Within the lead-up to Paul George inking a four-year max cope with the Philadelphia 76ers, there have been stories of the Golden State Warriors pursuing the star ahead. The cap-strapped Warriors wanted George to choose in to the ultimate yr of his contract with the Clippers and search a commerce to the Bay Space. In different phrases, the Clippers needed to cooperate to facilitate George’s transfer to their division rival.
In keeping with Draymond Inexperienced, George was on board to hitch the Warriors till the Clippers entrance workplace nixed the deal on the final minute.
“A bit salty about that,” Inexperienced stated on “The Draymond Inexperienced Present” about George becoming a member of the Sixers. “Paul George was going to come back to the Warriors. We needed him…the Clippers did not need to play ball. They did not need to assist him get to the place he needed to go. In flip, they get nothing again [lost George for nothing to Philadelphia].”
