REACTION: Does the James Harden TRADE Make the Cleveland Cavaliers the BEST Team in the East?!
On this edition of Locked On Cavs, Danny Cunningham is joined by Jackson Flickinger of Fear the Sword to take a deeper dive into the trade the Cleveland Cavaliers made on Tuesday night, acquiring James Harden from the LA Clippers in exchange for Darius Garland. The guys talk about what will look different about the Cavs with Harden in the fold now and whether or not Cleveland becomes the immediate favorites to win the Eastern Conference.
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18 Comments
U can count on harden going to war with Mitchell that's for sure.. let's go cavs
Harden will make Allan and Mobley better then ever before
Oh and STILL Mobley+2/3 picks for Giannis…good luck
Are the Cavs the favorite in the east? No. Does Harden give them a fighting chance? Yes. Does this move them any closer winning in NBA title? Not likely.
Sam money merrill gonna eat
Allen and Mobley’s numbers will go up guaranteed. 4-5 dropped passes a game😂
Merrill is a good screen setter
Harden with actual shooters around him and great big men, should be dominant ass offense let’s go Cavs!
Bros WiFi fighting for it’s life
if we're comparing rosters yes. Cavs have the best team! The worry is Boston's cohesive synergy, and Jalen brunson & the Knicks fan base That scares the crap out of some of our players.
Harden will be the guy. He's gonna run it, Donovan will be more in the role kawhi was in for the clips. Harden is the system
Kawhi was not the better between the 2 either, btw
My condolences to the fans of Cleveland who have to deal with James Harden. It always sounds good on paper with Harden, until you get to game 7 of a series or Harden demands out because he isn’t getting his dollars. You can’t go from being allergic to making a conference finals, to then assuming you’ll contend for a title with Harden as your missing piece. You just can’t trust Harden as a 2nd or even a 3rd option on a deep playoff run. He is who he is at this point.
Awesome teammates..0 championship……guys stop thinking too much….36 years old….this trade is essentially a salary dump.
He sounds silly. The Cavs were always voted as East #1 team. WTF was gonna beat the Cavs first round how they have been playing as of late?
The talent is there. If Atkinson can't figure out how to make it work then we will have a new coach next year.
Harden wins in regular season helps teams in regular season chokes the life out the team in the playoffs
If spida says harden is his top choice, it’ll work. Spida does not miss.
Your supposed to have a statue Darius he was supposed to have a statue