This is good. This is really good. No supermax. #2 pick. And Pacers bombarded with press releases heavily favoring PG leaving. Although that particular article about a locker room talk saying PG expressing his walk in desire in Summer of 2018 I think is a bull crap. Not that it won't happen, it's just that it'll be too brutal and unbecoming of PG to imply such thing let alone, do it exactly as it's been written. The most plausible scenario right now and now I believe this to be about 70% probable of happening is offering Pacers two decent pieces. Or one decent and a 1st rd pick. Think that will cut it for the Pacers. I just don't see PG resigning in any scenario possible. Unless someone is willing to risk more for a 1 year rental, it's set in stone... Welcome to the Lakers LA boy! Sent from my E6533 using Tapatalk
If you're the Pacers are you willing to wait past the Feb deadline to take that chance when you know the Lakers are waiting for him?
PG13 price tag went from 75 cents on the dollar to 25 cents if you are the Lakers Pacers are cornered. Rock and a hard place. Phil Jax in NY hahaha f-up scenario. I would be willing to give them Clarkson, Deng, and #28
Looks like that person put Curry and Durant in instead of Lebron and Russ. As for PG, I'm only for a trade if the Lakers can rob Indy, otherwise I'm ready to see what the young guys have to offer, then add PG and whomever else wants to join next year.
ESPN: Paul George did not make the All-NBA team announced Thursday, which means the Indiana Pacers will likely be unable to sign him to a contract extension this summer. Had George made one of the three teams, he would have qualified for the new Designated Player Extension that is part of the new collective bargaining agreement that starts July 1. That designation would've allowed the Pacers to offer George the richest contract in NBA history and add up to five years and approximately $210 million to his contract. That is about $75 million more than another team could guarantee George were he to sign elsewhere if he opted for free agency in 2018. This new provision was built into the system following Kevin Durant's departure from the Oklahoma City Thunder in free agency last summer. The Pacers could still offer an extension to George this summer, but he doesn't have as much financial incentive to do so. Because of this, there has been speculation the Pacers may test the trade market for George because they risk losing him after next season. Several teams made trade offers for George in February, including the Atlanta Hawks, who offered four first round picks in exchange for him. George, who grew up a Kobe Bryant fan in Southern California, has expressed an interest in playing for the Los Angeles Lakers in the past. New Pacers president Kevin Pritchard, who met with George after the team was eliminated from the playoffs by the Cleveland Cavaliers, told reporters that George expressed an interest in staying long term but made it clear he wanted to be on a contender. Players qualify if they make the All-NBA team the year before the extension or are named Most Valuable Player or Defensive Player of the Year. It only applies to players going into their eighth or ninth seasons when the contract takes effect. It's a narrow window of players, but in this case the stakes are high. The Pacers could wait and see if George makes the All-NBA team next season, because he'd then be eligible for the massive $200 million-plus deal while other teams could only guarantee about $130 million. The All-NBA team was announced Thursday, with James Harden leading the way as a unanimous choice. He was joined on the first team by by LeBron James, who tied an NBA record with his 11th All-NBA selection, Russell Westbrook, Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis. The second team consisted of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Rudy Gobert, Isaiah Thomas, Stephen Curry and Durant. Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green, DeMar DeRozan, John Wall and DeAndre Jordan made the third team.
Maybe JLaker17 meant what does it mean to us if somehow we get him this summer and he makes one of the all NBA teams next year. Do we have to pay to the moon and take up too much cap space to re-sign him? At least I wonder about that. Or do they do an extension prior to the season? Have no idea how paying PG works if he's an all star for the Lakers in 2018.
So we should be worried about LeBron or Popovich talking him into joining them in 2018, but we should trade the #2 pick for him and assume those aren't possibilities even if he's a Laker? We have LESS talent here having traded for him, and expect him to see us as more appealing when he's a free agent with us than with Indy next offseason? Ok. I DON'T have a problem trading the pick for an all-star player not named Paul George that's under contract for at least a couple years in order to make us more attractive to him, but not for PG if signs are he will join us in 2018 if we are improved.
You keep the young core of Ingram, Russell, Zubac, and likely Lonzo Ball and then George joins a very talented young core that is likely have made tremendous strides in a year or so and probably knocking on the door of being a playoff team without George.
Exactly. With him not making the all-NBA team, the second pick is waaaay too much. The Lakers future does not rise and fall with Paul George. Out future really depends on Russell, Ingram and Ball becoming game-changers. If they do, George isn't going to be as important in 4 years when they are actually ready to compete. If they don't, George is meaningless any way.
