Why the Cleveland Cavaliers had to trade for James Harden, no matter the Darius Garland cost
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The Cleveland Cavaliers had to try this. They had to try trading for future Hall of Famer and lefty extraordinaire James Harden from the Los Angeles Clippers. Salary rules made the only matching player Darius Garland, which is fine -- point guard for point guard, reported by ESPN's Shams Charania, with just a second-round pick added with Garland going to the Clippers. The reality is that Cleveland had to do, well, something. This incredibly talented roster, which started the 2024-25 season with 15 consecutive wins with this very core, hadn't gotten past the second round of the...