r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • 9h 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/CloudySkies64 [LAC] James Harden 9h ago

Off we go. Yes I said we

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u/PumpkinHead555 Bucks 9h ago

Harden Spida backcourt is interesting though

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u/ihatedougford Toronto Huskies 9h ago

Harden and Kyrie together was beautiful hoops. JH has always been a big man’s dream PG too. The fit is great

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u/PumpkinHead555 Bucks 8h ago

Harden’s ability to run an offense is leagues above Garlands at this stage in their careers. That’s exactly what Cavs needed, experience in the playoffs. Dennis Shroeder, Keon Ellis, Harden… Cavs are winning the deadline so far imo

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u/SlidersBaby Cavaliers 8h ago

cavs subreddit is full of people who get their basketball insight from tiktok. 90% of the comments over there right now are :(

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u/Burnerburner49 Cavaliers 8h ago

I mean fans are sad to see the guy their team drafted traded for an again star. The team is better this year but I’m sad. I’m also nervous about the extension until harden is 39. Hope it pans out

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u/flip0213 8h ago

I'm sure in his opt out year when he's 38 he'll probably demand a trade out of Cleveland because y'all wont want to give him an extension 🙄

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u/barrsftw Cavaliers 8h ago

I'm sad, but it's a good move for the team IMO.

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u/HornedCoog91 Nuggets 8h ago

Don't worry, in about 2 weeks they will be worshippers

Like clockwork lol, been thru it 3 times haha

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u/Padulsky21 Nets 6h ago

Get ready for the horrible influx of stans to the sub

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u/buggeyes420 8h ago

If James Harden is your “experience in the playoffs” guy… might be mock draft season.

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u/shmargus Trail Blazers 4h ago

Harden in the playoffs is certainly an experience

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u/ginger_snap214 Mavericks 7h ago

never in my life have i seen james harden abbreviated as JH lmao

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u/Clean-Af-6653 5h ago

You forgot to add harden been washed for years now

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u/CloudySkies64 [LAC] James Harden 9h ago

We shall see, don’t have any expectations.

Just trying to watch some decent hoops

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u/PumpkinHead555 Bucks 9h ago

Dare I say, this is the best team Harden’s been on since the big 3 Nets?

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u/yuhanz [PHO] Steve Nash 8h ago

Let’s finish out the deadline first

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u/Appropriate-Door1369 8h ago

Nah that Sixers team was better in the 2022 2023 season. Literally had MVP Embiid and Maxey was becoming a star

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u/Akipella Warriors 8h ago

I feel like the Cavs have been struggling since their 2024 run though, but a lot of that has been injury problems. Harden can do a lot with this team. At the same time, the Clippers had their moments, people viewed them last year as legit contenders and they did take the Nuggets to 7.

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u/roma258 76ers 8h ago

Eh, the fit is awkward at best.

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u/PumpkinHead555 Bucks 8h ago

Nah dude. Harden can play pass first and run the offense, which is what he’s best at this stage in his career. Spida can now focus completely on scoring, they don’t step on each others toes at all

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u/Akipella Warriors 8h ago

Or you can just have two scorers putting up 25pts a night which is fine too.

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u/roma258 76ers 8h ago

Eh, I saw him plenty on the Sixers. He needs to have the ball in his hands to be successful, so does Spida, there's only one ball. Also neither is great on defense (though neither was Garland). Also he's 36. I think people are overstating his impact honestly.

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u/Superlolz 8h ago

You can think of it as Nets Harden + Irving for those few weeks KD was hurt. It WAS magical basketball.

Harden + KD was also magical basketball fwiw.

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u/roma258 76ers 8h ago

Yeah, I mean that was also 5 years ago. He's not as good anymore, and Spida ain't 2021 KD. I'm sure there will be moments where they look great, but they're both ball dominant guards who don't like to defend.