James Harden shows why NBA players should always take the money


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James Harden will open the 2023-2024 season on an expiring contract that pays him $35,640,000 for a year of work. Harden, on the brink of his 34th birthday, will be the 28th highest paid player in the NBA at that number. He will earn less money next season than C.J. McCollum, Ben Simmons, Tobias Harris, and Fred VanVleet, just to name a few. Harden’s dissatisfaction with the Philadelphia 76ers and subsequent trade request all come back to that contract. Harden believed the Sixers would reward him with a long-term deal after he took a $15 million pay cut last season...