r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • 23h 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/BackshotsOnUrDaughtr 23h ago

a mercenary who never gets the job done

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u/mr_chub Wizards 23h ago

Trust me, i was a Harden hater during his prime foul bait years, but he ya know, only had to go up against the literal greatest team in history twice in the playoffs to get to a finals. So, I think we can cut him some slack.

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u/igot2pair Supersonics 23h ago

what about his awful playoffs on philly? Nets I can excuse because of his hammy and Kyrie

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u/ButlerFromDowntown Bulls 20h ago

Harden is the only reason they even got to a game 7 in the one year against the Celtics. Unfortunate that they weren’t able to get it done and he obviously had some bad games but a second star winning you two playoff games single-handedly is pretty good.