Announced! Harden was officially selected! He has been waiting for 5 years

NBA All-Squad Team: Alexander (Thunder), Jokic (Nuggets), Antetokounmpo (Bucks), Tatum (Green Kai) and Mitchell (Calligraphy).

NBA All-Squad second team: Brunson (Knicks), Curry (Warriors), Edwards (Timberwolves), James (Lakes) and Mobley (Cavs).

NBA All-A-Level Three: Cunningham (Pilots), Halliburton (Pacers), Harden (Clippers), Towns (Knicks) and Javier (Thunder).

Congratulations to Harden, although he still did not lead the team through the first round this year, it does not prevent this season from being a bumper year. He returned to the All-Star after three years and returned to the Best Team after five years.

Harden was selected for the Best Team last time, which dates back to 2020. At that time, he was still wearing a Rockets jersey. This guy missed the Best Team honors during the Nets and Philadelphia.

In this regard, Harden has been selected into the All-A-Series for 8 times in his NBA career so far, including 6 first teams, 2 third teams, and no second teams.

This season's regular season, Harden played 79 games for the Clippers, averaging 35.3 minutes per game, scoring 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 1.5 breaks, with 41%, 35.2% and 87.4% of the three events; in the playoffs, he averaged 39.4 minutes per game, contributing 18.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 9.1 assists and 1.3 breaks, and 43.6%, 36.4% and 81.8% of the three events.

Last summer, Harden reached a two-year, $70 million contract renewal agreement with the Clippers, of which the 25-26 season was the player option, so he can choose to jump out of his contract this summer and become a full free agent. In the middle of this month, Buckley revealed that Harden is expected to renew his contract with the Clippers again, with a new contract worth $75 million for two years.

If Harden really signs $75 million for two years as a free agent and the contract expires in the summer of 2027, it will be on par with Leonard, which means that the Clippers' current core lineup has only two years of windows to win the championship, which can be said to be tight in time and heavy in tasks.

By the way, there are at least two super giants on the shelves in the trading market this summer. The trading plan is as follows:

The Clippers sent out Zubac + Powell + Bogdanovic + three first-round picks, and Antetokounmpo came from the Bucks!