James Harden-Darius Garland trade grades: Clippers clearly come out ahead of Cavaliers in All-Star swap

Tuesday afternoon gave us our first stunner of the 2026 NBA trade deadline in the Jaren Jackson Jr. deal, and now, we have yet another blockbuster. Darius Garland is headed for the Los Angeles Clippers along with a second-round pick. James Harden is joining the Cleveland Cavaliers. It is one of the most surprising trade the NBA has given us since, well, last February, when the Dallas Mavericks sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in the dead of night for Anthony Davis in a move so controversial it eventually got their general manager fired. Just by virtue of the ages of the principle figures here, this trade will almost certainly be compared to that one. Part of what made the Dončić...