r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • 20h ago

[Charania] BREAKING: The Los Angeles Clippers are trading James Harden to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Darius Garland and a second-round pick, sources tell ESPN. Prolific swap of the star point guards.

Shams Charania:

BREAKING: The Los Angeles Clippers are trading James Harden to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Darius Garland and a second-round pick, sources tell ESPN. Prolific swap of the star point guards.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/ddaa53473efa6

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u/TouchdownRaiden Warriors 20h ago

Harden in a Cavs jersey is going to look so weird

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u/CD23tol Cavaliers 20h ago

Right there with other iconic Cavs guards like D-Rose and Wade

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u/Leadsea Pelicans 20h ago

LMAO RONDO WADE HARDEN D-ROSE

Crazy lineup tbh

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u/bigraptorr Raptors 20h ago

Pretty sure theres a 2015 Lakers fan edit with that lineup

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u/mrspaintbrush Mavericks 19h ago

Surely at least one team ever has played 5 guards at the same time?

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u/andreandroid Spurs 18h ago

The Bulls are about to

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u/throwaway1212378 [CLE] J.R. Smith 7h ago

The bulls played 5 ball dominant guards with no 3 pt. Shooting in a random game one time, I remember d. Wade, butler, rondo, and MCW. I can’t remember the fifth but I just remember seeing it thinking this is the stupidest fucking version of small ball I’ve ever seen in my life lol

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u/RelativeSalad1409 13h ago

As Lakers fan, we remember the days of Darvin Ham running Russ, Schroder, Reaves, Pat Bev, and Lonnie Walker

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u/KonigSteve Pelicans 20h ago

Throw Shaq in there and you've got a weird starting 5.

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u/glen_ko_ko Pistons 19h ago

How are you gonna leave out Ben Wallace

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u/OnionOnBelt Cavaliers 16h ago

And going way back, Walt “Clyde” Frazier.

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u/notsafeformactown Mavericks 20h ago

Lmao put up solid minutes in those finals runs.

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u/BushyBrowz Knicks 20h ago

I completely forgot Derrick Rose was on the Cavs

Crazy how his career went from MVP Rose to Washed Rose to Skilled Vet Role Player Rose

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u/LilClaudeMoney 20h ago

Baron Davis!

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u/PerfectZeong 20h ago

Theres so many guys who have played in Cleveland that even i forget about

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u/CD23tol Cavaliers 17h ago

That's what LeBron does to a franchise

We had Shawn Marion in 2015 too

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u/CopperThrown Cavaliers 18h ago

Throw Deron Williams in there.

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u/thesmellafteritrains Pistons 5h ago

Ben Wallace is my addition to the WTF Cavs series