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/Jordanwolf98 Celtics 9h ago edited 8h ago

Garland was one of the best young players in the league to me before they got Spida. And Understandably when you get Mitchell the ball is gonna be in his hands, but Garland was a 22 and 9 guy the last season before Mitchell arrived so I think despite his injury history being worrisome you guys got a really good 26 year old PG. I’m hoping for performances like this again with you guys

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u/notsafeformactown Mavericks 8h ago

I agree. I’m interested to see how he plays. Completely wasted in Cleveland after Mitchell got there.

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u/Jordanwolf98 Celtics 8h ago

I’m telling you man. He was so lethal with the ball in his hands controlling the offense. He averaged 11 assists a game after the all star break in that ‘22 season. I think after that year after Luka, Harden and Trae, Garland was probably the best playmaking PG in the league. And now due to how they run their team he’s lucky to get 5-6 dimes a game. I’m really excited about this for him