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Shaboid said:
Hypothetical, would you do a deal for him at the 2018 trade deadline if we were the number 7 seed in the WC standings?
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Well, depends on how far we are out of the 4th seed. If there were only 3 or 4 games separating the 4th and 7th seeds, yes. If we were more than 5 games out of HCA, no.

I'd only want to give up assets to land George for 32 games if:

It gave us a realistic chance of getting HCA and advancing to at least the second round.

Anything else and it's not enough to convince PG13 to re-sign with us.

If we're already a top 4 seed, hell yes - especially if it gives us a chance to move up to the 2nd seed, which would give us a realistic shot at reaching the WCF. I'm convinced a trip to the WCF would be enough to convince George to stay.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
Yep, and every day his trade value goes down.

The fact that George didn't get traded today makes me feel better about not getting him. It tells me IND's expectations were unrealistic. Supposedly nearly every team in the league made an offer, but none of them were "good enough". It's called market value. Given George's potential lame duck status, Pritchard is overestimating his value. The market has spoken. They have told you what 1-year of Paul George is worth.

BNM
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I think he's gonna trade him. He will have even less value at the trade deadline. I think a lot of teams believe maybe they can convince him to stay with a full season of integration, but not just a few months.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I think he's gonna trade him. He will have even less value at the trade deadline. I think a lot of teams believe maybe they can convince him to stay with a full season of integration, but not just a few months.
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My point exactly. The longer he waits, the less he'll get. He seems to think he's holding out for more, when reality says the opposite is true.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
My point exactly. The longer he waits, the less he'll get. He seems to think he's holding out for more, when reality says the opposite is true.

BNM
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He's probably not lying. The Spurs offered up LMA, I'm sure. He would be a moron if he took an aging star like Aldridge.
 
Natebishop3 said:
He's probably not lying. The Spurs offered up LMA, I'm sure. He would be a moron if he took an aging star like Aldridge.
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Well yeah, I don't doubt he was offered at least one "all star" or "potential" all star. Hell, if that's all it takes for him to save face, I say we sign Jamaal Magloire to sweeten our offer.

Seriously, he's fishing for a better offer when everyone already gave him their best offer. This was basically an eBay auction and Pritchard set his Reserve Price too high.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
Well yeah, I don't doubt he was offered at least one "all star" or "potential" all star. Hell, if that's all it takes for him to save face, I say we sign Jamaal Magloire to sweeten our offer.

Seriously, he's fishing for a better offer when everyone already gave him their best offer. This was basically an eBay auction and Pritchard set his Reserve Price too high.

BNM
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That's a great analogy.
 
I am not so sure KP fucked up. Especially if all the offers included taking back 20 million in salary. The Laker's two picks at the end of the 1st round were useless. He might as well gamble and hold out for more. Love and his contract would not have been a good fit...if he was even offered.
 
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2718015-10-realistic-paul-george-trade-offers-pacers-cant-refuse


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    Pacers Get: Allen Crabbe, Zach Collins, 2019 first-round pick (top-10 protected)

    Indiana adds a shooter in Crabbe, a lottery pick in Collins and another potential lottery selection in 2019—when the Blazers, perhaps, pick a little higher after losing George for nothing in free agency after the 2018-19 season.

    That's a long way off, but if Indiana's really starting over, gambling on George ditching the Blazers and plunging them back into the late lottery two years from now is a shrewd tack to take.

    Portland's calculus here is easy. Collins and a pick for George makes sense, particularly if you think culture and entrenched stars in Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum make extending George's stay possible. Crabbe has real value as a standstill shooter, but adding George on the wing makes him wholly expendable.

    The only problem with this deal is it doesn't get Evan Turner off the Blazers payroll.

    The Pacers are desperate to move George, but having endured the Turner experience firsthand, they're not that desperate.
 
Nope. Not with his UFA status coming up.

I'm only giving up Collins in a package for Porzingis.
 
There were people before the draft who would have easily given up all three picks for George.... now people are saying "no" to trading Collins.
 
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