What's Next For Cavaliers After James Harden Trade? Will Grizzlies Move Ja Morant?

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🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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NBA stuns fans with blockbuster trades: James Harden lands with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Jaren Jackson Jr. heads to the Utah Jazz, and speculation swirls around Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future. Can Harden ignite the Cavs’ championship aspirations alongside Donovan Mitchell, or does his fit raise more questions than answers?

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0:00.0	Good afternoon and welcome to Locked on NBA Daily on today's show.
0:03.7	It was a crazy day in the NBA.
0:05.8	James Hardin is now on the Cavaliers, but is he enough to save this version of the team?
0:10.0	Meanwhile, the Grizzlies traded Jaron Jackson Jr. to the Jazz.
0:13.1	Is John Morant next?
0:14.1	Plus, will Janus get moved before Thursday's deadline?
0:23.0	You are Locked-on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:27.8	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:34.2	Hello, and welcome back to Locked-on NBA Daily.
0:36.6	Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network. However, you're tuning in on YouTube or on your podcast app. Thanks for making us your first listen every day. I'm West Goldberg today. We're talking about a wild day of trades in the NBA. We just saw James Harden get traded to the Cavaliers. The Grizzlies Star Rebuilding and the Jazz, maybe end one.
0:57.0	We're talking about all of that with the help of lockdown's local experts.
0:59.5	I have two of the best with me as always from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast.
1:02.4	He's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network. It's Matt Moore, Matt.
1:09.1	Before we get started, I just want to congratulate all the NBA executives on national,
1:12.9	Save Your Own Ass Week, as they continue to make deals to try and prolong their own jobs no matter what it does to the franchise and their fans.
1:17.4	Number one job, keep the job.
1:20.3	That's a general manager.
1:21.3	From the Locked on Bulls podcast, he's also a Bears and Bulls creator for Bleach report.
1:24.4	It's Hayes.
1:25.4	Yesterday was just the tip of the iceberg. I feel like today may be even crazier with some of the stuff I've read. We'll see. We'll see what happened. There might be breaking news as we record this thing. If there is, obviously we'll talk about it. But let's start with the big trade that had been percolating in the league over the last couple of days. And finally got done late last night. last night, the Cavaliers trading Darius Garland and a second round pick to the Clippers for James Hardin.
1:48.2	I think the only way to view this from the Cavs perspective is this is a desperate move to
1:52.7	maximize this championship window.
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