Sam Amick of USA Today dropped a hefty piece weaving the fabric between the Lakers and George, dropping gems all over the place.
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George would undoubtedly make a huge impact, but as he’s found out on the Indiana Pacers, it takes more than one or two promising prospects to contend.
It’s becoming increasingly likely that George leaves IN as soon as the chance comes.
On Thursday, the NBA released their All-NBA teams and the end result meant Paul George is likely going to miss out on around $30 million, while John Wall is poised to cash in. Holiday turns 27 before the next season and averaged 15.4 points per game and 7.3 assists per game for the Pelicans previous year. George has averaged 18 points per game over his career, but he has averaged 23 points per game over the past two seasons for the Indiana Pacers. Will the concerned Pacers trade him now?
While the L.A. Lakers may have a number of young core talents and another one is coming in June, the ball club don’t have the professional basketball player that they can truly build their roster around. The player also needs to be either drafted by the team attempting to extend him or must have been traded for by said team within their first four seasons. He has since stepped down and been replaced by Kevin Pritchard, who has been Indiana’s general manager since 2012. Atlanta might have been motivated by frustration, as a team that has made the playoffs in each of the past 10 years but has only once made it as far as the conference finals.
They want to hold onto the 27-year-old, and he wouldn’t mind staying with them, but the caveat is that they need to turn into a contender. “Kobe is the biggest person in my house”, George said. Without the All-NBA selection, George can only be offered just under $50 million more than any other team.
Expect to see the Pacers be extremely active in free agency and on the trade market this offseason.
And the popular talk show host dived right in and implied that the former Fresno State star should and will play for the Lakers. How do the Blazers go about formulating a trade for George with the Indiana Pacers?
Irving has the NBA’s best handle, is perhaps the league’s most clutch player and may be the toughest point guard to defend.
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What we don’t know is how heavily (if at all) protected those picks were in the proposed offer or how close the Hawks actually came to getting something done.
