As early as last summer, Darius Garland had a feeling his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers was coming to an end. That expectation became reality this winter when the scoring guard was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, per Jared Weiss of The Athletic.
“It’s a new chapter of my life,” Garland said. “(Agent) Rich (Paul) talked about it even last summer, before it happened, (saying) it’s probably going to be our last year there. So, I was ready for it. I knew it was going to come sooner or later. So, when it happened, I was like, ‘Let’s just do it. Let’s rock out.’”
In his first 13 games with Los Angeles, the player has been producing 21.3 points and 7.0 assists per night.
“It’s like a new breath of life, like a revamp,” Garland said. “Being around the guys makes it a lot easier because they’re so welcoming. Everybody’s super silly. Everybody’s talkative. My first day there, they were holding their arms out, for real, like, ‘Welcome.’ A lot of big brothers on this team.”
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