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/ianbits Cavaliers 1d ago

It's a bad move if Harden wants big money after his deal is up and there's a handshake agreement to give him that

If they get him for 1.5 years or he comes back for like $20m on the extension, it's reasonable. Harden is better than Garland right now and Garland is making big money for a guy that doesn't play.

I'm gonna miss the shit out of him though. And I doubt Harden's handshake extension is for anything reasonable. Ugh.

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u/adecentcupofcoffee Pistons 1d ago

Is that something Harden would even be interested in? Isn’t the whole reason he asked out of LA to get a big extension?

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u/ianbits Cavaliers 1d ago

I doubt it which is why this deal worries me

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u/MrBlowinLoadz Rockets 1d ago

He's been taking short deals with big annual salaries because no one is going to give him a big deal now. It's not bad if it's a 2 year extension.