Paul George Rumors

[The Fresh Prince]

76ers reportedly discussed trading Paul George to a struggling West team

The Philadelphia 76ers endured a deeply disappointing season, finishing 13th in the Eastern Conference and raising major questions about the franchise’s direction moving forward.

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Thoughts?

 

[MTS]

My thought is people took something Andy Larsen briefly mentioned on a pod and went absolutely wild with it.


View: https://x.com/andyblarsen/status/1935430536681680943

 

[Park Bites]

I dont understand taking on that awful contract to move up 2 spaces. I dont even know what they would give to match. If they got Markkanen we should get the #3 out right. The jazz should then have the #3 and the #5.

 

[Rubashov]

hard pass

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Would Paul George be too good for the tank?

I know his production ended up being way short of his contract, but I don't think he's cooked all the way. Looking at his splits, he did this in January:

10 games, 33mpg, 20.5pts, 47/45/94 shooting splits, 6reb, 5ast, 2 stocks

He was dealing with injuries on a new team in a new environment with Embiid out/injured almost the entire season.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I think Paul George might be at an interesting intersection of being too good for a tanking team, but also not flipable because of his contract.

 

[homeytennis]

Fun fact: PG and Derrick Favors were drafted in the same draft.

 

[slc]

Would Paul George be too good for the tank?

I know his production ended up being way short of his contract, but I don't think he's cooked all the way. Looking at his splits, he did this in January:

10 games, 33mpg, 20.5pts, 47/45/94 shooting splits, 6reb, 5ast, 2 stocks

He was dealing with injuries on a new team in a new environment with Embiid out/injured almost the entire season.

If George will start next year healthy why trade him
Sixers can just take who they want at 3 and have a very good team if everyone stays healthy

 

[LogGrad98]

If George will start next year healthy why trade him
Sixers can just take who they want at 3 and have a very good team if everyone stays healthy

They have 2 of the most injury-prone players in professional sports, no way they all stay healthy. Question is can they be healthy together at the right time, i.e. mid-season push for playoff seeding and end of season push into the playoffs.

 

[Rubashov]

Would Paul George be too good for the tank?

I know his production ended up being way short of his contract, but I don't think he's cooked all the way. Looking at his splits, he did this in January:

10 games, 33mpg, 20.5pts, 47/45/94 shooting splits, 6reb, 5ast, 2 stocks

He was dealing with injuries on a new team in a new environment with Embiid out/injured almost the entire season.

He's 35, which in the professional athlete business, he has a lot of yesterdays and not too many tomorrows. He's got 105 million for two years on his contract and a player option for another 56 million for the third. At which point at 37, he'll likely opt in for cause I doubt his production will live up to the price tag.

 

[fishonjazz]

might be the worst contract in the entire nba

 

[SoberasHotRod]

He's 35, which in the professional athlete business, he has a lot of yesterdays and not too many tomorrows. He's got 105 million for two years on his contract and a player option for another 56 million for the third. At which point at 37, he'll likely opt in for cause I doubt his production will live up to the price tag.

Not really sure why are responding to my post with this, I didn't say anything about his contract in that post.