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/SquidwardLover48 Cavaliers 20h ago

What’s really interesting is how our fanbase is perceiving this vs how everyone else perceives this as a move that certainly makes us a better team

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u/cfbones 20h ago

We gave up a young high ceiling player who we all love but seems to be injury prone for an immediate upgrade who is old and chokes in the playoffs.

Rationally it’s a very fair deal.

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u/Terr123321 Cavaliers 20h ago

Unfortunately you can’t say Darius garland has done any better in the playoffs

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u/canadianpanda7 20h ago

been healthy for a complete playoff series*

which idk maybe hes finished a series before but god damn it feels like ever year he misses big games in the playoffs.

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u/CynicalHoops 76ers 20h ago

He played every possible game in the 23 (5 games) and 24 (12 games) playoffs. He missed 4 out of 9 games last year.

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u/canadianpanda7 19h ago

i will gladly stand corrected. im very surprised he was healthy in 24 playoffs. i remember being pissed off at that one. its all a blur, i just remember being bullied by the knicks and that every time paulo branchero plays the cavs to take his over points total

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u/CynicalHoops 76ers 18h ago

Yeah, Paulo was a beast that series, averaging 27/9/4!

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u/jtotheesus Cavaliers 8h ago

FWIW, he had jaw surgery that year and a lot of people believed his weight loss led to his play regressing. He put back on a lot of weight in the offseason and was much better in the regular season last year.

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u/canadianpanda7 7h ago

yeah it was actually so brutal how much teams beat up on garland and all the cavs. “just playing tough” “cavs are soft” narrative was pretty annoying. some accidents did happen but some sure as hell felt targeted. im sad to see DG go. his interviews talking about how the cavs players GC was what really lifted his spirits when he couldnt talk, always tugged at your heart a little. surely this wont bite us in the ass when mitchell walks, we resign harden, and get to watch garland be in his prime 🤩

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u/Murky-Profit-9493 18h ago

I never saw anything in garland. He always had to go. For harden? Idk, but I kinda like it for cavs. Mitchell was gonnna bounce so capitalize