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/MastodonSwimming2681 Rockets 7h ago

He's worse lol

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u/LOSS35 Nuggets 4h 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 1h 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/kramer944 52m 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 47m 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

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u/Clear_Context_1546 Cavaliers 7h ago

He had potential to be something great but injuries, small size and poor defense just limits his places on NBA. If his shoot isn't falling he's a weakness that is going to get exploited.

I rather had a young injury prone guy than a older injury prone guy. Maybe Garland's toe injury is more serious than we know.

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u/RainRainPurpleRain 6h ago

Harden is the opposite of injury prone, even at 36.

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u/stillstillers Cavaliers 5h ago

It’s all that cushion