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Hopefully IND shops him to someone offering salary relief and a first round pick. Pau + 1st rounder works straight up
He's putting pressure on Indiana which has not done right by him. They dismantled and treated badly his former teammates, ran them out of town. Put worse guys around him. Forced him to play a style he didn't like, etc. He wants out. I can't blame him. Indy mismanaged that team.
I wouldn't suggest him if I thought a Lamarcus costarred team would win a championship tbh.
Hopefully IND shops him to someone offering salary relief and a first round pick. Pau + 1st rounder works straight up
George is either going to force a trade to LA now or play 80% in Indy trying to avoid injury. If the Lakers just send #28, a young player, and a protected future pick that should be enough. Who is beating that for an unmotivated 1 year rental
Spurs savior.
That said... if he behind closed doors was clear that he didn't want to join the Spurs I would lose interest.
Spurs haven't been rumored to be interested in any trades recently which is a shame...
Pau + late 1st rounder is the worst offer I've ever seen for a star player.
Sure - if LA is offering comparable first round pick and a young player by all means do it. The question is Magic willing to lose a pick and young player for a guy he can sign for free?
You will very likely never hear about SA trades. They are secretive
My point on how few teams will try competing this year in a race to the bottom means it is realistic they get 25 cents on the dollar, hoping the Lakers pay 40 cents on the dollar (Russell, Nance, Deng's albatross and a future first when they're not as crappy). Could be a ploy as you and others mention to trade for his Bird rights too.
If it's Anderson, Pau and this year's first, I'd do it. But only once the FA smoke clears and they don't need that slot for CP3.
Don't forget that Indy has all its future first rounders so moving George now vs. at the deadline (for less) could help guarantee a higher pick in 2018.
Lakers don't have their pick this year anyway so no incentive to stink. But agree - might try waiting it out vs. pulling a Knicks/Melo trade and sending out multiple pieces.
Ainge should see if Paul would sign with Boston and trade the three for him with a little filler like Crowder. Love to see Lakers' fans go nuts if the hated Celtics could scooped him up.
Tbh just trade for him and hope he stays. It's worked with other players before. If he goes to SA and sees how close he is to a le, he may see that wanting to go LA just cause it's home is dumb.
We did hear of LMA trade rumors that may have been a smokescreen. In the past there were rumors about Tony, though the guy traded was G.Hill. I don't want Spurs to stand pat... I probably will be disappointed. :-(
Who did they dump to dismantle the team? Wasn't Paul George kind of responsible for dismantling the team? I thought I read/heard somewhere that he cheated with someones gf?
Tells you how much he cares about winning..
I know Spur fans don't want to hear it, but the Lakers are in position to be good again, and very soon. Adding Paul George, this season or next, would put them right back in the mix. They were on a race to the bottom this season, to keep that lottery pick, but they also showed at times that they could play ball. Adding a couple of seasoned vets is just what they need.
I mean, it's for a one year rental so not sure what significantly better deal Indy expects to get. Plus Lakers ain't giving them now.
That said I don't care for George. He's the SF version of LMA mentally. Butler on the other hand...
Pretty much everyone.. Dworst left after Bird mistreated their center and pressured both. Traded G. Hill, etc.
Tend to agree. They will eventually clean house and start being relevant again. Their location is desirable. They have cap and have younger talent. They can get 1 or 2 stars soon. PG will attract someone else. Let's hope it's not Kiwi who is surrounded by a decrepit cast and a few youngsters Pop doesn't want to play unless the roof is on fire.
I don't remember seeing a pick protected that way before. So if the Lakers get the #1 pick, it stays with Philly. If they get the 2-5 pick, it goes to Boston, and lower than 5 it stays with Philly? That's strange as , and a lot riding on some ping pong balls.
The early rumors I read said that Philly was including Embiid in the trade, and I couldn't believe that they would do that. I guess that part is dead now, anyway, if it was really ever in play? I guess if you're Boston (Ainge) and you're dead set on drafting Jackson anyway, getting him and another first round pick in the next year or two makes sense. Boston is already good enough that they can be selective about the kind of player they want to add.
And Philly has stockpiled so many picks for so long, getting a chance to put two #1 picks in a row on the roster would seem like a good use of one. Of course, Cleveland called the first name in three out of four consecutive drafts, plus they had two #4 picks during that same four-year stretch. AND they added LeBron James.
All of this is long planned player collusion. Paul and Lebron will end up on the Lakers. In the works for probably well over a year. Small market owners who are in the majority need to clean up player manipulated movement and lack of league wide compe iveness. Same goes for Hinkie/Philly style "team building". I liked to see that there's a limit to number of consecutive years you can be in the lottery before you get penalized for being incompetent or for working the system. Too bad NBA can't follow NFL salary cap rules or team relegation like European soccer.
Team relegations wont work in the NBA. There are not enough teams to create a lower division. More crucially, soccer fans are team fans who will stick with their teams through adversity and relegation, while many NBA fans are player fans or front runners who will stop buying tickets once their teams drop to the lower division.
I agree that there should be a cap on how many season a team can tank, but the real issue is the draft incentives. In fact, Philly is actually showing that gaming the system works.
That would be gold. Can always dream
It worked for GS, although not intentional
Look how many lottery picks they've had before striking gold
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...GSW/draft.html
It worked for Cleveland to some extent also...
PG to the Cavs confirmed.
George will go to Cleveland this year unless Lakers give up something. Cavs will get another shot with George..if they fail to win a le both George and LeBron bolt
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