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Ranking the NBA's Biggest Bag Fumbles of the Past 15 Years
Bryan Toporek
Aug 27, 2026
盘点过去 15 年 NBA 最大的一场空合约（Bag Fumbles）
作者：Bryan Toporek
日期：2026 年 8 月 27 日
Every offseason, dozens of NBA players cash in by signing contracts for life-c
hanging amounts of money.
Not every player is so fortunate, though. When the free-agent game of musical
chairs ends and cap space dries up around the league, plenty of players are fo
rced to sign below-market deals and try their luck again next year.
Here, we're focused on the players who blew the biggest bags in recent years.
每到休赛季，总会有数十名 NBA 球员签下足以改变人生的钜额合约、赚得盆满钵满。然
而，并非每个人都这么幸运。当自由市场的“大风吹”游戏结束、全联盟的薪资空间被消
耗殆尽时，许多球员被迫只能签下低于市场行情的合约，并寄望明年重新来过。本文将聚
焦于近年来那些“把到手的肥约弄飞”的球员们。
Players who lost out on major paydays because of injuries won't be appearing i
n these rankings. Victor Oladipo, DeMarcus Cousins and Isaiah Thomas all made
far less money than they would have prior to their respective career-altering
injuries, but that isn't their fault.
The players featured here all had a choice at some point. They all just chose
poorly from a financial standpoint.
We've ranked them here based on how much they reportedly gave up, what they en
ded up signing for and how much each of them earned from that point forward.
那些因为受伤而错失巨额薪水的人不会出现在这份排名中。维克多 欧拉迪波（Victor Ol
adipo）、德马库斯 考辛斯（DeMarcus Cousins）和伊塞亚 汤玛斯（Isaiah Thomas）在
遭遇改变职业生涯的伤势后，所赚到的钱都远少于受伤前应得的，但这并非他们的错。这
里列出的球员在当时都有选择的权利。只是从财务的角度来看，他们都做出了糟糕的抉择
。我们的排名依据是：他们据传放弃了多少钱、最终签下了什么合约，以及自那之后他们
实际赚到了多少钱。
8. Caleb Martin (2024)
Heading into the 2024 offseason, the Miami Heat offered Caleb Martin a five-ye
ar, $65 million extension, according to Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun
Sentinel. He would have needed to pick up his $7.1 million player option in 2
024-25, and the Heat would have tacked on an extra four years and $58 million
from there.
Instead, Martin declined his player option to become an unrestricted free agen
t. He wound up signing a four-year, $35 million deal with the Philadelphia 76e
rs that contained an additional $5.3 million in unlikely-to-be-earned incentiv
es.
"I mean, you're always going to wish you can make as much money as you can," M
artin told reporters after he signed with the Sixers. "It's part of the game,
it's part of life. You live and learn. You take risks. Sometimes it works, som
etimes it doesn't."
Martin didn't even last a full season with the Sixers. They sent him to the Da
llas Mavericks ahead of the 2025 trade deadline for Quentin Grimes, and it's b
een all downhill for him ever since. In 2025-26, he averaged a career-low 3.9
points in 14.8 minutes per game.
Martin is earning $10.0 million in 2026-27 and has a $9.4 million player optio
n in 2027-28, which will be his age-32 campaign. In theory, he'll still have a
chance to recoup some of the money he lost by declining the Heat's offer in 2
024. But barring a drastic turnaround, it's difficult to imagine him receiving
an offer that tops his player option in 2027.
Martin might be a minimum or near-minimum player from here on out, which means
this could wind up being a roughly $30 million bag fumble.
在进入 2024 年休赛季之前，据《南佛罗里达太阳哨兵报》记者艾拉毽脏w曼（Ira Winde
rman）报导，迈阿密热火队曾向凯勒布 马丁开出了一份 5 年 6,500 万美元的续约合约
。这需要他先执行 2024-25 赛季 710 万美元的球员选项，然后热火队会再追加 4 年 5,
800 万美元的合约。然而，马丁拒绝了球员选项，成为一名完全自由球员。他最终与费城
76 人队签下了一份 4 年 3,500 万美元的合约，其中还包含额外 530 万美元“难以达
成”的激励奖金。
“我的意思是，你总是会希望自己能赚到尽可能多的钱，”马丁在与 76 人队签约后告诉
记者。“这是比赛的一部分，也是生活的一部分。你一边生活一边学习，并且承担风险。
有时能成功，有时则不然。”马丁甚至没在 76 人队待满一个完整赛季。在 2025 年交易
截止日前，他们将他交易至达拉斯独行侠以换取昆汀 格莱姆斯（Quentin Grimes），而
自那之后他便一路走下坡。在 2025-26 赛季，他场均仅能贡献生涯新低的 3.9 分，上场
时间也缩减至 14.8 分钟。马丁在 2026-27 赛季的薪水为 1,000 万美元，并在 2027-28
赛季（届时他将迎来 32 岁赛季）拥有 940 万美元的球员选项。理论上，他仍然有机会
在 2027 年拒绝该选项并成为自由球员，借此挽回他在 2024 年拒绝热火队报价所损失的
钱。但除非他能上演惊天大逆转，否则很难想像他到时能获得一份超越该球员选项金额的
新报价。
从现在起，马丁可能会沦为一名领取老将底薪或接近底薪的球员，这意味着这场“弄飞肥
约”的代价可能高达约 3,000 万美元。
7. Jonathan Kuminga (2025)
Jonathan Kuminga and the Golden State Warriors spent the entire 2025 offseason
in a restricted-free-agency standoff. Shortly before the Oct. 1 qualifying-of
fer deadline, Kuminga agreed to sign a two-year, $46.8 million deal with a sec
ond-year team option.
The deal was "designed for the Warriors—or another team if and when Kuminga i
s traded during the upcoming season—to rip up and complete a fresh new contra
ct after the 2025-26 campaign," ESPN's Shams Charania reported at the time. Th
e Warriors did trade Kuminga to the Atlanta Hawks ahead of the trade deadline,
and the Hawks did decline their $24.3 million team option on Kuminga, but tha
t's just about all that went according to plan for him.
Instead of landing a hefty payday, Kuminga once again languished in free agenc
y for nearly two months. Finally, in late August, he agreed to sign a two-year
, $12.4 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Kuminga did secure a second-year player option, so he'll have another chance t
o cash in as a free agent in 2027. But he's earning less than $6.1 million in
2026-27, which is a far cry from the team option that the Hawks declined.
Here's where it gets painful: The Warriors reportedly offered Kuminga two cont
ract structures during their standoff in 2025. They offered him the two-year,
$46.8 million deal that he wound up signing, and a three-year, $75 million con
tract with a third-year team option, according to Charania and ESPN's Anthony
Slater.
In essence, Kuminga could have been guaranteed $24.3 million in 2026-27, and t
he Warriors would have had a $26.1 million team option on him in 2027-28. Inst
ead, he's now set to earn roughly $18.2 million less in 2026-27, but he'll hav
e the freedom to become an unrestricted free agent in 2027.
The jury is still out on how momentous of a bag fumble this winds up being, bu
t for now, Kuminga's agent has a lot of explaining to do.
强纳森 库明加与金州勇士队在整个 2025 年休赛季都陷入了受限制自由球员的对峙僵局
。就在 10 月 1 日资质报价截止日前不久，库明加同意签下一份为期 2 年、价值 4,680
万美元的合约，且第二年为球队选项。根据 ESPN 的夏姆斯枫d拉尼亚（Shams Charania
）当时的报导，这份协议的设计初衷是“让勇士队（或者如果库明加在赛季期间被交易的
话，由其他球队承接）在 2025-26 赛季结束后将其作废，并重新完成一份全新的合约”
。勇士队确实在交易截止日前将库明加送到了亚特兰大老鹰队，老鹰队也确实拒绝了库明
加第二年 2,430 万美元的球队选项，但这大概是唯一按照他预期发展的事情了。库明加
非但没有如愿拿到一笔巨额合同，反而在自由市场上再次枯等了将近两个月。最终，在 8
月下旬，他同意与明尼苏达灰狼队签下一份 2 年 1,240 万美元的合约。
虽然库明加确实争取到了第二年的球员选项，这让他有机会在 2027 年再次成为自由球员
以争取大约，但他 2026-27 赛季的薪水不足 610 万美元，这与当初老鹰队拒绝的球队选
项金额相去甚远。最让人痛心的地方来了：根据查拉尼亚和 ESPN 记者安东尼 斯莱特（A
nthony Slater）的报导，在 2025 年对峙期间，勇士队曾向库明加提供了两种续约方案
。一种是他最终签下的这份 2 年 4,680 万美元合约，另一种则是 3 年 7,500 万美元（
第三年为球队选项）的合约。本质上来说，如果选择后者，库明加在 2026-27 赛季原本
可以稳拿 2,430 万美元的保证薪水，且勇士队在 2027-28 赛季还拥有一项 2,610 万美
元的球员选项。然而如今，他在 2026-27 赛季的收入将减少约 1,820 万美元，唯一的安
慰是他将有自由在 2027 年成为完全自由球员。
这场风波最终会演变成多么重大的合约灾难目前仍未有定论，但就目前而言，库明加的经
纪人显然有很多事情需要好好解释一下。
6. Donatas Motiejunas (2016)
In 2016, the Brooklyn Nets signed restricted free agent Donatas Motiejunas to
a four-year, $37 million offer sheet, according to ESPN's Calvin Watkins. The
Houston Rockets decided to match, which is where the drama typically ends for
restricted free agents.
Motiejunas proved to be the exception to that rule.
According to Watkins, the Rockets only had to match the "principal terms" of t
he offer sheet, which was $31 million. As a result, Motiejunas then refused to
show up for his physical, leaving the Rockets to wait him out or pull the off
er sheet and let him become a restricted free agent again.
The Rockets initially did the latter, but they then signed Motiejunas to a fou
r-year, $35 million deal. However, an issue arose in his physical, and the Roc
kets wound up renouncing their rights to him entirely. That made him an unrest
ricted free agent who was free to sign with any team.
Motiejunas wound up signing a one-year, $1.5 million minimum-salary contract w
ith the New Orleans Pelicans. He played only 37 NBA games in total from that p
oint forward.
That's a casual $35-plus million bag fumble.
2016 年，布鲁克林篮网队向受限制自由球员多纳塔斯 莫泰尤纳斯开出了一份 4 年 3,70
0 万美元的报价单（Offer Sheet），根据 ESPN 记者卡尔文 沃特金斯（Calvin Watkins
）报导，休士顿火箭队最终决定匹配这份报价。这通常是受限制自由球员争议画下句点的
时候。但莫泰尤纳斯成了那个例外。根据沃特金斯的报导，火箭队其实只需要匹配报价单
中的“核心条款”，即 3,100 万美元。结果，莫泰尤纳斯因此拒绝前往火箭队进行体检
，使得火箭队只能选择苦等他，或者撤销报价单让他再次成为受限制自由球员。火箭队起
初选择了后者（撤销报价），但随后又与莫泰尤纳斯签下了一份 4 年 3,500 万美元的合
约。然而，他的体检又出现了问题，最终火箭队索性彻底放弃了他的签约权。这使他成为
了一名可以与任何球队签约的完全自由球员。莫泰尤纳斯最终与纽奥良鹈鹕队签下了一份
为期 1 年、价值 150 万美元的底薪合约。自那之后，他整个职业生涯总共也只打了 37
场 NBA 比赛。这是一场平白丢失 3,500 多万美元的典型惨案。
5. Shabazz Muhammad (2017)
After the NBA's salary cap exploded in 2016, the Minnesota Timberwolves offere
d Shabazz Muhammad a four-year extension "believed to be worth at least $40 mi
llion," according to Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune.
The following summer, he wound up re-signing with the Timberwolves on a two-ye
ar, $3.4 million minimum-salary contract.
According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, "Muhammad re-signed with the Timberwol
ves last offseason with hopes of a substantial bench role, only to find [then-
head coach Tom] Thibodeau reverting to the longstanding practices of shorter b
ench rotations and heavy starter minutes that became a staple of his five year
s as Chicago Bulls coach." He averaged only 9.7 minutes per game with Minnesot
a in 2017-18 after playing 20.5 minutes per game over the previous three seaso
ns.
Muhammad asked for the Timberwolves to either send him elsewhere at the 2018 t
rade deadline or release him, according to Wojnarowski. They eventually chose
the latter, leading him to sign a rest-of-season contract with the Milwaukee B
ucks. Muhammad played in 11 games for the Bucks that season and has yet to app
ear in an NBA game since then.
Muhammad met with the Los Angeles Lakers when he was a free agent and reported
ly turned down bigger offers from other teams to re-sign with the Timberwolves
, per Zgoda. Considering how caustically their partnership ended later that se
ason, it might have been better for both parties to part ways in free agency.
在 2016 年 NBA 薪资上限迎来大爆炸之后，明尼苏达灰狼队曾向沙巴兹 穆罕默德提供了
一份 4 年的续约合约。据《明星论坛报》的杰里 佐达（Jerry Zgoda）报导，这份合约
据信“价值至少 4,000 万美元”。然而到了隔年夏天，他最终却是以 2 年 340 万美元
的底薪合约重新与灰狼队签约。根据 ESPN 记者阿德里安沃纳罗斯基（Adrian Wojnarows
ki）的报导：“穆罕默德去年夏天与灰狼队续约，原本是希望能在板凳席扮演吃重的角色
，但却发现（时任总教练汤姆）锡伯杜回到了以往的用人习惯——缩短替补轮替时间并重
用主力，这也是他在执教芝加哥公牛队五年期间的一贯作风。”在经历了前三个赛季场均
出赛 20.5 分钟后，穆罕默德在 2017-18 赛季在明尼苏达场均仅获得 9.7 分钟的上场时
间。据沃纳罗斯基报导，穆罕默德随后要求灰狼队在 2018 年交易截止日前将他送走，否
则就把他释出。他们最终选择了后者，让他随后与密尔瓦基公鹿队签下了一份剩余赛季的
合约。穆罕默德那个赛季为公鹿队打了 11 场比赛，自那之后就再也没有在 NBA 赛场上
亮相过。据佐达透露，穆罕默德在成为自由球员时曾与洛杉矶湖人队会面，据传他当时甚
至拒绝了其他球队更优渥的报价，执意与灰狼队续约。考虑到双方的合作在该赛季晚些时
候闹得如此僵硬，或许在自由市场开启时直接分道扬镳，对双方来说都会是更好的结果。
4. Montrezl Harrell (2020)
Montrezl Harrell hit free agency at the perfect time in 2020. He was fresh off
winning the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award after averaging a career-high 1
8.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game while shooting 58.0 percent overall with
the Los Angeles Clippers.
Harrell just finished a two-year, $12 million contract with the Clippers and a
ppeared poised for a significant raise. He wound up signing a two-year, $19.0
million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers and never got more than a minimum con
tract after that.
Brad Turner of the Los Angeles Times reported that Harrell turned down a bigge
r offer from the Charlotte Hornets when he signed with the Lakers. According t
o ESPN's Kendrick Perkins, the Hornets offered him a four-year, $80 million de
al.
Considering that Harrell earned roughly $25 million over that same span, this
would be a legendary bag fumble if Perkins is right. Harrell earned nearly $39
.5 million across his nine-year career.
If Harrell won a championship with the Lakers, perhaps the discount would have
been worth it. He was joining the reigning champions, after all. The only pro
blem is, they lost in the first round of the playoffs in 2020-21 and missed th
e playoffs entirely the following season.
蒙特雷斯 哈雷尔在 2020 年迎来了进入自由市场的最佳时机。他当时刚代表洛杉矶快艇
队夺下 NBA 年度最佳第六人，场均缴出生涯新高的 18.6 分和 7.1 个篮板，投篮命中率
高达 58.0%。哈雷尔那时刚走完与快艇签下的 2 年 1,200 万美元合约，看起来已经准备
好迎来大幅加薪。但他最终却是以 2 年 1,900 万美元的价格加盟洛杉矶湖人队，且在此
之后，他再也没拿过高于底薪的合约。《洛杉矶时报》记者布拉德 特纳（Brad Turner）
报导指出，哈雷尔在与湖人签约时拒绝了夏洛特黄蜂队更丰厚的报价。而根据 ESPN 的肯
德里克 帕金斯（Kendrick Perkins）透露，黄蜂队当时提供的是一份 4 年 8,000 万美
元的肥约。考虑到哈雷尔在接下来的同个四年跨度中仅赚了约 2,500 万美元，如果帕金
斯的爆料属实，这绝对是一次史诗级的“弄飞肥约”。哈雷尔在九年的职业生涯中总共赚
了将近 3,950 万美元。如果哈雷尔当时随湖人队夺冠，也许这样的降薪折扣还算值得，
毕竟他加入的是卫冕军。但问题在于，湖人队在 2020-21 赛季季后赛首轮便遭到淘汰，
随后一个赛季更是直接无缘季后赛。
3. Dennis Schroder (2021)
In February 2021, the Los Angeles Lakers approached Dennis Schroder's agent to
discuss a contract extension, according to ESPN's Dave McMenamin. They report
edly offered him a four-year, $84 million deal, per ESPN's Brian Windhorst (vi
a Dan Feldman of NBC Sports), but McMenamin reported that "Schroder's side sai
d they would rather wait until the offseason to discuss a deal when he reached
free agency."
Although Schroder averaged 15.4 points, 5.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game
for the Lakers during the 2020-21 season, the free-agent market wasn't kind to
him the following summer. He wound up settling for a one-year, $5.9 million c
ontract with the Boston Celtics via the taxpayer mid-level exception.
Schroder initially had a good sense of humor about his bag fumble. However, he
later began pushing back on the narrative that he turned down an extension of
fer from the Lakers.
"I mean, end of the day, there never was a contract," Schroder told McMenamin.
"There never was a contract, never rejected anything ... That's not true."
Had the Lakers made him an official offer, Schroder told Jake Fischer of Yahoo
Sports that he would have signed it. "I would never just leave money on the t
able," he added. "My mom didn't raise me that way."
In 2022, Schroder took a one-year, $2.7 million contract to rejoin the Lakers.
And he finally did cash in by signing a two-year, $25.4 million contract with
the Toronto Raptors in 2023 and a three-year, $44.3 million deal with the Det
roit Pistons two years later.
Still, the roughly $34 million he earned over that four-season stretch pales i
n comparison to the $84 million deal that the Lakers were reportedly willing t
o offer him in 2021.
据 ESPN 记者戴夫 麦克梅纳明（Dave McMenamin）报导，2021 年 2 月，洛杉矶湖人队
曾主动联系丹尼斯 施洛德的经纪人讨论提前续约事宜。根据 ESPN 记者布莱恩 温德霍斯
特（Brian Windhorst）的说法，湖人当时开出的是一份 4 年 8,400 万美元的合约。但
麦克梅纳明指出，“施洛德这方表示，他们更希望等到休赛季进入自由市场后再来讨论合
约。”尽管施洛德在 2020-21 赛季为湖人队场均贡献 15.4 分、5.8 次助攻和 3.5 个篮
板，但那年夏天的自由市场对他极其冷酷。他最终只能无奈接受波士顿塞尔提克队开出的
一份为期 1 年、价值 590 万美元的纳税额中产特例合约。起初，施洛德还能幽默地看待
自己错失大约的这件事。不过在后来，他开始反驳关于他拒绝了湖人队续约报价的传闻。
“我的意思是，说到底，根本就从未有过那一纸合约，”施洛德告诉麦克梅纳明。“从来
没有过正式合约，我也从未拒绝过任何东西……那些传言不是真的。”施洛德当时告诉《
雅虎体育》的杰克毓O舍尔（Jake Fischer），如果湖人真的给了他一份正式的报价，他
绝对会签字。“我绝对不会把大把的钞票留在桌上不拿，”他补充道。“我妈妈不是这样
教育我的。”到了 2022 年，施洛德接受了一份 1 年 270 万美元的合约重新加入湖人。
随后他终于迎来收获，在 2023 年与多伦多暴龙队签下了 2 年 2,540 万美元的合约，并
在两年后与底特律活塞队签下了一份 3 年 4,430 万美元的合约。然而，他在那关键的四
个赛季中所赚到的约 3,400 万美元，与当初传闻中湖人在 2021 年愿意提供给他的 8,40
0 万美元相比，依旧显得微不足道。
2. Nerlens Noel (2017)
When Nerlens Noel entered restricted free agency in 2017, the Dallas Mavericks
offered him a four-year, $70 million deal, according to ESPN's Tim MacMahon.
Noel declined and requested a max contract, at which point the Mavericks "imme
diately pulled the offer off the table and never made another one," per MacMah
on.
Noel wound up signing his $4.2 million qualifying offer with the Mavericks ins
tead. The following summer, he left Dallas to sign a two-year, $3.8 million mi
nimum-salary contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
From there, Noel signed a one-year, $5 million deal with the New York Knicks i
n 2020 and then re-upped on a three-year, $28.8 million contract the following
summer. However, he wound up getting bought out of that contract in February
2023 and has appeared in only three NBA games since then.
In total, he came nowhere close to recouping what the Mavericks originally off
ered to pay him in 2017.
"They think he should of taken the [$17 million]," a source close to the Maver
icks told SB Nation's Tim Cato at the time. "That's a good number for him. But
if he's willing to risk it and bet on himself, you can't knock someone lookin
g for their first big bag of money."
Noel wound up suing his former agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, after Klutch
accused Noel of not paying his commission on one of his contracts, according
to Windhorst. A judge dismissed his lawsuit in September 2022, and the two sid
es settled a few months later.
当诺伦斯 诺艾尔在 2017 年进入受限制自由市场时，据 ESPN 记者蒂姆 麦克马洪（Tim
MacMahon）报导，达拉斯独行侠曾向他提供了一份 4 年 7,000 万美元的合约。但诺艾尔
拒绝了，并向球队索要一份顶薪合约，此时独行侠队“立刻将报价从谈判桌上撤回，且再
也没有提供过任何报价”。结果，诺艾尔最终只能被迫接受独行侠队 420 万美元的资质
报价（Qualifying Offer）。隔年夏天，他离开达拉斯，与奥克拉荷马雷霆队签下了一份
为期 2 年、价值 380 万美元的底薪合约。在此之后，诺艾尔于 2020 年与纽约尼克队签
下了 1 年 500 万美元的合约，并在随后一个夏天以 3 年 2,880 万美元成功续约。然而
，他在 2023 年 2 月遭到尼克队买断，此后仅在 NBA 出赛了 3 场比赛。总计下来，他
后来赚到的钱远远没能弥补独行侠在 2017 年最初承诺要给他的数字。“他们认为他当时
应该拿下那笔钱（1,700 万年薪），”一位亲近独行侠队的消息人士当时告诉 SB Nation
的记者蒂姆极d托（Tim Cato）。“这对他来说是个不错的数字。但如果他愿意冒险赌一
把自己，你也不能去苛责一个想追求人生第一笔钜额财富的人。”随后，在 Klutch Spor
ts 指控诺艾尔未支付其中一份合约的佣金后，诺艾尔反手将他的前经纪人——Klutch Sp
orts 的富保罗（Rich Paul）告上法庭，根据温德霍斯特报导。法官在 2022 年 9 月驳
回了他的诉讼，双方并在几个月后达成了和解。
1. James Harden (2021-2024)
Everyone featured here so far turned down tens of millions of dollars. James H
arden is the only one who's turned down hundreds of millions.
In 2021, the Brooklyn Nets offered Harden a three-year, $161 million contract
extension, according to Brian Lewis of the New York Post. Harden declined to s
ign it, perhaps in part because he would be eligible for a four-year, $227 mil
lion extension the ensuing offseason.
Five months later, the Nets traded him to the Philadelphia 76ers, where he reu
nited with former Houston Rockets team president Daryl Morey.
That reunion proved fruitful at first. Morey convinced Harden to sign a two-ye
ar, $68.6 million below-max contract, which gave the Sixers enough space under
the first apron to use both the non-taxpayer MLE to sign P.J. Tucker and the
bi-annual exception to sign Danuel House Jr. Harden got a second-year player o
ption on the deal, which allowed him to opt out and try to cash in the followi
ng summer if he wanted.
Things went south between Harden and the Sixers ahead of his opt-in decision i
n 2023. Morey and the Sixers reportedly ghosted Harden in the days leading up
to the start of free agency, which eventually led him to pick up his option an
d request a trade.
That was not exactly the $227 million payday that was promised.
The Sixers eventually traded Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers last fall, but
the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement effectively defanged the unmatc
hed spending power of team governor Steve Ballmer. With the second apron loomi
ng large, the Clippers refused to give Harden or Kawhi Leonard full max contra
cts. Instead, Harden agreed to a two-year, $70 million deal with a second-year
player option.
In total, Harden made just over $100 million across the three seasons that his
extension with the Nets would have spanned. Granted, he's now one of the only
players in NBA history with more than $500 million in career earnings, so he'
ll be fine either way.
Still, misreading the market for mid-30s stars in the new CBA landscape cost H
arden upward of $60 million.
这份名单上前述的所有人都是拒绝了数千万美元。而詹姆斯 哈登，是唯一一个拒绝了“
数亿美元”的人。2021 年，布鲁克林篮网队曾向哈登提供了一份 3 年 1.61 亿美元的提
前续约合同，据《纽约邮报》记者布莱恩 刘易斯（Brian Lewis）报导。哈登拒绝签字，
部分原因可能是因为他在接下来的休赛季将有资格获得一份为期 4 年、价值 2.27 亿美
元的更庞大续约合约。五个月后，篮网队将他交易到了费城 76 人队，使他在那里与前休
士顿火箭队总经理达雷尔 莫雷（Daryl Morey）重聚。
这次重聚起初看起来成效显著。莫雷说服哈登降薪，签下了一份 2 年 6,860 万美元的低
于顶薪合约，这为 76 人队释放了足够的薪资空间（维持在第一土豪线以下），从而能够
利用全额中产特例签下 P.J. 塔克（P.J. Tucker），并用双年特例签下丹纽尔 豪斯（Da
nuel House Jr.）。哈登在该合约中获得了第二年的球员选项，这使他如果愿意的话，可
以在次年夏天跳出合约去追求顶薪。然而，在 2023 年哈登做出是否执行选项的决定前夕
，他与 76 人队的关系彻底闹翻。据报导，莫雷和 76 人队在自由市场开启前的几天里彻
底“冷落（不联络）”了哈登，这最终导致他一怒之下执行了球员选项并直接提出交易申
请。
这显然不是他当初预期的 2.27 亿美元超级大约。76 人队最终在去年秋天将哈登交易到
了洛杉矶快艇队，但 NBA 的新劳资协议（CBA）实际上阉割了快艇老板史蒂夫 鲍尔默（S
teve Ballmer）富可敌国的超强钞能力。在第二土豪线的巨大威胁下，快艇队拒绝向哈登
或科怀 雷纳德（Kawhi Leonard）提供全额的顶薪合约。最终，哈登只能妥协，签下了一
份 2 年 7,000 万美元、带有第二年球员选项的合约。统计下来，在原本篮网队续约合约
所涵盖的三个赛季中，哈登实际赚到的薪水仅刚好超过 1 亿美元。当然，他目前已经是
NBA 历史上极少数生涯总薪资突破 5 亿美元的球员之一，所以无论如何他都不会为钱发
愁。
但即便如此，在新 CBA 的环境下严重误判了 30 多岁老将球星的市场行情，仍让哈登付
出了损失高达 6,000 多万美元的惨痛代价。

第一果然是哈登

苦命才第七也还好