Trade Official 2025-2026 Trade Deadline Thread

Raven_ said:
don't get why cleveland would trade garland when they have proved to be title worthy when healthy
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Huh? They have proven no such thing. Garland especially has been rather a question mark when it comes to postseason basketball, and not just health-wise.
 
I thought the interest in Jose Alvarado was weird and it made me think maybe they were including JMAC in a trade and then Alvarado would come in to replace which would be an upgrade. Otherwise makes no sense to be looking at him outside of a smoke screen.
 
Correct Crusader said:
Cavs are trying to drop out of the second apron. Pretty wild that the Clippers might grab Garland for essentially nothing.
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I'm not sure Garland has a high market value at the moment. Injury concerns, no defense, wilted in the playoffs
That said, seems I don't quite see the Harden fascination
 
James Harden leaving might open the door to a fire sale and thus the much vaunted SpursTalk/BaselineBums pairing of your San Antonio Spurs and John Collins. The dream is still alive, maybe. Kidding aside, who in the fuck is going to pay Harden $40 million/year? That is insane. Ja to the Clippers, Garland to Memphis and Harden to Cleveland with the appropriate financial fillers might be a fun changing of the guards?
 
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Harden knows he has little left in the tank. If LAC not going to pay him, not be a serious contender, then he wants a better situation. He’s always been a selfish player over being a team player for any organization. Glad *nephew gets to experience a team mate quitting on their team mid-season.
 
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French Vanilla said:
Harden knows he has little left in the tank. If LAC not going to pay him, not be a serious contender, then he wants a better situation. He’s always been a selfish player over being a team player for any organization. Glad cousin gets to experience a team mate quitting on their team mid-season.
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Kawhi quit on two championship teams. I don’t think he really cares. I hope the rest of his career is just as inconsequential as it has been since he left Toronto
 
ginobilized said:
James Harden leaving might open the door to a fire sale and thus the much vaunted SpursTalk/BaselineBums pairing of your San Antonio Spurs and John Collins. The dream is still alive, maybe. Kidding aside, who in the fuck is going to pay Harden $40 million/year? That is insane. Ja to the Clippers, Garland to Memphis and Harden to Cleveland with the appropriate financial fillers might be a fun changing of the guards?
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I want to believe :st-cry:
 
Speculation is that the Kawhi all-star snub and Harden’s sudden desire to want out could signal the hammer coming down on Nephew and the Clippers after the ASB… we’ll see. Would certainly like to see OKC send LAC their own pick back first…

Also seen some rumors that CLE would be open to moving Allen or even Mobley if it opened a path to getting Giannis. Been reported that Mitchell told CLE he won’t extend if they have another first round exit.

Trade deadline finally getting good.
 
scott said:
Speculation is that the Kawhi all-star snub and Harden’s sudden desire to want out could signal the hammer coming down on Nephew and the Clippers after the ASB… we’ll see. Would certainly like to see OKC send LAC their own pick back first…

Also seen some rumors that CLE would be open to moving Allen or even Mobley if it opened a path to getting Giannis. Been reported that Mitchell told CLE he won’t extend if they have another first round exit.

Trade deadline finally getting good.
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Yeah. This seems the most likely reason for the all-star snub for Nephew and Harden wanting to leave LA. Ironic because Nephew was dragging the Clips to respectability this season and deserved to be an All-Star. But just punishment to a fella whose career path could have been way better if not for his Uncle's all-encompassing greed.
 
What do you mean it seems likely for the all-star snub? I'm not seeing any reason for him to be snubbed based on his play. What's Harden wanting out got to do with an all-star snub? Did Harden expect to make the all-star team too?
 
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Ice009 said:
What do you mean it seems likely for the all-star snub? I'm not seeing any reason for him to be snubbed based on his play. What's Harden wanting out go to do with an all-star snub? Did Harden expect to make the all-star team too?
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He is suggesting that the league's investigation of the Aspiration case will finally see the hammer fall on the Clips and Nephew and Harden might have got an inkling of this and is wanting to leave before doom and gloom.
 
spursfanfromafar said:
He is suggesting that the league's investigation of the Aspiration case will finally see the hammer fall on the Clips and Nephew and Harden might have got an inkling of this and is wanting to leave before doom and gloom.
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Oh, right, got it thanks. Forgot about the Aspiration thing for a while there.
 
spursfanfromafar said:
Yeah. This seems the most likely reason for the all-star snub for Nephew and Harden wanting to leave LA. Ironic because Nephew was dragging the Clips to respectability this season and deserved to be an All-Star. But just punishment to a fella whose career path could have been way better if not for his Uncle's all-encompassing greed.
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I'll go with Occam's razor and say it's just about money. Clippers see no reason to pay Harden an $80 million contract. Harden could give a shit about winning or the situation the team is in if the money is still green.
 
As punishment to the Clippers, what can they do? They've already fucked themselves going all in for Kawhi. Maybe give ownership back to the Sterlings for a few years?
 
The Truth #6 said:
As punishment to the Clippers, what can they do? They've already fucked themselves going all in for Kawhi. Maybe give ownership back to the Sterlings for a few years?
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That is an interesting question though. Could they void the remaining contract to kawhi next year?
 
If the Clippers want a clean cap sheet for 2027 (when Kawhi's current contract has ended), not giving Harden another contract absolutely makes sense for them. If Garland is reasonably healthy, they still have a good chance of at least getting to the playoffs this season. They also could try and trade Garland for draft assets down the line, or they might plan on retooling around him and Zubac plus maybe another star after 2027.
 
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