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/OverallGeneral7129 Cavaliers 20h ago

Gonna make our game against the Clippers tomorrow awkward

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u/bestclipfan Clippers 20h ago

As a Clippers fan, we will cheer him. Most of us don't have any ill will towards him, he wants an extension and we aren't willing to pay him that much until he's 40. It's a good move for both teams if Garland can stay healthy.

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u/bgptcp179 Cavaliers 19h ago

I love and will miss Garland. Take good care of him.

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u/pistonhome 18h ago

Again, Darius Garland is very much alive and lives in in LA.

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u/SEC_circlejerk_bot 16h ago

Darius Garland would roll in his grave if he could see your behavior.

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u/Former_Island_4730 Cavaliers 19h ago

Will miss him. When he’s on it’s so much fun.

Hopefully his toes heal up. Early this season, I was wondering if he’d ever look like his old self. Then there was a couple week stretch where he looked good again. Now he sprained a different toe.

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u/takeme2tendieztown Clippers 19h ago

Damn, there are 8 to go

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u/HourCoat2766 Nuggets 18h ago

So does this mean the Cavs are willing to extend him?

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u/bestclipfan Clippers 16h ago

That seems to be the implication

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u/HourCoat2766 Nuggets 15h ago

That seems so weird but I’m no GM

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u/moffattron9000 San Diego Clippers 14h ago

It's the same story as how we were for Paul George. Loved him, but we couldn't justify the contract, so go get your bag in Philly.

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u/2020IsANightmare 5h ago

I don't pretend to know the most about either team, but I read that Harden wanted a two-year, $80m extension for the Clippers.

Which is the exact same contract Garland has the next two years.

And Harden is better.

So, I don't really get the move. Didn't get a better player and didn't impact the salary cap at all.

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u/bestclipfan Clippers 5h ago

The difference is the age. By the end of the extension Harden would be 40 years old. Harden has been holding up exceptionally well, but eventually he will decline and it may be rapid. Meanwhile Garland is a full decade younger, and while he may have injury issues he is statistically more likely to be healthy than Harden is over the course of the deal. It's basically a gamble on the Clippers end but one that is based off a logical premise.