As early as final summer season, Darius Garland had a sense his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers was coming to an finish. That expectation grew to become actuality this winter when the scoring guard was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, per Jared Weiss of The Athletic.
“It’s a brand new chapter of my life,” Garland stated. “(Agent) Wealthy (Paul) talked about it even final summer season, earlier than it occurred, (saying) it’s in all probability going to be our final 12 months there. So, I used to be prepared for it. I knew it was going to return eventually. So, when it occurred, I used to be like, ‘Let’s simply do it. Let’s rock out.’”
In his first 13 video games with Los Angeles, the participant has been producing 21.3 factors and seven.0 assists per evening.
“It’s like a brand new breath of life, like a revamp,” Garland stated. “Being across the guys makes it quite a bit simpler as a result of they’re so welcoming. All people’s tremendous foolish. All people’s talkative. My first day there, they had been holding their arms out, for actual, like, ‘Welcome.’ A whole lot of massive brothers on this crew.”
ICYMI: Darius Garland has been having fun with his time with the Clippers, plus extra notes from Los Angeles. https://t.co/G0sZSY7CJU
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