{"id":645851,"date":"2026-03-07T19:52:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/645851\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T19:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:52:34","slug":"cavs-fans-couldnt-be-happier-with-the-james-harden-experience-so-far-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/645851\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs\u2019 fans couldn\u2019t be happier with the James Harden experience so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 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

Earlier this week, 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

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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

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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 New York Knicks<\/a> for third. But, they aren\u2019t far off the Boston Celtics<\/a> for second.<\/p>\n

According to Cavs fans, they believe the group is going to jump at least one of the teams in front of them.<\/p>\n

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The Cavaliers could also benefit from the schedule lightening up. They have the 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

FanDuel<\/a> currently lists the Cavs as having the fifth-best odds<\/a> to win the NBA Finals at +950<\/a>. They have the second-best odds<\/a> to win the Eastern Conference, narrowly behind the Celtics.<\/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…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7264,7,75,247,306,305,193,3846,791,1024,568,560,3211,6,191],"class_list":{"0":"post-645851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-barclays-center","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-brooklyn-nets","12":"tag-cavaliers","13":"tag-cleveland","14":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","15":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","16":"tag-darius-garland","17":"tag-dennis-schroder","18":"tag-getty-images","19":"tag-james-harden","20":"tag-keon-ellis","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-new-york-knicks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116189644499162629","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645851","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=645851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}