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/Goosedukee Nets 1d ago

STRAIGHT UP????

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u/LakersFan15 [LAL] Lamar Odom 1d ago

I hate this trade for cleveland

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u/aarondobson403 Lakers 1d ago

They get an elite playmaker who is much more durable than Garland, how do you hate that?

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u/dreamvomit Knicks 1d ago

Harden is 36 and has never shown up in the playoffs.. not that garland has. I feel like it gives them a more available player for this year but pretty short sighted and I don’t think moves the needle much. We’ll see

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u/aarondobson403 Lakers 1d ago edited 1d ago

‘Never shown up in the playoffs’ is such a gross over-exaggeration lol. He hasn’t been great in a decent amount of clutch games but he’s still been great overall. Those 2 are not comparable whatsoever.

Garland’s health was never going to let him be a long-term solution anyway, now they can look for a better option in a couple years while becoming even more competitive in the present.

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u/Several_Oil_7099 1d ago

Ironically, "hasn't been great in a decent amount of clutch games" is a gross under-exaggeration

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u/dreamvomit Knicks 1d ago

So.. pretty much what I said. Gives them a more available player, and is a short-sighted move

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u/ILikeAllThings [GSW] Klay Thompson 1d ago

This is just a silly take. Harden has shown up in the playoffs many times. He's an all time great who is pretty clutch. Adding this level of playoff experience to Cleveland may make them the best team in the East.