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Paul George tells Pacers his couch is for sale

allpurpleallgoldallpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
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http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19672053/paul-george-tells-indiana-pacers-leave-2018

This could pave the way for the Cavs to trade for him. Everyone knows he wants to be a Laker so a three team deal with Love could bring the best return. It's an all in move for the Cavs, as they'd probably just be renting PG, but imo George gets them pretty close to the Warriors and Lebrons prime isn't going to last forever. They'd still need to find better roll players but this would make their offense better and defense way way way fucking better.
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  • TierbsHsotBoobsTierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    allpurpleallgold said:

    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19672053/paul-george-tells-indiana-pacers-leave-2018

    This could pave the way for the Cavs to trade for him. Everyone knows he wants to be a Laker so a three team deal with Love could bring the best return. It's an all in move for the Cavs, as they'd probably just be renting PG, but imo George gets them pretty close to the Warriors and Lebrons prime isn't going to last forever. They'd still need to find better roll players but this would make their offense better and defense way way way fucking better.

    Awfully warm out for June 2018.
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  • NEsnake12NEsnake12 Member Posts: 3,792
    With this news the Pacers should probably go into tank-and-rebuild mode. Which means they'll be looking for draft picks, not Kevin Love-type players who would only keep them in 8th seed or late lottery pick purgatory.

    Cleveland is in a completely shit position as far as that goes... no 1st round picks available to trade until 2021 or something like that. It'll be incredibly tricky to find a good match for a 3 team trade... would have to be a team content with not competing for a ring next season but wants to in the near future.

    And then the bigger problem for Cleveland here is that the Celtics might want to take a run at PG and hope he decides to stay on. They have an absurd amount of draft picks to offer (especially after the Fultz trade) and could compete with Cleveland in the East next season if they add PG to that roster. They'd finally have an 2nd elite offensive option outside of IT and someone who could actually guard LeBron (who absolutely punked them in the playoffs).
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  • NEsnake12NEsnake12 Member Posts: 3,792
    Never mind about the Celtics being in play:

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  • CuntWaffleCuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,493
    Celtics are playing it really smart. Ainge has set them up nicely for the annual 2nd place ribbon after the Lebron era concludes.
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  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,825
    As soon as The Legend stepped down this becoming a reality was a poorly kept secret
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  • RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
    If the Celtics can get Hayward and Butler than maybe they could get lucky and beat the Cavs. Probably not though.

    Cavs will likely get George. The Cavs and Warriors will play again next June.
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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,614
    RoadDawg55 said:

    If the Celtics can get Hayward and Butler than maybe they could get lucky and beat the Cavs. Probably not though.

    Cavs will likely get George. The Cavs and Warriors will play again next June.

    Yep, the real suspense now is the 2019 Eastern Conference. If George bolts to the Lakers I don't see the Cavs having the assets to compete, which means LBJ selling the couch again. If he pussies out and stays in the East as always then whoever gets him is the favorite. If he goes west for once then Boston, Milwaukee and Philly are the most likely teams to take over the crown IMO. I don't see Washington or Toronto ever being a real threat.
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  • RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
    dnc said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    If the Celtics can get Hayward and Butler than maybe they could get lucky and beat the Cavs. Probably not though.

    Cavs will likely get George. The Cavs and Warriors will play again next June.

    Yep, the real suspense now is the 2019 Eastern Conference. If George bolts to the Lakers I don't see the Cavs having the assets to compete, which means LBJ selling the couch again. If he pussies out and stays in the East as always then whoever gets him is the favorite. If he goes west for once then Boston, Milwaukee and Philly are the most likely teams to take over the crown IMO. I don't see Washington or Toronto ever being a real threat.
    Milwaukee sucks even with Giannis.
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  • allpurpleallgoldallpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19682394/cleveland-cavaliers-trying-engage-chicago-bulls-multi-team-trade-scenarios-jimmy-butler

    Cavs looking to find a trade for Jimmy Butler, have already been offered George in a three team deal.

    Good call @NEsnake12
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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,614
    allpurpleallgold said:

    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19682394/cleveland-cavaliers-trying-engage-chicago-bulls-multi-team-trade-scenarios-jimmy-butler

    Cavs looking to find a trade for Jimmy Butler, have already been offered George in a three team deal.

    Good call @NEsnake12

    Well he was right in the sense that the Pacers don't appear to want Love in return
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  • NEsnake12NEsnake12 Member Posts: 3,792
    RoadDawg55 said:

    dnc said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    If the Celtics can get Hayward and Butler than maybe they could get lucky and beat the Cavs. Probably not though.

    Cavs will likely get George. The Cavs and Warriors will play again next June.

    Yep, the real suspense now is the 2019 Eastern Conference. If George bolts to the Lakers I don't see the Cavs having the assets to compete, which means LBJ selling the couch again. If he pussies out and stays in the East as always then whoever gets him is the favorite. If he goes west for once then Boston, Milwaukee and Philly are the most likely teams to take over the crown IMO. I don't see Washington or Toronto ever being a real threat.
    Milwaukee sucks even with Giannis.
    Giannis has the highest ceiling of any young player in the NBA, he's going to keep getting better. Thon Maker should develop into a quality player in a couple of seasons too, and they still have Jabari Parker assuming he recovers fully. And with Kidd at the helm, that core should develop well. I agree with @dnc that they're right up there with Philly and Boston.

    Toronto doesn't have a bright future, and Washington is fucked unless by some miracle they land a legit big in free agency.
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  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,825
    RoadDawg55 said:

    If the Celtics can get Hayward and Butler than maybe they could get lucky and beat the Cavs. Probably not though.

    Cavs will likely get George. The Cavs and Warriors will play again next June.

    Hayward is a better fit for the Celtics than Butler IMO - both are excessive
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  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,825
    allpurpleallgold said:

    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19682394/cleveland-cavaliers-trying-engage-chicago-bulls-multi-team-trade-scenarios-jimmy-butler

    Cavs looking to find a trade for Jimmy Butler, have already been offered George in a three team deal.

    Good call @NEsnake12

    The fact that the Cavs fired their GM is telling ... they are going to push all their chips in the middle for 1-2 more years ... after that LBJ will leave and leave behind a scorched earth franchise
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  • allpurpleallgoldallpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    dnc said:

    allpurpleallgold said:

    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19682394/cleveland-cavaliers-trying-engage-chicago-bulls-multi-team-trade-scenarios-jimmy-butler

    Cavs looking to find a trade for Jimmy Butler, have already been offered George in a three team deal.

    Good call @NEsnake12

    Well he was right in the sense that the Pacers don't appear to want Love in return
    Who said they wanted Love?
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  • RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
    NEsnake12 said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    dnc said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    If the Celtics can get Hayward and Butler than maybe they could get lucky and beat the Cavs. Probably not though.

    Cavs will likely get George. The Cavs and Warriors will play again next June.

    Yep, the real suspense now is the 2019 Eastern Conference. If George bolts to the Lakers I don't see the Cavs having the assets to compete, which means LBJ selling the couch again. If he pussies out and stays in the East as always then whoever gets him is the favorite. If he goes west for once then Boston, Milwaukee and Philly are the most likely teams to take over the crown IMO. I don't see Washington or Toronto ever being a real threat.
    Milwaukee sucks even with Giannis.
    Giannis has the highest ceiling of any young player in the NBA, he's going to keep getting better. Thon Maker should develop into a quality player in a couple of seasons too, and they still have Jabari Parker assuming he recovers fully. And with Kidd at the helm, that core should develop well. I agree with @dnc that they're right up there with Philly and Boston.

    Toronto doesn't have a bright future, and Washington is fucked unless by some miracle they land a legit big in free agency.
    Giannis is great. The rest of the team sucks though. I lump Giannis in with Anthony Davis, Towns, John Wall... They are all really good, but their team and franchise won't contend.
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