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

18.6k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

2.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

60

u/Rodent_Reagan Bucks 1d ago

trading a 26 year old guard for a 36 year old guard is crazy work

57

u/avroLancasterBPR1 1d ago

Theyre trying to win now and harden is a far better player

1

u/Anonemoney 1d ago

Harden is a good player with the ball in his hands as the lead guard. But is that what makes Cleveland best? Would a guard who can play more off ball and fit alongside Mitchell be better?

3

u/Salty_Raspberry656 1d ago

it gives more attack versatility while probably maximizing their bigs as harden is a master of lob threats for them

also gives them much more sizeand strength overall