Harden has a player option for 2025-26 at $36.3 million for the season. He can play out the final year of the contract or become a free agent in the summer. He still logged significant minutes (35.3 per game) and continued to produce. A strong run during the postseason reaffirmed his status as a capable scorer.

The first round of the 2025 NBA Draft is in the books, but there's still plenty of talent on the board when Round 2 begins on Thursday.

The NBA draft resumes Thursday night with the Minnesota Timberwolves making the first selection of the second round. The draft picks up where it left off at Barclays Center in Brooklyn — though in a much smaller portion of it than was used Wednesday for the first round .

Minnesota Timberwolves star Naz Reid intends to sign a five-year, $125 million contract to stay with the franchise, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. Reid was set to become one of the top free agents available on the open market, but instead, will stay with the franchise that signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2019.

With the NBA offseason underway for most teams, this is your one-stop shop for following all the drama that makes this league so unpredictable.

The Wolves are re-signing one of their own. And there's new basketball leadership in Toronto. Follow for the latest.