Well I remember therealdeal had hypothetical lineup thoughts a couple weeks ago where BI with some more lbs on him started at PF to create mismatches, came out early and then back in to spell PG at small forward. And late in games BI creating the mismatch again.
I think you could throw out a lineup of Russell, Ball, Ingram, George, and Zubac and they'd be able to make it work. I don't know who would be considered the 1/2 between Russell/Ball or who would be considered the 3/4 between Ingram and George, but I don't think it matters. There is so much offensive versatility, playmaking, ball sharing and defensive potential in that lineup that I think they'd create enough mismatches to outweigh any downsides from their lack of traditional size.
George already publicly complained when indy wanted him to play pf and ingram isnt even handling sf right now
In all Honesty.. Youth & Potential mean nothing without someone to lead the way.. (i.e. Joe Johnson in Utah) We have 7-8 young players that all have potential to be really good-great, but none of them appear to be leaders or guaranteed perennial all-stars. If you can get a player of Paul George's level while he's still in his prime... You do it.
Yeah my idea was with Ingram at the 4. It of course isn't ideal while Ingram is so thin, but it's not like there's a ton of post-up bigs anymore anyway. Besides, the length and versatility we'd have, we could double anytime it looks like Ingram is in trouble.
I mean if they can do Draymond/Iggy at the 4 why can't we do PG/Ingram? Especially if we have bigs anchoring the defense. I'm not the expert in this stuff but Luke is. Make it happen. I still don't like giving up two young assets for PG. I look at that DMC trade and I think we can hold out. Send 'em Randle, send 'em the Hou pick, send 'em another player or two, but I don't think we need to give up Clarkson and Russell. And that definitely better not be our initial offer.
you are going to wear out Ingram making him play PF....even if there's not alot of post up PF, he will still get beaten up, it is the same reason George complained, he didn't want the wear/tear on him having to defend PF
Broussard seems to think the Clippers could be a destination for George. I really don't know that they're in a great position to get George. Paul and Griffin are both older and obviously in this scenario they'd have to trade Griffin for him. Is playing with an aging Chris Paul really that enticing? They still aren't likely gonna be able to beat the Warriors and Paul probably only has 2-3 years left of high level play.
Sign and trade rules are far more complicated these days. There's many rules in place that would make a deal like this extremely difficult. Besides, I'd love if that happened. I'm 100% positive Paul George would then trade hallways to come here. The Clippers are not winning anything even with Paul George replacing Griffin. They're in fact going to lose assets this summer as the money piles up and players leave to make more elsewhere (Reddick will be the first). Once traded, Paul George can't make the supermax so the Clippers wouldn't even have much of a leg to stand on. Then once George leaves them (assuming they could make it work under the new rules), the Clippers would still be cap-strapped and would be doomed to a future of Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan.
The tennants better back the f*** off. We'll have a chance to see, how serious is George about becoming a Laker...
Blake for PG13 doesn't make sense. I mean, it's great for the Clippers - they get something for Blake, they can field CP3, PG13, and DeAndre. They could let an aging Redick walk, and start Rivers and M'bah a Moute or shop around for a PF with their star-studded trio. For the Pacers...why would you do that with Thad Young and Al Jefferson making 23M? Even if Jefferson plays C, that team sucks.
I doubt PG is going from a dysfunctional team to another dysfunctional team. Lakers are on the rise and their management just took a boost. If PG REALLY wants to be a Laker, he will be a Laker. That spot is ready for him.
Exactly what I was going to respond with, you smart devil. If Indy moves PG, it's for a total rebuild. They're going to want young inexpensive assets & draft capital, not to pay a broken-down Blake the max to pair with their less than stellar remaining core.
There's no advantage for blake to do a s&t, especially if its to indy. Dont think blake would want to be there nor would it be good for his brand
