Paul George traded to OKC

[DJ Fieri]

WOW, I like it. What a steal lol now lebron and Giannis are going to rule the east

Not if Heyward goes to Boston OR Miami.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Nah, he retired. It's Kevin Pritchard now

Bird is still a consultant.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Yeah, even if they move George again at the trade deadline the Thunder will be sitting in much better shape than they were.

They basically flipped Ibaka for PG.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Bill Simmons‏Verified account @BillSimmons 12h12 hours ago
Would be funny if Pritchard's reason for PG trade was, "You don't like being on a non contender in a small city? Well watch this dickhead!"


Fave comment from last night.

 

[msgkings322]

Yeah I remember, as I'm sure the people do I saw on tv last night calling it the biggest trade in the league in 6 years or so.

Oh, more dummies being wrong in public about sports. Shocking.

Chris Paul might have been a bigger trade as well.

 

[msgkings322]

Never trust a guy with 2 first names.

I like this for the Thunder but we know nothing until players get locked up

List of players to never trust:

Paul George
Chris Paul
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
Kobe Bryant
Blake Griffin
Bill Russell
Jarrett Jack
Isaiah Thomas
Avery Bradley
Nazr Muhammad
DeAndre Jordan
Kyrie Irving
Dwight Howard
Kawhi Leonard

That's a pretty good team

 

[Clayton]

List of players to never trust:

Paul George
Chris Paul
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
Kobe Bryant
Blake Griffin
Bill Russell
Jarrett Jack
Isaiah Thomas
Avery Bradley
Nazr Muhammad
DeAndre Jordan
Kyrie Irving
Dwight Howard
Kawhi Leonard

That's a pretty good team

Trust and talent are two different things. I was just pointing out that everyone and their mom thinks PG is a rental.

The Thunder can get the last laugh, though. They are 1 piece away from a pretty good team.

 

[msgkings322]

Trust and talent are two different things. I was just pointing out that everyone and their mom thinks PG is a rental.

The Thunder can get the last laugh, though. They are 1 piece away from a pretty good team.

I wasn't disagreeing, I was just pointing out how many really great players have 2 first names. Some other poster posted the same sentence you did and I made this list and was surprised.

I'm sure many of those guys can be trusted LOL

 

[trojanfan12]

List of players to never trust:

Paul George
Chris Paul
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
Kobe Bryant
Blake Griffin
Bill Russell
Jarrett Jack
Isaiah Thomas
Avery Bradley
Nazr Muhammad
DeAndre Jordan
Kyrie Irving
Dwight Howard
Kawhi Leonard

That's a pretty good team

I'd take Lebron, Kobe, Kyrie and Kawhi off the list. Lebron, Kyrie and Kawhi because those aren't real names and Kobe because that's the name of a type of beef.

To be fair though, Kobe beef is about as good as it gets.

 

[msgkings322]

I'd take Lebron, Kobe, Kyrie and Kawhi off the list. Lebron, Kyrie and Kawhi because those aren't real names and Kobe because that's the name of a type of beef.

To be fair though, Kobe beef is about as good as it gets.

Heck if DeAndre counts you gotta at least give me LeBron

 

[DJ Fieri]

Chris Broussard‏Verified account @Chris_Broussard 35m35 minutes ago
OKC deserves props. But I don't see PG staying unless OKC reach at least WC Finals. If Russ don't sign supermax, they may both go 2 Lakers.

 

[bksballer89]

The Lakers offer was real and much better than what they got.

Yeah the Celtics offer was real as well. Don't know why they chose this offer

 

[trojanfan12]

Yeah the Celtics offer was real as well. Don't know why they chose this offer

The more I think about it, the more that Simmons tweet that you posted looks more like the real reason and less like a joke. lol

 

[trojanfan12]

Chris Broussard‏Verified account @Chris_Broussard 35m35 minutes ago
OKC deserves props. But I don't see PG staying unless OKC reach at least WC Finals. If Russ don't sign supermax, they may both go 2 Lakers.

No thank you on Russ. I love watching him play...for someone else.

He's all wrong for what Luke is trying to do.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

The more I think about it, the more that Simmons tweet that you posted looks more like the real reason and less like a joke. lol

Personally - I think when they stated that Paul George was willing to sign a long term contract with Boston in that trade: I think that was a bluff to scare the Lakers into a better trade. When that didn't work - Boston backed out and left them with nothing. A trade for Paul George is a one year rental which leads to the question - why would you give up any draft that could be there long after the one year rental is up? Just my theory

 

[trojanfan12]

Personally - I think when they stated that Paul George was willing to sign a long term contract with Boston in that trade: I think that was a bluff to scare the Lakers into a better trade. When that didn't work - Boston backed out and left them with nothing. A trade for Paul George is a one year rental which leads to the question - why would you give up any draft that could be there long after the one year rental is up? Just my theory

If there is a team that could afford to give up a couple of draft picks to take a risk on a 1 year rental, it's the Celtics.

With their defense and the added offense of PG and Hayward, they would be a real threat to the Cavs and I'd bet that making the finals would be enough to get PG to stay in Boston.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

If there is a team that could afford to give up a couple of draft picks to take a risk on a 1 year rental, it's the Celtics.

With their defense and the added offense of PG and Hayward, they would be a real threat to the Cavs and I'd bet that making the finals would be enough to get PG to stay in Boston.

That's really the part that makes me think Paul George wasn't willing to sign anything and was still a one year rental. With what Boston has, I personally would gladly give Indiana the Philly and Lakers pick or whatever. There's no guarantee either one will be worth squat next year and Paul George would be one hell of an addition that would move them forward. Without a contract extension from George, however - I agree with Boston - The price is too high.

 

[Demonjoe93]

What a horrible trade for the Pacers.

 

[msgkings322]

No thank you on Russ. I love watching him play...for someone else.

He's all wrong for what Luke is trying to do.

Both PG and RW are LA guys, and I bet they will at least talk about going there together....

 

[The Derski]

I doubt that. The one the thing the Suns were last season, was entertaining. Can't say that about the Lakers.

True that. I was entertained every game. Cant say that about every team that wins less than 30 games. Maybe Minnesota. But they only won 31.