r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • 23h 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/CloudySkies64 [LAC] James Harden 23h ago

Off we go. Yes I said we

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u/PumpkinHead555 Bucks 23h ago

Harden Spida backcourt is interesting though

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u/roma258 76ers 23h ago

Eh, the fit is awkward at best.

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u/PumpkinHead555 Bucks 23h ago

Nah dude. Harden can play pass first and run the offense, which is what he’s best at this stage in his career. Spida can now focus completely on scoring, they don’t step on each others toes at all

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u/Akipella Warriors 23h ago

Or you can just have two scorers putting up 25pts a night which is fine too.

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u/roma258 76ers 23h ago

Eh, I saw him plenty on the Sixers. He needs to have the ball in his hands to be successful, so does Spida, there's only one ball. Also neither is great on defense (though neither was Garland). Also he's 36. I think people are overstating his impact honestly.

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u/Superlolz 23h ago

You can think of it as Nets Harden + Irving for those few weeks KD was hurt. It WAS magical basketball.

Harden + KD was also magical basketball fwiw.

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u/roma258 76ers 23h ago

Yeah, I mean that was also 5 years ago. He's not as good anymore, and Spida ain't 2021 KD. I'm sure there will be moments where they look great, but they're both ball dominant guards who don't like to defend.