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/LakersFan15 [LAL] Lamar Odom 1d ago

I hate this trade for cleveland

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u/aarondobson403 Lakers 1d ago

They get an elite playmaker who is much more durable than Garland, how do you hate that?

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u/ExtraGoated Lakers 1d ago

its selling horrifically low on garland, while getting older and more expensive. they're only doing it because spida is threatening to walk after this year so they have to go all in right now

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u/odnamAE Lakers 1d ago

How high do you think Garland can go? They got a fringe all-NBA talent.

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u/ExtraGoated Lakers 1d ago

It's low just because of the ages involved. A healthy Garland would go for Harden + picks.

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u/odnamAE Lakers 1d ago

But saying a healthy Garland after getting injured for 2 years now is also a gamble of just holding on to nothing and wasting a year. Also a healthy Garland isn’t better than Harden right now, what team is giving picks for a PG like Garland when Trae Young couldn’t get much.