[Stein] Golden State has this week prioritized the trade pursuit of the LA Clippers’ Paul George above ALL OTHER business, per @TheSteinLine. The Warriors seem to be throwing all their eggs into one basket trying to make a Paul George opt-in and trade happen by tomorrow.
by UnbiasedNBAFan_
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I think this is the right thing to swing for. I’m not sure it even makes the Warriors the favorite to come out of the West, but it is the best player available and it’s a good fit.
are we are actually getting Paul George
Only a bum would photoshop Paul George into a Warriors #11 Jersey
He’s too old…
This kinda feels like arson judge or ohtani type of situation. Quit toying with my emotions. It’d be interesting to see some changes though.
I can’t remember the last the time the warriors were so publicly in the mix for a free agent, it’s not their style at all. I wonder if steph is putting his foot down behind the scenes and forcing this.
PG-13 really isn’t that hard to remember
I’d rather keep Kuminga if he’s in the trade. This could be a SGA situation. It was pretty clear after the OKC/Clippers trade that SGA and PG weren’t far apart in talent. It was OBVIOUS last season that SGA is way better.
I just can’t see the Clippers trading their best player to a rival who plays them 4 times a year and competes for the Division. That doesn’t make sense from a competitive standpoint. I’m guessing they’d rather trade Paul George to an Eastern Conference team or at least a team not in the same Division.
Wow this is getting a lot closer than I thought it would. PG (at the 3) and Steph makes 2 shooters. Then they still need a starting shooting guard. And with Draymond at the 4 and Trayce at the 5, I guess that pushes JK back to the bench.
Starters:
* Steph
* New SG
* PG
* Draymond
* Trayce
Backup:
* Podz
* Klay
* Moody
* JK
* Quinten Post
I want this to happen personally. Steph deserves to have a solid #2 option
Fuck it we ball 😤
Both the numbers PG has worn, 13 and 24, have been retired on our team. Wonder which number he’d wear because he def not wearing 11
If PG cost you kuminga would you do it? Just wondering
Not happening
If they want to maximize Steph as much as possible, this is the way. We will be bad for a while after he retired but at least we give it our all for HIM.
If you go to Stein’s Twitter account there’s nothing showing he posted this, unless I’m blind
I haven’t crunched the numbers and reread the apron rules yet but couldn’t the Warriors and Clippers come to agreement to trade PG13 today and finalize the trade post 7/1 which would take GSW under the 2nd apron for the new year? GSW could incentivize the Clippers to do that by offering 2025 and 2027 FRPs.
Post 7/1 allows them to aggregate salary by being under the 2nd apron AND would let GSW keep Klay if he’s willing to accept a $20Mish contract. I would expect GSW to offer a third year so Klay could save face for declining the previous 2/$48M and the new contract would be 3/$60M.
If GSW could find a way to roll out Curry/PG13/Klay/Wiggins/Dray for one last run, I like our chances against any team in the West.
Underrated but the Bay Area being on the west coast (and really close to LA) helps a lot with FA who are tied to LA.
imagine all this was a smokescreen just to screw up the clippers and the warriors didn’t really want to trade for him ahahha
Apparently the clippers sub is down
So are we all agreed PG is a far better upgrade to Klay? Not sure what we would lose here. But would we ship our Kuminga or TDJ or Podz as part of this? Would be exciting to land PG, but as with all things, what would be give up? And does this push us into Top 4 or out of the play-in? Exciting to see.
Wiggins, Thompson and who else is on the block? CP3? I’d love to keep our youths.
Honestly I dont like really like this trade if it goes through. I feel like most of us will love and hate him during 2024-2025 regular season and we’ll be hating him much more during the playoffs. If we make it Hopefully I’m wrong🤷
This sub is very uncomfortable with being decisive lol
So many of y’all are so one foot in and one foot out.. It’s either give up the youth and all in the next couple years then full rebuild
or
Build around the youth and trade Curry/Klay/Dray etc for as much draft capital as humanly possible to try and OKC our way back into the fold
One way or the other.. keeping the trio without adding a major piece and keeping the young players and draft picks will just lead to a low seeding and early playoff exit until they retire.. who tf wants that
If Kuminga is leaving, Ima go with him. Ain’t no way this is worth the risk. We still got locked in core contracts.
The wording of this is so clickbaity. The first half (without caps lock) is all that’s being reported here.
2nd half is from Twitter with under 1000 followers.
Paul George sounds like he wants to join them and I’m almost positive Curry and Draymond want this.
My only reservations is Paul George’s health to play most of the season to put us in a good seeding position 3-6 and this most likely implies Klay is gone.
Dubs need to send Wiggins and picks to Bucks for Portis and a wing player. Draymond and TJD need one more big to bang down low with and Portis would be my ideal fit.
Our team isn’t getting any younger we have to make a move this year no matter what and this is the best available on the table by far.
No, too risky on injuries
Can’t wrap my head around the idea that ppl are onboard w/ this hypothetical trade / acquisition.
PG is older, overpriced and injury prone. In addition to that, IMO has never met or lived up to his expectations.
Overpaying for an aging, injury prone player NEVER f-ing works.
I love the fact that the Dubs are willing to make major moves to capitalize on whatever time Steph has left.
But this ain’t it. Doubly so, if they move any of the young core guys to facilitate this trade.
If we’re doing this we can’t give up BOTH Wiggins and Kuminga. Have to pick one
Not very excited about this
We are going to regret this. The dude is older, injury prone and inconsistent. He’s not worth a massive 4 year contract
Huge shoutout to the Warriors trying to take a big swing like this. This is what we need to do right now.
You’ve got to take a big swing while we have Steph otherwise what’s the point. Paul George could absolutely fit in our system and give us a chance to compete in the playoffs. It’s not a guarantee but it’s definitely worth trying
This feels like the FO very loudly signaling to Steph (and Draymond and fans) that they ‘tried’ to go after a difference maker, which makes me think it isn’t going to happen.
Blech. Why? He’s fragile as glass and well over the other side of the hill. And not inexpensive.
just dont let go of Klay or Wiggins
Is there a way to trade for George and Keep Klay? Or would bringing in George make it impossible?
I don’t like this. I like PG. He’s one of the best pure guards in the league and his talent is undeniable. He’d fit in great with the Warriors. But, exactly how much will the Warriors have to give up to acquire him? I feel like there won’t be much of a team left outside of Curry/George/Dray and that’s not going to win a championship. I’d rather see the Warriors spend that 47+ million and get a legit big to start at the 5, move Kuminga to being a starter, and solidify the bench.
I’m down for whatever but I can’t lie I would be real upset if this costs us Kuminga
If we can somehow keep kuminga, podz, tjd I’d be happy af. I’m okay with giving up moody, Wiggins, loon, multiple 1sts.
All-in for Curry’s remaining years.