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The Los Angeles Clippers may have quietly improved after trading James Harden and Ivica Zubac. By acquiring Darius Garland from the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Clippers added a younger All-Star guard who fits a longer competitive timeline alongside Kawhi Leonard.

This Clippers trade shifts the franchise’s direction. Instead of relying heavily on aging star power, Los Angeles now has a dynamic guard in Garland who can push pace, create offense, and potentially extend the Kawhi window. Trading Harden and Zubac signals a philosophical reset—not a rebuild.

The big question: did the Clippers just win this trade by getting younger and more balanced? Or did they sacrifice too much immediate playoff stability?

Is the Garland–Kawhi pairing better long term than the previous core?

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00:00The Clippers got a younger guard who fits a longer timeline, who also, if he's healthy,
00:07can win now. And with Zubac also being moved, you really don't have a center who requires
00:17touches in the paint. And your offense is really going to be put through Garland and Kawhi Leonard,
00:24which could be a really exciting thing to watch. Because, I mean, you can argue right now that
00:29Kawhi's playing an MVP caliber level. I know it definitely did not start like that at the
00:36beginning of the season, but these last couple of weeks, going into all-star game and afterwards,
00:40Kawhi Leonard is playing probably the best basketball we have seen him play in years.
00:46He actually looks healthy. He looks athletic. He's dunking the ball. He's taking people one-on-one.
00:51He's hitting game winners. Kawhi, this is what the Clippers, and I'm not even a Clippers fan,
00:58but this is what all Clippers fans have said with Paul George, with the rest of his roster.
01:04He said, if we can get a healthy Kawhi in the playoffs, I like our chance.
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