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4:14pm, 12 May 2025Basketball

1. The Clippers will handle the contract with Harden during the offseason. Today, Clippers General Manager Frank said when talking about the main tasks of the offseason: "The Clippers' top priority in the offseason is to deal with the player options issues of Harden and Batum, and will carry out follow-up operations based on their decisions."

Harden's contract for the 2024-25 season is a player option, with a contract amount of 36 million. Harden can refuse the execution option and then sign a longer contract with the Clippers.

Regarding Harden's possible failure to execute the player options, Frank said: "If he does not execute the options, we will try our best to give him a contract that satisfies him and is also beneficial to us."

Harden, who is about to be 36 years old, joins the Clippers in November 2023. This season averaged 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game in the regular season; averaged 18.7 points, 8.4 rebounds and 9.1 assists per game in the playoffs.

Regarding the Clippers' long-term planning, Frank said that under Ballmer's leadership, the Clippers will never choose to make a bad move.

In the past three seasons, the Clippers have all stopped in the first round of the playoffs.

2.Tyronlue ranked 5th in the best coach votes

Today, the league officially announced that Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson was elected the 2024-25 coach of the year, with a total vote score of 401 points.

Clippers coach Tyron Lu won 1 first vote, 3 second votes, and 21 third votes, ranking fifth with a total score of 35 points.

This season's regular season, the Cavaliers ranked first in the Eastern Conference with 64 wins and 18 losses, and the Clippers ranked fifth in the Western Conference with 50 wins and 32 losses.

3. The new strength list of the playoffs was released

Today, the NBA officially announced the latest strength list of the playoffs. The ranking order of the 8 teams is as follows:

Thunder, Celtics, Cavaliers, Timberwolves, Pacers, Warriors, Nuggets and Knicks.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Thunder swept the Grizzlies and the Cavaliers swept the Heat. But in the second round G1, the Cavaliers lost to the Pacers.

4. James will miss the charity dinner

Today, James tweeted that he would not be able to attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art charity dinner tonight due to a knee injury.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Charity Dinner in New York was founded in 1948 and held on the first Monday of May every year. It is known as the "Fashion Oscar". The honorary chairman this year is James. Its ticket price is high (about US$50,000 per piece in 2023, and the cost of one table exceeds US$300,000), and the participants are mainly top stars, designers, artists, business elites, etc.

In Game 5 of the Lakers and Timberwolves Series, James suffered a second-degree sprain in the medial collateral ligament on his left knee. The Lakers were eventually eliminated by the Timberwolves 1-4 in the first round.

5. Tucker became the longest-age player in the second round of the playoffs

Today is Tucker's 40th birthday, becoming the only player in the playoffs this season who is still playing for 40 years old.

Tuck was traded by the Clippers in February this year; on April 2, the Knicks officially announced that they had officially signed Tucker, with a contract of two years, of which the 2025-2026 season is the team option.

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