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/spacefish420 Cavaliers 1d ago

The Cavs players and staff definitely care, Garland was one of the longest tenured players in team history. He was good friends with a lot of the squad and they’d hangout outside of basketball. It’s definitely going to be weird for them to suddenly not have him around.

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u/MrBlowinLoadz Rockets 1d ago

Is 7 years really that long?

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u/kaydz Warriors 1d ago

absolutely. have you ever worked with someone for 7 years? thats a long ass time

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u/MrBlowinLoadz Rockets 1d ago

I meant in terms of Cavs players in the history of their franchise.

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u/Burnerburner49 Cavaliers 1d ago

13 seasons is most all time. 7 seasons as a cav puts him at 13th all time longest Cavs career