It sounds like James Harden is about to have one hell of a summer. Sure his Rockets fell short in the Western Conference playoffs but it was still great what Harden even did to get them there. Recently he was named MVP by his fellow players at the “Players Awards” which I am sure made Steph Curry feel some type of way. Now he is about to top it all off with a mega $200 million dollar deal with Adidas.
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Adidas has made a big play for the biggest basketball sneaker free agent of the summer of 2015.
The company has submitted a bid of $200 million over 13 years to sign Houston Rockets guard James Harden, sources told ESPN.com. Nike, whose deal with Harden recently expired, has until the end of next week to match the deal or lose him.
A $200 million offer is huge, considering it represents half of what the brand paid for 11 seasons as the NBA’s official uniform supplier. Earlier this year, Adidas announced that it would not fight to renew that deal, which will see its competitor Nike take over after the 2016-17 season.
With incentives, if the deal is consummated, Howard could very well make more from Adidas in the coming years than the Rockets. Harden signed an $80 million contract extension with Houston in 2012 that goes through the 2017-18 season.
Harden hasn’t yet had a signature shoe, but the Nike Hyperchase, which was the shoe that he was most attributed to this past season, sold well certainly because of his wearing of them. In most circumstances, Nike wouldn’t match this number from Adidas, but it’s said things are hypersensitive inside corporate headquarters after the brand not only gave up Curry to Under Armour — after not matching an offer for less than $4 million a year — but also missed at golfer Jordan Spieth, who went with Under Armour as well.
Whether Nike matches the offer to keep him, either way the money truck will be backing up to his house soon.
