Rockets Sign James Harden To 5 Year $80 Million Extension

[key2win]

James Harden gets $80M extension with Rockets - Yahoo! Sports

Wow, Rockets way overpaid Harden. I guess they are that desperate to have a main star on their team.

James Harden has agreed to a five-year, $80 million contract extension with the Houston Rockets, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Harden, 23, was acquired by the Rockets late Saturday in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Wednesday was the deadline for teams to agree to contract extension with players taken in the first round of 2009 draft.

[gladdyontherise]

Harden went off on the Pistons tonight I saw, then again, it's the Pistons.

[key2win]

Yeah its only the Pistons. LOL!

His first Rockets game stat line - 14/25 FG, 4/10 3PT, 5/6 FT, 3 Reb, 12 Asst, 4 TO, 4 Stl, 1 Blk, and 37 points in a win.

[leedawg62]

He would have gotten a max contract somewhere (just not in OKC becuase they already gave max to Durant and Westbrook and are looking to do the same for Ibaka).

[whitney777]

He's a big talent, but I don't think he's a max talent. Another team would've given him the same deal, though. The Rockets needed to lock him up after making the trade.

[tndcollectables]

I think he is more valuable than Westbrook, it showed last night on how much they missed him.