{"id":645785,"date":"2026-03-07T19:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/645785\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T19:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:09:31","slug":"cavs-fans-couldnt-be-happier-with-the-james-harden-experience-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/645785\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs\u2019 fans couldn\u2019t be happier with the James Harden experience so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/fearthesword.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> drastically shook up their roster at the trade deadline by swapping out former two-time All-Star Darius Garland for James Harden. That move wasn\u2019t exactly popular among long-term fans at the time of the deal. After a month and a string of impressive play, opinions have shifted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fearthesword.com\/cavs-game-previews\/45923\/cavaliers-reacts-survey-how-would-you-grade-james-hardens-first-month-with-cavs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">we asked how Cavs fans would grade<\/a> the Harden experience so far. And based on that survey, most fans couldn\u2019t be happier. Almost three-quarters of Cavs\u2019 fans surveyed said they would grade the experience an \u201cA\u201d so far, with nearly the rest grading it a \u201cB.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s easy to see why that\u2019s been the result. He\u2019s fit in nearly perfectly with his new teammates, and the Cavs are 8-1 in games he\u2019s played. You can\u2019t ask for much more at this point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The addition of Harden, Dennis Schroder, and Keon Ellis, in addition to getting healthier, has the Cavs vaulting up the standings. Currently, Cleveland is fourth in the conference, a game behind the <a href=\"http:\/\/postingandtoasting.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Knicks<\/a> for third. But, they aren\u2019t far off the <a href=\"http:\/\/celticsblog.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a> for second.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to Cavs fans, they believe the group is going to jump at least one of the teams in front of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cavaliers could also benefit from the schedule lightening up. They have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankathon.com\/remaining_schedule_strength\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second-easiest remaining schedule<\/a> in the league, with their hardest game coming up against the Celtics on Sunday. A significantly lighter schedule down the stretch could help the Cavs leapfrog one of the teams ahead of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers drastically shook up their roster at the trade deadline by swapping out former two-time All-Star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,305,193,3846,37642,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-645785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavaliers","10":"tag-cleveland","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","12":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","13":"tag-fear-the-sword-community","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116189473421922598","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}