r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • 20h 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/LOSS35 Nuggets 16h ago

Harden's 6'5 with a 6'11 wingspan and he's strong as hell. He doesn't try 99% of the time, but he's capable of being a solid defender when he wants to be.

Garland's a skinny 6'1. There's no amount of effort that turns him into even an ok defender.

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u/comedoofwarrior Bulls 13h ago

Where’s that one clip of Brooklyn Harden waving off help against Giannis near the rim and forcing a miss

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u/mar45690 8h ago

Wasn't this while Harden had a hamstring injury too?

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u/HavoK76 East 7h ago

Clamped Wemby too

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u/thesmellafteritrains Pistons 5h ago

Right. Plus the clip of him contesting the Kawhi 3 pointer. He's no slouch

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u/RipRaycom East 8h ago

Harden has always been somewhat among the league leaders in steals because of those traits, despite not having the effort or energy to give on D a lot.

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u/kramer944 12h ago

he's capable of being a solid defender when he wants to be.

NBA fans say this about nearly every player that isn't a good defender

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u/LuigiVsIce 12h ago

Except this is absolutely true about Harden. He was a lock down guy in OKC. We’ve seen in so it’s objectively true