{"id":75956,"date":"2025-07-23T13:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=75956"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:40:20","slug":"how-james-hardens-sacrifice-helped-la-clippers-to-make-formidable-roster-in-pursuit-of-nba-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/how-james-hardens-sacrifice-helped-la-clippers-to-make-formidable-roster-in-pursuit-of-nba-title\/","title":{"rendered":"How James Harden&#8217;s Sacrifice helped LA Clippers to make Formidable Roster in Pursuit of NBA Title?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 11-time All-Star, James Harden is becoming a big player for the Los Angeles Clippers over the last two years. Ahead of the season 2025-26, Harden made a sacrifice for the team in pursuit of the NBA Championship which was missed last season. The Clippers had a solid regular season but they couldn&rsquo;t sustain in the playoffs and lost to the Nuggets 4-3. <\/p><p>James Harden denied a bigger contract to help the Clippers make a solid roster for the new season. Los Angeles was struggling to make offers for the new players due to Harden&rsquo;s hefty contract. The 2018 NBA MVP provided a better flexibility with the contracts Clippers offer to players.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/will-schroders-arrival-impact-sacramento-kings-interest-in-russell-westbrook\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Will Schroder&rsquo;s arrival impact Sacramento Kings&rsquo; interest in Russell Westbrook?<\/a><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clippers President&nbsp;Credits James Harden&rsquo;s Contract Move in Building a New Roster for Upcoming Season <\/h2><p>Harden&rsquo;s contract move helped the Clippers to get two magnificent signings. Los Angeles signed Brook Lopez from the Milwaukee Bucks and later, they acquired Bradley Beal off waivers. It was only possible due to the money they saved from Harden&rsquo;s contract.<\/p><p>The NBA legend has his mind set on one thing&nbsp;which is the NBA Championship. Harden is yet to win the NBA title in his career. The 35-year-old reached the NBA Finals in 2011 in just his second season in the league with the OKC Thunder, but missed out the glory. Harden is now looking to win the championship with the Clippers. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4 years ago today James Harden had 32 straight 30 point games, which had only been done by Wilt Chamberlain before.<br><br>This is one of the most impressive streaks in sports history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FsVjty5Qom\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/FsVjty5Qom<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradeauxNBA\/status\/1628388537883033601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>President of basketball operations Lawrence Frank admired James Harden for making contributions in building a roster and talked about his willingness for the title. Clippers got Brook Lopez, who could be a good option at center behind Ivica Zubac. On the other hand, Bradley Beal will take a role into Norman Powell&rsquo;s former spot.<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;So, without James, we can&rsquo;t even get Brad (Beal), because we wouldn&rsquo;t have use of the full MLE. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMa7RP1yWal\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>A post shared by NBA on ESPN (@nbaonespn)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p><p>Los Angeles Clippers also acquired their former player and the NBA legend Chris Paul, who played alongside James Harden at Hornets. Paul appears destined for a bench role after starting all 82 games last season. Clippers are aiming for the toughest task of winning the NBA championship and they have the tools to reach the glory next season. <\/p><p><em>Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of basketball operations Lawrence Frank admired James Harden for making contributions in building a roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":75971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[205,96,8052],"class_list":["post-75956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-james-harden","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba-2025-26"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How James Harden&#039;s Sacrifice helped LA Clippers to make Formidable Roster in Pursuit of NBA Title? 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