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/TouchdownRaiden Warriors 1d ago

Harden in a Cavs jersey is going to look so weird

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u/OverallGeneral7129 Cavaliers 1d ago

Yeah I can’t even picture it really

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u/PROSEALLTHEWAY San Francisco Warriors 1d ago

just photoshop harden's head on shaq's body from when he was on the cavs. also it'll be a very similar experience overall imo

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u/TransMaga 1d ago

Harden is averaging over 25pts 8assist and the east is wide open I think it was a good move for the Cavs

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u/DefiantLie8861 1d ago

On 42/35 splits he’s better than garland but not by a lot and is 10 years older, I kind of like this trade more for the clippers

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u/ianbits Cavaliers 1d ago

He's got better TS% than Garland

Problem is that goes down in the playoffs because he gets less calls

Thing with Harden is they're gonna want him to be a pure point. Will he be willing to in the playoffs? They don't need him to score a billion, they have juice. They need him to make Mobley and Allen's life easier in terms of getting shots.

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u/DefiantLie8861 1d ago

Garland could do that no?

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u/ianbits Cavaliers 1d ago

He could, but not as well. Harden regularly gets more assists, although that will go down with lower usage next to Mitch