Paul George to OKC
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u cav fans really believe in fairy tales dontyou
Just saying KLove is a perennial all star you want to trade PG for a bag of moldy hot pockets
He still got draft picks tho!
Danny Ainge is trying to win the title in 2022
The east is so fuckin weak, they'll lose to the Cavs again
I guess Boston fans just have to trust the process or wait til LeBron retires.
Indy could have got love and moved him for 2-3 mid-level decent to good young role players
Ainge should be fired
You better NOT delete that bullshit ass thread you started either Nigga! Told you aint nobody fucking with Cleveland like that fool!!!
Most they can do now is hope for a melo buyout and that won't be enough
Nah, the Pacers whole management staff needs to be fired; Supposedly at the trade deadline, they were offered 3 or 4 1st rounders for PG; they should have took that then...
You praying aint you fagget.
Yeah them too
Which is why Bird left.
They fucked up with this PG thing; he should have been traded; waiting on more details about this trade though...
Pump fakin Ainge
Bird still in the building.
Bags what da fuck nigga all these jokers suppose to be goin to Cleveland!!!!
At least one of them shit, can we get Rondo to sign with Cleveland at this point???? we can't even secure Danny Green what the hell is foul in Clevelands Locker room
I think Bird left because the owners are unwilling to pay the tax; and in the NBA you not winning unless you paying the tax.....
Is he taking a lesser role?
Yeah. You can't fire Bird in Indiana. He had to fall back. He's like a counselor now.
Pritchard is off to a bad start. You draft TJ Leaf. And then pick up Sabonis? Got a gang of PFs. He better flip somebody.
But he did some grinding in POR. So I'm going to sit back and watch the process. Closely, lol.
I hope Mello come out and just shit all over NY's front office to the media so they would be happy to give him his walking papers just make up lies about everybody.
My hopes and dreams are dying slow I'm in desperation mode
Your hopes and dreams were really just allusions and falsehoods....I hope Mello come out and just shit all over NY's front office to the media so they would be happy to give him his walking papers just make up lies about everybody.
My hopes and dreams are dying slow I'm in desperation mode
Grading The Deal: Paul George Traded To Thunder On Low Cost Gamble
BY CHRISTOPHER REINA
JUN 30, 2017 10:08 PM
Paul George has been one of the NBA’s best two-way stars, but he’s in that great yet not quite transcendent range where a strong supporting cast is needed to be a real title contender. Now George gets to slide down a spot and be the second star behind Russell Westbrook and all it took for the Oklahoma City Thunder was the same package they acquired when they traded away Serge Ibaka a year ago.
Since returning from his leg injury, George has been better and stayed healthier than even the most optimistic prognosticators could have imagined. George hasn’t been quite the same player on defense, but he’s been a more efficient scorer with his True Shooting Percentage hitting .586 this past season. George is getting to the rim about as half as often as he did before his injury, but he’s offset that by growing into a more reliable shooter on 3’s and in the mid-range. George won’t have to try to create as much off the dribble as he’ll get to spot-up with Westbrook collapsing the defense and either have wide open looks or make plays against a closeout.
George ranked 37th in the NBA in Real Plus Minus this past season and really wasn’t all that close to making an All-NBA team. George's supporting cast, lacking in talent and floor spacing, deflated his production.
The defensive upside of the Thunder if they re-sign Andre Roberson is very high. Roberson and George on the wings can be suffocating along with Steven Adams at center. Roberson's very obvious limitations on offense are less of an issue with George traded in for Victor Oladipo.
Sam Presti was opportunistic and gives Westbrook a second chance with a truly elite small forward. Even if the experiment doesn’t work and George leaves for the Lakers in 2018, the gamble is more than worth it. George will elevate the Thunder but the top of the Western Conference is obviously crowded with the Warriors, Spurs and Rockets. As good as Westbrook and George are, it is hard to conceive of the 17-18 Thunder being better than the 15-16 Thunder and convincing George to re-sign will involve less sentimentality than it did for Kevin Durant.
This presumably also makes Westbrook even more likely to sign his Designated Veteran Player Extension, which is still the most important part of their offseason. If Westbrook decides to wait on his extension until 2018, there is a chance he and George get one season of experience playing together with the Thunder before joining the Lakers.
Grade for Thunder: A
Since those feisty and memorable Conference Finals teams fell apart and Paul George broke his leg, the Indiana Pacers have had a sparsely talented roster that he simply isn’t quite talented enough to overcome. The identity switch to play faster while weakening their floor spacing and defense with moves like signing Monta Ellis certainly didn’t help maximize the strengths of George.
The Pacers weren’t prepared to trade away George at the deadline when he could have still qualified for a supermax extension by making an All-NBA team, but this irrevocably cost them in starting off their rebuilding project.
A package of players who decidedly don’t have All-Star potential instead of waiting on an improved offer from the Celtics or Lakers doesn’t do much long-term for the Pacers. But at least Oladipo was a Hoosier and now he'll be one again at $21 million per season until 2021.
Superstar players are being traded for less and less in 2017 despite being more valuable than ever and George is the latest example following DeMarcus Cousins and Jimmy Butler.
Grade for Pacers: C-
To be fair, George was as consistent as humanly possible in his messaging with the Pacers. Their surprise he openly informed them he wouldn’t re-sign should be considered a blessing and he left them with enough leverage to at least recoup some value.
George could have taken a stronger position on going to the Lakers where he could be in the city he prefers and be in a position to sign a five-year max in 2018 with full raises.
Grade for Paul George: B
BY CHRISTOPHER REINA
JUN 30, 2017 10:08 PM
Paul George has been one of the NBA’s best two-way stars, but he’s in that great yet not quite transcendent range where a strong supporting cast is needed to be a real title contender. Now George gets to slide down a spot and be the second star behind Russell Westbrook and all it took for the Oklahoma City Thunder was the same package they acquired when they traded away Serge Ibaka a year ago.
Since returning from his leg injury, George has been better and stayed healthier than even the most optimistic prognosticators could have imagined. George hasn’t been quite the same player on defense, but he’s been a more efficient scorer with his True Shooting Percentage hitting .586 this past season. George is getting to the rim about as half as often as he did before his injury, but he’s offset that by growing into a more reliable shooter on 3’s and in the mid-range. George won’t have to try to create as much off the dribble as he’ll get to spot-up with Westbrook collapsing the defense and either have wide open looks or make plays against a closeout.
George ranked 37th in the NBA in Real Plus Minus this past season and really wasn’t all that close to making an All-NBA team. George's supporting cast, lacking in talent and floor spacing, deflated his production.
The defensive upside of the Thunder if they re-sign Andre Roberson is very high. Roberson and George on the wings can be suffocating along with Steven Adams at center. Roberson's very obvious limitations on offense are less of an issue with George traded in for Victor Oladipo.
Sam Presti was opportunistic and gives Westbrook a second chance with a truly elite small forward. Even if the experiment doesn’t work and George leaves for the Lakers in 2018, the gamble is more than worth it. George will elevate the Thunder but the top of the Western Conference is obviously crowded with the Warriors, Spurs and Rockets. As good as Westbrook and George are, it is hard to conceive of the 17-18 Thunder being better than the 15-16 Thunder and convincing George to re-sign will involve less sentimentality than it did for Kevin Durant.
This presumably also makes Westbrook even more likely to sign his Designated Veteran Player Extension, which is still the most important part of their offseason. If Westbrook decides to wait on his extension until 2018, there is a chance he and George get one season of experience playing together with the Thunder before joining the Lakers.
Grade for Thunder: A
Since those feisty and memorable Conference Finals teams fell apart and Paul George broke his leg, the Indiana Pacers have had a sparsely talented roster that he simply isn’t quite talented enough to overcome. The identity switch to play faster while weakening their floor spacing and defense with moves like signing Monta Ellis certainly didn’t help maximize the strengths of George.
The Pacers weren’t prepared to trade away George at the deadline when he could have still qualified for a supermax extension by making an All-NBA team, but this irrevocably cost them in starting off their rebuilding project.
A package of players who decidedly don’t have All-Star potential instead of waiting on an improved offer from the Celtics or Lakers doesn’t do much long-term for the Pacers. But at least Oladipo was a Hoosier and now he'll be one again at $21 million per season until 2021.
Superstar players are being traded for less and less in 2017 despite being more valuable than ever and George is the latest example following DeMarcus Cousins and Jimmy Butler.
Grade for Pacers: C-
To be fair, George was as consistent as humanly possible in his messaging with the Pacers. Their surprise he openly informed them he wouldn’t re-sign should be considered a blessing and he left them with enough leverage to at least recoup some value.
George could have taken a stronger position on going to the Lakers where he could be in the city he prefers and be in a position to sign a five-year max in 2018 with full raises.
Grade for Paul George: B
Crushed that Niggas soul
...no GM, or real players fucking with LeBron like that Nigga! Hes gonna have to hoe himself out to another squad in 2018 to even sniff another chip!
When did the NBA stop liking tall clean cut 3pt shooting white boys??? what the hell is going in the world why nobody fucking with K-Love no more, in Minnesota he was the great white hype
We still getting Wade Mello and Rondo at least Rondo can run the offense like a true PG
Far cry from PG Nigga! So, yall benching Kyrie? Yall replace PG in that amazing lineup with 15 mins a game from a washed up mental midget and a 75 year old Wade?! Werd?!?!?!When did the NBA stop liking tall clean cut 3pt shooting white boys??? what the hell is going in the world why nobody fucking with K-Love no more, in Minnesota he was the great white hype
We still getting Wade Mello and Rondo at least Rondo can run the offense like a true PG
Dumb ass trade for OKC......Russ and KD couldn't beat GS .....Russ and PG will get swept
Far cry from PG Nigga! So, yall benching Kyrie? Yall replace PG in that amazing lineup with 15 mins a game from a washed up mental midget and a 75 year old Wade?! Werd?!?!?!
Naw, move Irving to SG bench JR.....Wade would be the best sixth man in NBA history
GS might get taken out early next season and Cleveland constructed as is are better suited to Play the Rockets Thunder and Spurs....One thing that is 100% facts is we still shit on everybody in the east easy road to the finals as always