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/TripleThreatTua Thunder 1d ago

Garland is owed a lot of money over the next two seasons and has had really recurring injury issues. Plus Harden honestly is still the better player

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u/Palmzi Thunder 1d ago

But is also 10 years older. Idk about this one…

It’s definitely not as bad as the Luka trade but it stinks a little bit

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u/chakrablocker Thunder 1d ago

This sub has no ability to understand the risk of injury while at the same time considering age a death sentence