Merged: Who would you give up for Paul George?

I believe they call it the sound of the joke going over ones head.

 

So Neil drafted Aminu over Hayward and George AND drafted Meyers Leonard?

That right there should leave much doubt about his skill as a talent elevator.

 

Speaks to the crapshoot nature of the draft. And the player development abilities of each team.

Evan Turner went #2 in that draft and never lived up to those expectations. I and a few others were so high on Turner being the de facto PG next to BRoy. Too bad.

 

Yeah that was one pathetic draft: http://www.nba.com/history/draft/2010-draft/

 

Driving from San Diego to Los Angeles last night I listened to two hours of Paul George to the Lakers discussions. I would have thought that all laker fans would be in favor of getting him since he was a local boy. But there was a lot negative talk about him. That he was a me-first player that played no D, and that his teammates didn't like playing with him.....that he was the reason they dropped so quickly once they got to the conference finals.

Not saying I buy that, just thought it was interesting that so many would think he was a bad fit for their current team. Of course they have a very immature roster right now...and we do not. (comparatively speaking)

 

Some of them probably read this article (or agree with a lot of it without even having read it):
http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/new...acers-magic-johnson/zvl28kvs3msi17p0sd5eot406

 

It's simple.....you say yes and trade him for anyone/anything other than Lillard, McCollum, or Nurkic (if possible). You still consider strongly doing the deal if it requires CJ.
He IS a needle-moving player.

Even if we cannot get past the current Cav's or Warriors' teams....he's only 26 and fits perfectly with Dame's age and trajectory.

 

Paul Allen said he has the golden gut.

 

I think they have pills for that now?

 

I was trying to find the right disease-based joke that didn't seem tasteless. I think you kept it simple and it worked.

 

Is this what you were referring to? http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/2017/04/17/how-clutch-paul-george/100570384/

 

He wouldn't have to worry about that so much if he was here with Dame/CJ although Dame hasn't been very good for quite a while now either.

 

Well, at least for the first half of 2017, he was pretty good: "This season according to NBA.com’s clutch statistics — when games are within 5 points with 5 minutes or less left — no one is shooting better than Paul George. Russell Westbrook and Damian Lillard may shoot more, but no one else that is relied on as much as PG is as efficient. George shoots 56.3% from the field and 46.7% from 3-point range."

http://8points9seconds.com/2017/01/04/paul-george-clutch/

 

"Clutch stats," tend to be such small samples that they're way too noisy to be that useful. You can see that even in the article that TBpup linked, where by one measure he's awful and by another measure, he's #11 in the NBA. If I defined "clutch" as "regular season games in March and April when a team's playoff position isn't locked in," we'd probably have another completely different list.

 

I agree with this. Even the "consider" part regarding CJ. But after considering it, I just would not include CJ unless we knew for certain he would resign with us. One decent year is not enough for me.

But I would trade Crabbe, ET and 3 picks for him. (or any variation of that)

 

Nice recruiting by CJ

 

A Swish3???

Impossible. Nothing goes over my head. I'm too tall and I would catch it and squash it with my raw brute strength!

 

Well, at least one person got it I think.

I guard the galaxy bitches!! Nothing goes over my head!