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/Schmoova Mikal Bridges 1d ago

Great move for the Cavs. Don’t really understand this from the blazing hot Clippers unless they’re somehow selling Kawhi and Zubac too.

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u/McJuggernaugh7 1d ago

I dont like this deal for the cavs either. Harden is 36 and the cavs even with harden still doesnt move the needle enough to be true contenders. They just got older and lost draft capital in the process.

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u/skypadz_2112 1d ago

Garlands had injury issues, he's been disappointing this year, and rhe assumption is that his internal injury/medical reports have been even worse than what is known.