Give or take a day, all the action for teams interested in James Harden was expected to happen near the end of the trade deadline, around February 5th. This means he would have maxed out his capacity as an LA Clipper this season, giving the front office enough time to make the appropriate trade, yet Marc Stein recently reported on ‘The Stein Line’ that the former MVP could be shipped much earlier.
Thus, the Clippers could be on the phone at this very second, adding and removing pieces with their rivals in a blockbuster deal.