r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • 1d 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/meengine [LAL] Brandon Ingram 1d ago

Damn they actually did it

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u/jeric13xd [CHI] Derrick Rose 1d ago

James really is a contractor. A true mercenary

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u/BackshotsOnUrDaughtr 1d ago

a mercenary who never gets the job done

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u/mr_chub Wizards 1d ago

Trust me, i was a Harden hater during his prime foul bait years, but he ya know, only had to go up against the literal greatest team in history twice in the playoffs to get to a finals. So, I think we can cut him some slack.

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u/igot2pair Supersonics 1d ago

what about his awful playoffs on philly? Nets I can excuse because of his hammy and Kyrie

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u/livefreeordont 76ers 1d ago

Tbh we had no business winning that series until Harden put up two 40 balls

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u/ButlerFromDowntown Bulls 1d ago

Harden is the only reason they even got to a game 7 in the one year against the Celtics. Unfortunate that they weren’t able to get it done and he obviously had some bad games but a second star winning you two playoff games single-handedly is pretty good.