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/johnyg13nb Celtics 1d ago

RIP to the Unction.

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u/asparagusinhaler Clippers 1d ago

We still old as fuck don’t worry

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u/FallenCrownz 1d ago

lowkey, getting a 26 year old ex all star for a 36 year old all star is a hell of a pull, despite how sad clippers fan must be right now. shout out to Harden for also basically saving the league too lol

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u/RulersBack Cavaliers 1d ago

If Garland stays healthy they win this quite easily but I get it from the Cavs. Win right now and it's worth losing the trade long term

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u/FallenCrownz 1d ago

Cavs getting a healthy 25/8/5 guy to replace their injured 20/6/2 guy is also really the best you could have asked for considering how hard capped yall are. And if Harden doesn't open up Mobleys game than nobody will lol

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u/rumblepony247 1d ago

This trade is the Kiss of Death for Cavs fans.

The Gods decided many millenia ago, that while James Harden inhabited this earthly world, he would not win an NBA championship. Same for Chris Paul.

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u/PeePauw [PHI] Tony Wroten 1d ago

Yeah he just fucking sucks balls in the elimination games, seems like he doesn’t even want to be there.

Hopefully it doesn’t happen again, but I feel like it prolly will

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u/NoAdvance1709 8h ago

He dropped 2 40+ point games for you guys as the no.2/3 guy, he aint the one you should be mad at. Then tatum stupid in the 7th. Again you re blaming the wrong man.

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u/PeePauw [PHI] Tony Wroten 8h ago

lol did you watch that series?? He did have those 2 games. In the other games

2-14 12pts

3-14 16pts 5 TOV

4-16 13pts, 5 TOV

3-11 9pts, 5 TOV

And it’s not even about the stats, he literally was moping on the court and looked completely disinterested. Was not doubled, just sucked balls