ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

91 | 8 hours ago

People really said the Cavs lost this trade lmaoooooo

InteractionFormer328

78 | 8 hours ago

They won just based on the fact harden can play

doubleairmiles | Cavaliers

41 | 8 hours ago

he is so much better on defense than garland too

OverallGeneral7129 | Cavaliers

18 | 8 hours ago

Not a high bar really

doubleairmiles | Cavaliers

34 | 8 hours ago

lol not at all. obviously harden is no dpoy candidate but the difference feels that wide.

dwilkes827 | Cavaliers

16 | 7 hours ago

Just the size alone makes a huge difference. There’s not many guys that size that can be good defenders haha there’s more Garland’s than there are CP3’s on that side of the ball at that size

Puppetmaster858 | Suns

2 | 5 hours ago

He’s also usually pretty solid defensively in the playoffs so he’s gonna be a pretty big upgrade defensively from garland even if he isn’t a great defender, just his size alone is big for the Cavs.

SourMgk | Cavaliers

1 | 6 hours ago

Wow, bro, body shaming Harden? Not cool, man.

/s

SquidwardLover48 | Cavaliers

9 | 7 hours ago

This is true but the biggest issue with Garland was he was just too small to guard anyone. 6’1” 180 lbs, he could just be shot over or pushed around. Harden isn’t great at defending but he’s actually a great post defender who is hard to push around in general

TheSmokedSalmon420 | Cavaliers

2 | 7 hours ago

eh he still stands around a lot - like always letting a backdoor cut go behind him while he just stands there

But I do agree that just by being bigger than Garland he can at least stay in front of people better

CarelessTaco | Clippers

14 | 7 hours ago

I was baffled by the Cavs fans who were upset about the trade. Harden is a game changer.

narcistic_asshole | Cavaliers

12 | 7 hours ago

It was mostly out of love for Garland. On an emotional level I hated the trade, but Garland is also probably my favorite Cavs player of all-time. Purely basketball wise Harden is an easy upgrade though and he’s actually available.

CarelessTaco | Clippers

8 | 7 hours ago

That makes sense. Happy for y’all. You guys are definitely contenders.

livefreeordont | 76ers

9 | 7 hours ago

Cleveland fans especially

bootywizard42O | NBA

7 | 7 hours ago

It was mostly people who don’t watch ball and hate Harden

StrategyTop7612 | Clippers

-2 | 8 hours ago

Did they? this sub was glazing the trade

DenseSign5938

20 | 7 hours ago

People were having melt downs in the Cavs sub. It was like a ⁷⁰⁄₃₀ split on it being a bad trade.

herniatedballs | Cavaliers

8 | 7 hours ago

Embarrassing smh

Hungry-Ad3303

1 | 5 hours ago

It was crazy, Cavs fans were complaining so much that day. And now all those people haven’t made any noise so far now that harden is cooking

Sadvillainy-_-

9 | 7 hours ago

Yeah it was mostly Cavs fans who were pissed off at their own blessing. Understandable when you lose “your guy” that you drafted but also funny.

rusty512 | Pistons

-4 | 8 hours ago

Yeah I definitely didn’t see that at all

Joey_Gallos_Burner | Cavaliers

12 | 7 hours ago

It was our own fanbase, mostly out of attachment to Garland, not dislike of Harden.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

46 | 8 hours ago

He’s been such a great addition for them

chillaf | Heat

24 | 8 hours ago

I feel like this is opening the door for a LeBron return if they go deep but don’t win it all this season

calebkeith | CLE

32 | 7 hours ago

LeBron will return no matter what for a retirement tour imo.

Lmao1903 | NBA

1 | 4 hours ago

No way if y’all win or even make it far. Shit would look weak if he joined a contender on a vet min, just to chase a ring

cmasters09

-13 | 7 hours ago

no thanks

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

-1 | 5 hours ago

Hed be good off the bench as the 8th or 9th guy

TheSmokedSalmon420 | Cavaliers

11 | 7 hours ago

tbh there’s no way Harden waives his no trade clause to come here unless he knows something about LeBron’s intentions next year lol

SOB200 | Nets

14 | 7 hours ago

He may have been promised an extension?

bootywizard42O | NBA

19 | 7 hours ago

I’m just happy he doesn’t have to put up 25 shots and play 38 min to get a win anymore, it was tough to watch him carry early in the season with the Clippers

Ok-Preference-7004

5 | an hour ago

Sucked to see them lose but it was great to see him play with that volume and responsibility again

stowawaybuddy | Thunder

15 | 7 hours ago

2 James Hardens will probably do ridiculous stuff with the Cavs.

dr4gonbl4z3r | Cavaliers

5 | 5 hours ago

Not sure we can do that. What about two James?

stowawaybuddy | Thunder

4 | 4 hours ago

James James? that might break the league. what’s next? LeBron Harden?

Puppetmaster858 | Suns

4 | 5 hours ago

He is a huge upgrade over garland and anyone who was saying otherwise when the trade happened is delusional

1 James Harden in the W against the 3rd seed Knicks: 20 PT 2 REB 4 AST as the Cavs go 6-1 with Harden and are now tied 37-22 with the Knicks