In response to ESPN insider Brian Windhorst, Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden was arrested Saturday and charged with a misdemeanor illegal carrying a weapon.
Per the report, Harden was taken into custody at 3:41 a.m. and booked at 4:57 a.m. He was launched on a $100 bond.
Harden reportedly had an unholstered gun in plain view on the seat of one among his automobiles.
The Cavaliers have a call to make about James Harden
That is an ongoing state of affairs, so Harden and the Cavaliers will almost definitely decline to remark in the mean time.
Nonetheless, the crew already had an enormous choice to make about him earlier than this incident, and this probably will not have an effect on the state of affairs within the slightest.
Harden can decline his $42 million participant choice to signal one other multi-year cope with the Cavaliers.
The Cavs acquired him in a commerce involving Darius Garland halfway via final season, hoping to maintain him round for a few years.
Nevertheless, after imploding within the playoffs once more and given Harden’s lengthy historical past of postseason shortcomings, the entrance workplace could need to reassess the crew’s roster, together with its star guard.
The Cavaliers are already dedicated to bringing again coach Kenny Atkinson and can almost definitely give Donovan Mitchell a contract extension, so they are going to probably maintain Harden as nicely.
Whether or not that is the fitting transfer to get this crew over the hump and again to the NBA Finals is a special dialogue.
