Merged: Who would you give up for Paul George?

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  1. Shaboid

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    I would probably be okay with either of these moves. If Indy has any second round picks they could send over to us, we would probably need them.
     
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    PG13 looks good in white FAMS
     
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    WHOA
     
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    See, that can be a good thing if Larry doesn't like to tank since we know KP likes to "bake cakes".

    At the same time.....you have to wonder what the relationship between KP and Paul Allen is. If KP is still bitter about how he was let go, this might mean he'll spurn Paul Allen instead.
     
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    Hard to spurn the team with 3 first rounders if picks are what you are after.
     
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    Yeah....not sure I see KP doing a deal with Portland unless he thinks he is really Pritch-slapping Paul.
     
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    @SlyPokerDog and mods, can we consolidate to one PG thread?
     
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    Really interesting dynamic now. Woj HATES KP, like irrational level of hatred. But he seemingly loves Neil and serves as his mouthpiece essentially. Any trade discussion between the two would get dragged into the mud by Woj for sure.
     
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    It's not Indy having leverage we need to worry about. It's competing with what other teams could offer.
     
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    Exactly. LeBron will not be the same player anymore, Curry, Thompson and Durant will all be above 30 and Spurs entire team bar Kawhi will be 60. That will be the perfect time to put ourselves in contention. By trading picks and stuff for a player like George we would be setting ourselves up for failure as he would inevitably leave after a year and we'd be left with three good players and zero prospects to get anything more.
     
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    Paul George is 26; if you think you can re-sign him , you do it. You can't count on these kind of players always being available. I don't like to worry about whether we are as good as such and such a team right now. The sooner our new big four start playing together, the better they will get. The Warriors could lose a big player to injury. Besides what would Lillard think about waiting for the warriors to get old; he wants to beat them now!
     
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    Oh yeah, if you have a chance now to get Paul George, you do it. But don't do it with the mindset that you need to win now. Do it so you have another major piece in Dame's age range locked in.
     
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    Add PG to Dame/CJ/Nurk, and I'd expect the Blazers to be contenders, and PG to stay.

    Add PG to Dame/Nurk because we traded CJ and I'd expect PG to go to the Lakers.
     
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    Yep exactly.
     
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    Even so, is Indy actually going to get BK's pick this summer with the fear of him walking next summer? Teams will lowball the shit out this
     
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    Dame/CJ/PG/Chief/Nurk

    With that lineup Rock Paper Scissors determines who has the best S5 in the league between us and GSW.

    4 All-Star caliber players. Could they make it work? I don't think dame or CJ would have problems deferring, which makes me say yes. The question would be if PG could make it work, I also say yes there.

    Any PG, you can make those passes you did at the end of game 1, dame and CJ got your back! Or shoot it, we know you're a G!
     
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    Another Nugget apparently about PG: He was a huge Clipper fan while growing up in LA. Clips had a chance to draft him and he's been salty about getting passed on for Al-Farouq Aminu.

    The guy who picked Aminu over PG: Neil Olshey.
     
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