<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2-players-added-into-Nets-Cavs-Rockets-James-Harden-trade.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>REPORT: 2 players added into Nets-Cavs-Rockets James Harden trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-15T21:21:31-08:00">January 15th, 9:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-15T21:22:54-08:00">January 15th, 9:22pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Two more players have been included in the recent NBA <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-nets-trade-for-rockets-superstar-james-harden/" rel="noopener">blockbuster trade</a> that saw James Harden take his talents to the Brooklyn Nets. According to <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithSmithNBA/status/1349810946886217734" rel="noopener">Keith Smith of Yahoo Sports</a>, the Cleveland Cavaliers have now renounced the rights of Channing Frye and Ante Zizic as part of the deal.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">As part of the process to complete the three-team trade with the Brooklyn Nets and Houston Rockets, the Cleveland Cavaliers renounced the free agent rights for Channing Frye and Ante Zizic.</p><p>— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithSmithNBA/status/1349810946886217734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 14, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>It is worth noting that both Frye and Zizic were not part of Cleveland’s roster this 2020-21 NBA season. However, the Cavs still held the rights to both free agents, and as the report stated above, they will now have to renounce the same.</p><p>Zizic played three seasons with the Cavs between 2017 and 2020. The 23rd overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, the 6-foot-10 big man averaged <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/z/zizican01.html#all_per_game">6.0 points</a>, 2.6 rebounds, and 3.9 assists in a total of 113 games played for Cleveland.</p><p>Frye, on the other hand, played a key role in the Cavs’ 2016 LeBron James-led title run. He parted ways with Cleveland in the middle of the 2017-18 season as part of the deal that saw Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. join the Wine and Gold from the Los Angeles Lakers. Frye then returned to Cleveland for one final season during the 2018-19 campaign before announcing his retirement from the NBA in the summer of 2019.</p><p>As part of the James Harden deal, the Cavs were able to acquire Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince from the Nets. Allen, in particular, is expected to play a key role for Cleveland moving forward. The 22-year-old NBA big man could step into the team’s franchise center role, which does not bode well for the future of Andre Drummond.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

REPORT: 2 players added into Nets-Cavs-Rockets James Harden trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/james-harden-landry-shamet-nets.jpg"></figure><h1>Nets star James Harden responds to Landry Shamet’s asking price for No.13 jersey</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-15T17:32:08-08:00">January 15th, 5:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-15T17:33:21-08:00">January 15th, 5:33pm</time><address><a>Kriel Ibarrola</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Brooklyn Nets guard Landry Shamet is willing to give his no.13 jersey to the team’s new recruit James Harden. Well, for the right price, of course.</p><p>Shamet shared a hilarious meme on Friday, suggesting what it would take for him to switch numbers for The Beard. This got the attention of the one-time MVP, who came up with his own hysterical response about the bribe he is preparing for his new teammate.</p><p>Here’s the hilarious exchange between the two Nets players.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“You got me scrambling trying to get honey buns and Rolex’s. Might get you cupcakes and an Apple Watch by the morning.”</p><p>Landry Shamet and James Harden went back and forth on getting jersey No. 13 to the new Nets guard 😂 <a href="https://t.co/BTmK4nirAh" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/BTmK4nirAh</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1350233230616666113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 16, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Considering his status as one of the premier talents in the NBA, James Harden is also one of the highest-paid professional athletes today. Plus, he’s also been known to be quite generous when it comes to gift-giving. Just ask rapper Lil’ Baby, who received a Prada bag, $100,000 in cash, and a $200,000 Richard Mille watch from the NBA superstar for his <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2020/12/04/james-harden-gives-lil-baby-best-birthday-gift-ever-100k-cash-and-honey-buns/">26th birthday</a>.</p><p>The Nets shooter knows this too well and has already agreed to change jerseys for Harden. By the looks of it, he’s already having fun with his new backcourt mate.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">James Harden is wearing No. 13 with the Brooklyn Nets.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1349740932548145154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 14, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The 23-year-old shooter is no stranger to giving up his number when a superstar arrives since he also gave Jimmy Butler no.23 back in his rookie year with the Philadelphia 76ers.</p><p>Harden, meanwhile, has donned no.13 throughout his NBA career with the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets. The eight-time All-Star seems to have a great affinity for that number, considering he even named his new <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rockets-news-fans-trash-james-hardens-new-restaurant-with-negative-reviews-after-nets-trade/" rel="noopener">restaurant in Houston “Thirteen”</a>.</p><p>Harden is expected to make his Nets debut against the Orlando Magic on Saturday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nets star James Harden responds to Landry Shamet’s asking price for No.13 jersey

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Charles Barkley’s savage first reaction to James Harden trade to Nets

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Here’s the full clip:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/KendrickPerkins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@KendrickPerkins</a> says James Harden's partying led to Russell Westbrook's trade request.</p><p>"[If they had some days off], James was on a private [jet] to Cabo! On Tilman Fertitta's private [jet] at that! Russ is like… 'I ain't with all the partying.'"</p><p>🎧: <a href="https://t.co/QEROFRt8Rj" target="_blank">https://t.co/QEROFRt8Rj</a> <a href="https://t.co/gKh5EMRgTi" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/gKh5EMRgTi</a></p><p>— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/1350233947360415745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 16, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>James Harden’s lifestyle off the court, of course, has <a href="https://fanatics.ncw6.net/YrDmj" rel="noopener">long been documented for</a> most of his career. While what he does in his leisure time is purely his business, it becomes problematic to do so when an NBA season is underway. Russell Westbrook, on the other hand, is a fearsome competitor.</p><p>As far as Perkins is concerned, Brodie was taken aback at how Harden likes to run things in H-Town. The Westbrook-Harden reunion last year had its moments and the Rockets still finished fourth in the West (44-28) despite the supposed turmoil between the two superstars. But Houston crashed and burned in the second round of the 2020 playoffs against eventual champions Los Angeles Lakers.</p><p>Westbrook has since been moved to the Washington Wizards for John Wall. <a href="https://foco.vegb.net/dbKJk" rel="noopener">A few months after that</a>, Harden’s wish to join the start-studded Brooklyn Nets squad also came to fruition. It’s futile to look back now how good the two former MVPs would have been together with the Rockets if they gave it another go this year. Still, that Harden-Westbrook duo was fun to while it lasted.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

James Harden’s partying led to Russell Westbrook trade demand from Rockets, per Kendrick Perkins

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}.webfeedsFeaturedVisual {	display: None !important;}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <div><img alt="NBA, Bulls, Nets, Michael Jordan, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Warriors, Steph Curry" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="675" src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/NBA-Bulls-Nets-Michael-Jordan-Kevin-Durant-Kyrie-Irving-Warriors-Steph-Curry.jpg" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear: both;" width="1200"><p>James Harden is officially- and finally- a Brooklyn Net. The Harden saga in Houston ended on Wednesday, as the Nets and Rockets were finally able to come to an agreement in a huge blockbuster trade that left Brooklyn’s bench depleted. Regardless of that, the Nets have their eyes on set on an NBA title run.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kyrie-irving-kevin-durant-were-all-in-on-james-harden-trade/" target="_blank">The new Big 3 in Brooklyn with James Harden, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Durant</a> is insanely talented. However, questions remain about how Nets GM Sean Marks will fill out the rest of the roster and make this team into a legitimate championship contender for this season and beyond.</p><p>The Harden-Irving-Durant trio is a tough Big 3, but where do they rank all-time in NBA history?</p><h2>5. James Harden, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets)</h2><p>Remember, fifth ALL-TIME. They are already ahead of some notable Boston Celtics Big 3’s and a handful of Lakers’ trios as well as the Miami Heat’s LeBron-Wade-Bosh group.</p><p>The tough part of ranking them higher is that so many questions swirl around this trio. For example, who plays defense?</p><p>Harden has not played quality defense for a long time. Irving and Durant aren’t the defenders they once were. While their offensive game is perhaps the best of any Big 3 in history, their ability to play defense- or lack thereof- is a huge concern going forward.</p><p>Harden, Irving, and Durant- and what Charles Barkley nicknamed the “Dribble Brothers”- is going to be a tough task going forward. The talent is there, but pressing questions remain about their defensive ability.</p><p>The Nets’ new Big 3 can certainly bring an NBA title to Brooklyn, and even one title for a franchise and fanbase so desperate for a Larry O’Brien trophy would make this gamble worth it.</p><h2>4. Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant (Golden State Warriors)</h2><p>While the Warriors were arguably the greatest team ever assembled, it might be a surprise to see them at number four on this list. However, the next three will make you realize that this ranking is much deserved.</p><p>If Kevin Durant <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/nets/2020/12/21/nets-kevin-durant-warriors-nba-season-opener/3996526001/" target="_blank">never got injured in the 2019 NBA playoff run</a>, this Warriors group could’ve very well been the first 3-peat since the Lakers in the early 2000’s.</p><p>While the Curry-Thompson “Splash Brothers” were dangerous enough, adding a top-5 talent in Durant made this offense unstoppable. What helped them more than that was also Klay and Steph’s ability to play quality defense, and Durant by no means was a pushover on that end of the floor.</p><p>Durant has now been a part of two of the best big three’s in the history of the NBA, and who can forget the Westbrook-Harden-Durant trio in Oklahoma City?</p><p>In retrospect, the 2016-2019 Warriors squad was really a Big Four, with Draymond Green a do-it-all player that any coach would die to have on their squad.</p><h2>3. Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Derek Fisher (Los Angeles Lakers)</h2><p>While the Kobe and Shaq era was the most exciting thing to happen in Lakerland, Derek Fisher was a huge part of their NBA title runs year in and year out.</p><p>This Los Angeles Big 3 has a lot of competition- with Worthy, Kareem, and Magic also an unstoppable force- but Kobe and Shaq alone were impossible to contain.</p><p>Kobe will go down in history as one of the best players to ever play the game, and Shaq is arguably cemented in the top 10 players of all-time debate.</p><p>This trio owned the NBA at the turn of the century and won three straight titles as the Lakers started their streak of five in ten years. Fisher has always been touted as one of the more clutch players in the league, and he seems to get overlooked when discussing Lakers legends.</p><p>After all, who could forget Derek Fisher’s literal walk-off buzzer-beater with 0.4 left against San Antonio?</p><h2>2. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili (San Antonio Spurs)</h2><p>This trio had the most longevity of any of the Big 3’s mentioned, and who can blame them?</p><p>The Spurs won four of their five Finals trips with this group, and while Parker and Ginobili aren’t the bonafide superstars like the other names on this list, their chemistry and connection with Duncan made this group unbeatable at times.</p><p>Of course, having Gregg Popovich as the head coach is definitely helpful, but this bunch played as well as any Big 3 ever.</p><p>All three played excellent defense, Ginobili torched opposing bench units as he repeatedly competed for the Sixth Man of the Year. Parker’s patience and ability to read the floor and the defense allowed for many easy Spurs buckets.</p><p>The Spurs made the NBA playoffs in each of the 13 years that these three were together, and that’s nearly impossible to do in any era. San Antonio shuffled new faces in and out, but the Duncan-Parker-Manu trio never faltered.</p><p>Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili recorded the most wins by any threesome in NBA history with 575 regular-season victories. They also posed 126 postseason wins together before they decided to hang up their jerseys and played together for 730 total games.</p><p>The continuity and success of this particular big 3 was second-t0-none, and something we probably will never see again in the history of the NBA.</p><h2>1. Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman (Chicago Bulls)</h2><p>Is this really a surprise?</p><p>This core went 3 for 3 in their NBA Finals Appearances, and Michael Jordan is still the greatest player ever in the NBA.</p><p>Chicago was already a contender and a championship team before adding Dennis Rodman, so he just made them that much better.</p><p>Pippen will go down as one of the best defenders ever to play the game, and Rodman’s toughness and tenacity were just what the Bulls wanted. Jordan won three Finals MVP’s and two of his five regular-season MVP’s with Rodman by his side.</p><p>Chicago won 72 games in 1996 and 69 in 1997, and only played a Game 7 one time with these three together.</p><p>While it’s hard to argue with the greatness of the Spurs, Lakers, and Warriors, the Bulls are by far the best big three in the history of the NBA.</p><h2>Back to the Nets</h2><p>While the Nets at 5th might be a bit of a question mark, they can certainly jump some teams. With that being said, they could disappoint and be far off the top 10 list.</p><p>Kyrie, Durant, and Harden might be the best offensive group of all-time, but the defense is severely lacking and could prevent them from winning any championship for Brooklyn.</p><p>While the group has yet to play a game, the excitement around the Barclays Center and the NBA, in general, is buzzing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><h2></h2><p> </p><p> </p><p>The post <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/where-do-kevin-durant-james-harden-kyrie-irving-rank-among-greatest-nba-big-3s-of-all-time/" rel="nofollow">Where do Kevin Durant, James Harden, Kyrie Irving rank among greatest NBA Big 3s of all time?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com" rel="nofollow">ClutchPoints</a>.</p></div>    </body></html>

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