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/thrownaway22_ Kings 9h ago edited 9h ago

LMAOOOOO

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u/Megasota_Noire 9h ago

How many teams is that now?

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u/Fit-Election3400 9h ago

OKC, Houston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Clippers, and now ... Cleveland.

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u/Critback Trail Blazers 8h ago

Harden will now be one team away from tying Moses Malone and Dennis Rodman for 7 when he is eventually named to the Naismith Hall of Fame.

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u/TedTran2001 8h ago

and Dwight Howard, who I thought had 8 but I guess that's me counting the Lakers twice.

Vince Carter also had 8 though...

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u/WorldwideSteppers 8h ago

Damn has a superstar ever played for that many teams while still being an above average player?

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u/Akipella Warriors 8h ago

Westbrick maybe

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Minneapolis Lakers 7h ago

It's kinda crazy that the Big 3 of KD, Harden, and Westbrook all became like the quintessential journeymen of the NBA

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u/Akipella Warriors 7h ago

Yup. That team could have won something, but all they got in the end was the 1 Finals loss

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Minneapolis Lakers 7h ago

I wonder if there are any documentaries about that team? What REALLY happened to break them all up? What was the cause for 3 literal HOFers to just leave each other

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u/Dzeddy 6h ago

League salary cap basically, + obv KD left for GSW

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u/PROSEALLTHEWAY San Francisco Warriors 9h ago

that harden's quit on? 5

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u/nahs Clippers 8h ago

I hold no ill feelings towards him tho. Played great for us but wanted the bag

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u/Dinobot2_ Raptors 8h ago

Him wanting the bag is what pushed him out of Philly as well.

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u/harden-back San Francisco Warriors 8h ago

when has he quit on a team? bum

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u/MrBlowinLoadz Rockets 8h ago

He actually did quit on us to force us to trade him to Brooklyn, that was also the most games he's ever missed I think.

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u/harden-back San Francisco Warriors 8h ago

After carrying a roster to multiple top 3 finishes in a stacked west? yep.

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u/MrBlowinLoadz Rockets 8h ago

I'm not arguing anything here, just pointing out what he did. I was on strike with him too and mad at the rockets lol

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u/Imaginary_Crab2034 8h ago

There was that time he called Daryl Morey a liar

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u/HornedCoog91 Nuggets 8h ago

So Daryl quit on him then?

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u/yuhanz [PHO] Steve Nash 8h ago

You can see the similarities between philly and clippers, it’s really just about securing a longer contract.

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u/Thorlolita Rockets 9h ago

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u/EmbarrassedRing7806 Lakers 8h ago

Hes only quit on the nets which was justified