Three big news in one night! Harden signs a contract to welcome good news, King James injury updates, Durant welcomes good news

On May 15, 2025, the NBA playoffs continued and the Warriors were eliminated by the Timberwolves. After watching this round of the series, I felt that the Warriors were still too dependent on Curry. However, in the first quarter of G1, Curry held the ball with three points and was able to lead by 12 points at that time. Curry could always lead by 20 points to the fourth quarter without playing in the next few quarters. The main reason was that the Timberwolves played poorly, and Hilde suffered an X-factor. G2 obviously made the Timberwolves adjust back. The Warriors can still maintain their support in the first half of the next few games, but they obviously can't beat the Timberwolves in the second half. Even if Curry is there, he still needs to be super gods every game to win. Then Curry will have to increase the load and increase the probability of injury. The previous Warriors' winning logic was that Curry was not good, and there was also a Thompson super god, but now it is gone. Even if Curry has this Warriors, most of them will still advance. The upper limit is not as high as the Warriors before. Now it is obvious that Curry can't win the ball if he doesn't have three-pointers.

The editor will share with you the latest NBA information today, mainly related to Harden, Durant and James. A brief summary is as follows: 3 major news in one night! Harden signs a contract to welcome good news, Durant receives good news, and James' injury is updated!

First of all, Harden signs a contract to welcome good news. Today, according to reporter Zach Buckley, it is expected that James Harden will not implement the player option. He will sign a new contract worth about $75 million with the Clippers for two years. This contract is not small and is undoubtedly good news. But some fans believe that the Clippers won't give it three years, so even if Harden wants to stay in the team, he will have to have at least 4,000,000. Harden still has a market, and the Timberwolves next door and the Magic in the East are urgently in need of organizing guards. Harden also has first-hand organizational skills, and can train centers and defenders. He can sign a little higher when playing bad teams, but he can't get much higher, up to 120 million in three years. The playoffs require defense and goals in confrontation, which is a bit difficult for Harden. Like Anthony, he has offense but no defense, and no one wants it early. Overall, the Clippers also give him a conscience price.

Then Durant ushered in good news. According to the latest news, Durant won the 2024-25 season Magician Award, commending the excellent stadium and good cooperation with the media. The Suns were eliminated early this season, and being able to win this award is also a bit of comfort to Adu. Adu’s problem is injury. He was quite fragile when he was young, but now he is older and has a ruptured Achilles tendon. He is more likely to get injured when fighting. Once injured, he may basically enter the elderly care mode. Without injury, Adu's shooting feel is not a problem, and he contributes more than 20 points in a stable manner in each game. The editor thinks Adu is amazing, but his age and injury history are both problems. If you give too much to get him for the sake of trading, it is really meaningless. For example, the Rockets might as well keep the lineup and continue to train for a year. After all, Uduka has only led the team for two years to get such a result. In fact, there is no need to worry, after all, it has been so bad for so many years.

Finally, there is an update on James' injury. The Athletic Lakers reporter Jovan Buha said in a show that James has been recovering throughout the offseason, and I am not worried that a knee injury will affect the training camp. James' peak endurance is too strong, time will prove everything. So many people were injured this year, and even young people were injured, such as Tatum, which shows how difficult it is for James to play for 22 seasons and how great it is for the Eastern Conference to play in the finals for eight consecutive years. Maybe it’s because James has always been too strong, maybe people have higher expectations of him, maybe they are a little envious and jealous, and they are immediately questioned, but have we ever seen a 40-year-old still have this level? This may be great, I hope he can play for a few more years. In fact, James played very well this season in the playoffs, especially on the defensive end. The loss was mainly because the lineup structure was unreasonable and the fragile inside line was abused.

After watching this year's playoffs, maybe the times have really changed. Zhan Duku hasn't touched the floor of the division finals for two consecutive years. Now, many fans probably don't recognize the new stars in the league. Finally, to our youth that will eventually pass away.