaliers
$209.0M · in the tax · 16 contracts · cap sheet
Memphis Grizzlies
$173.6M · over the cap · 23 contracts · cap sheet
What would have to happen
Build it in the Trade Machine →James Harden → Grizzlies
Send out at least $23.15M
The Grizzlies are over the cap, so to take on $30.65M they need to send out $23.15M or more under the outgoing + $7.5M rule.
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