Ah thanks. Had not heard about it at all.
I loved some Paul George cause of his Pacers time and development but that's his second trade request in two years if I am not mistaken. Either he's a whiny bitch (so much for the 'I'm here to stay' last summer) or Westbrook is toxic. Or both.
Blow it up, OKC. trade the only superstar you've got and start from scratch.
i think he did want to give a legit go but realises it’s not going to happen there so may as well get out now as he’s likely not going to get a better situation a few years down the line, so fair enough I guess, and okc did well out of it
Seen this from Bruce Arthur, basically the Paul George trade is why Kawhi is a clipper and not resigned with the raps, not a giant shock, looks like Masai is going to do a full rebuild getting rid of ibaka, gasol and (a bit sadly) Lowry, will be interesting to see who he can get for those as it looks like a rebuild around the likes of siakam, anunoby, vanvleet and use those three as offering cap relief to other teams, either he goes for young talent or some potential buy low vets (thinking Kevin love, Gordon Hayward, whos contract expires in 2021...), for a disgruntled star (Beal is the obvious one but they’d probably have to give up anunoby for him), one I did think of was someone like Capela who could be a decent piece, just please don’t go for Chris Paul, Wiggins or Westbrook (as much as I do like him)
https://t.co/9xpCANaEORAnd here is a fun trade I did earlier
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y4l2dw98Not sure what the Raps will do. Sans Leonard and Green the roster isn't good enough in my opinion, but Ujiri has had opportunities to blow it up in the past and didn't (thankfully). Decimating a defending champion isn't exactly the done thing either. I guess he'll look for a few low key pieces and see how the land lies next summer.
Of the remaining 6 from the main rotation Lowry is 33, gasol 35, ibaka is in his thirties so not totally crazy to blow it up trading those three, all expire next summer so have some value in a trade
And another fake trade that gets the raps back in eastern contention with flexibility for 2021
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y42hpw8y