I know ur joking but it made me curious… Seems like max games a season is 113:
82 regular season
28 playoffs (four 7 game series)
2 play-in games (for a 9/10 seed)
1 in-season-tournament championship game
So youd need to be about .500 but hot in November and also turn it on in the playoffs to win (or lose) the chip in 7
How many times can he be traded? Can they just hot potato him around so he plays a game every day until the trade deadline? If the nets play at 3 on saturday and the knicks play at 7 that night can they trade him inbetween so he plays twice a day?
This has happened I believe, a game was decided by a bad call partway through the match, the league agreed to replay the game from that point at a later date, in the meantime a player had been traded between the two teams. Probably only counted as the one game for the stats.
I'll try find it now.
Edit: Twas Eric Money, seems 2 other players that got moved in the same trade also played 2 games in one.
PG played 74 games this year. On/off of +14 which is superstar numbers better than any season of Kawhi. 40% from 3 on 7 attempts per game and guards opposing teams best players.
Yeah and last year was only time he played over 56 games in the last 5 seasons, with 2 of those seasons playing less than 50 games. Idk how long he should be expected to maintain his health from last year when he’s only getting older and has been injury prone since he left OKC. That said, I’m a PG hater so I’m almost always going to argue against him.
I don't get this logic. Obviously if the Clippers were keeping him and it was either play for the Clippers or trade him thats not enough. But if he wasn't staying anyways wouldn't picking up Moody and an expiring be a lot better than just watching him walk out the door?
Is it tho? The only four available to get rid of are Cason wallace (which they prob don’t want to) , Dieng, kenrich williams and jaylen williams. And they’d have to dump all 4 to get to max space. And kenrich has 3 years left
That would kind of be the ultimate fuck you to the clippers, we got an mvp candidate in shai from you for Paul George and now we get him back for just cap space
I mean that’s the difference between a short-term focused organization vs a long-term focused organization.
Gotta be patient with asset allocation, Clips wanted Kawhi and it meant having to overpay for PG. as opposed to the thunder who won like 30 games a year for a few years to rebuild
This is 1000% playing the results and I promise you every team would do the same thing that the clips did if they had the chance. Just didn’t work out.
Yep. Just like every team would’ve signed Kyrie and KD that summer. But when it went to shit for the nets (like it would’ve no matter what city they chose), the nets got shit on.
I agree. The only difference maybe is the LA factor. LA/Miami/Boston and maybe NY can swing for the fences bc even if they mess up they can rebuild via free agency faster than less desirable places.
5 years of contending is a pretty long window that any team would take, it just didn't work out due to injury
Plus the Clippers used great asset allocation to get into the position to bring on Kawhi and PG in the first place, but people have really short memories and forget that when CP was leaving they were gonna be assetless nothings who wouldn't sniff the playoffs again
Was the talk that Philly was out on him a smoke screen? Who else has the money to sign him for the money he wants straight up? Even OKC only had like $30 million I thought.
idk PG would be nasty in Orlando man
Suggs/PG13/Franz/Paolo/Carter jr.
All 5 of the lineup can defend, all 5 can shoot, all 5 are big bodies
no playmaking but who cares 🔥
Should have stayed in Brooklyn. And then should have stayed in Philly. No idea where he's going if George leaves
Clippers gotta pay him right? And he's made it clear he wants the max with the whole Morey is a liar thing
See I don’t blame him for leaving Brooklyn bc of Kyrie’s insanity, but I don’t think he realized what he had and shouldn’t have left the instant adversity came about. He’s also lame as fuck for openly quitting in the middle of games to force his way out. That was unnecessary.
It was probably the last time we will be able to see a big 3 formed like that because of the new CBA making it hard to sustain being in the 2nd apron. All of their egos got in the way of having a real shot at a ring if they gave it more than a season and a half together…
The Warriors were cooked for the better part of 3 decades prior to Curry, Klay, and Draymond being drafted. Outside of a couple Run TMC and the We Believe seasons, the Warriors only made the playoffs 6 times in the previous 30 years.
They were the laughing stock of the league my entire childhood, and I legitimately thought the season that they upset the Mavs in the first round would be the pinnacle of being a Warriors fan for as long as I lived. Thankfully, I was wrong, but I almost feel like Warriors fans were rewarded by the basketball gods for their years of loyalty and support, even during the worst stretches of basketball the NBA has ever seen.
If you told me Dirk would have 4 rings instead of 1 (which I love, NGL), but the Mavs would suck for the next decade from 2012 onwards, I'd take it in a heartbeat.
Yes, I love Luka...but I would die for Dirk.
Also mentally lost Wiggins now with holding out from the Olympics if he doesn’t get traded and his trade value has severely diminished even if he does get traded
That franchise is cooked
It's gonna be hard to convince Steph to accept a tanking season in one of the last few seasons of his prime. Even if it all works out he doesn't have time to wait for the prospect to develop
This, you're not trading immortality in GS having won what he has already won because of an incoming down season and he is basically the only NBA player i couldn't see traded under any scenario in the future
Wiseman on paper was absolutely perfect to give GS another 5-8 years of dominance. They still won another ring so can’t be too mad, but man, he coulda been huge for them.
A soft ass organization can’t develop a player like McGee; he’s gotta get his come up in the god forsaken organization that is the Washington Wizards to get that dog in him.
Their only realistic way of acquiring Paul George was through him opting in, and then being traded. Likely using Chris Paul’s contract as salary filler.
They don't owe Klay or CP3 anything. Klay is a FA and from all accounts is gone. CP3 pushed back the date on his team option to wait and see what Paul George was going to do. If they don't have a trade lined up, it seems unlikely that they'd keep him around, unless they strongly believe they can make some sort of 3-way deadline trade later in the season. Wiggins' contract is a problem, especially as poorly as he played last year.
I believe it's because of their cap space situation. They could have done a sign and trade if they matched salaries close enough, but they can't outright sign a FA and take on a PG contract because of tax apron rules/penalties.
I mean scared of what? An opt in and trade would have been much nicer. The team is better off letting this old guy money walk and trying to get some new free agents to hop onboard and be the face of LA's other team until there are actually some draft picks to be made in another 5 years or so.
This team isn't getting any better than it just was with PG. He and Kawhi are completely unreliable health wise. I'd rather break this thing up and reload. Don't need three more years of the same disappointing bullshit.
How does him leaving help if you dont have your picks anyway though? With him the team is at least competitive. Tanking doesn't do anything if you don't have picks, and there isn't cap space to get anyone notable
Its 2024 and teams still think PG13 is their missing piece. Its quite clear to me the younger generation already took over.
KD, Harden, LeBron, Curry, Leonard dominance is over.
still crazy to me to see Bron with those names. I remember 2011-2016 when Harden, KD, Curry, and Kawhi were the young generation coming to take over from LeBron.
If I were him I’m choosing Orlando. Embiid will be out for a good potion of the season and potentially meltdown on the playoffs leaving you with just maxey. I don’t like their supporting cast as well.
I’m actually pretty high on Orlando with a lot of young talent that will allow you to take advantage of that load management lol… plus no state tax.
The no tax for half his game checks plus whatever else endorsement he does in the state is probably going to make him a Magic.
I don’t think he’s so concerned with winning. He needs a bag and has publicly stated he doesn’t want to do the defensive/dirty work that young guys are expected to do.
Someone really about to pay a 34 year old Paul George $200m for him to play 120 total games
Say that to my face
That to my face
Ok. Thank you for saying that
Tbf that’s a lot of games next year
I know ur joking but it made me curious… Seems like max games a season is 113: 82 regular season 28 playoffs (four 7 game series) 2 play-in games (for a 9/10 seed) 1 in-season-tournament championship game So youd need to be about .500 but hot in November and also turn it on in the playoffs to win (or lose) the chip in 7
What if he gets traded mid season to add in some more games
That’s how Mikal Bridges played 83 games last season.
Thibs getting some ideas
Hart getting traded twice to beat the record
Thibs: Maybe if we go to double OT every game, he can play some more minutes.
It could be more if you're traded mid season, right? Aren't there some dudes who log 83-85 regular season games?
How many times can he be traded? Can they just hot potato him around so he plays a game every day until the trade deadline? If the nets play at 3 on saturday and the knicks play at 7 that night can they trade him inbetween so he plays twice a day?
What if he's traded to the team he's currently playing? That would probably be 2 games in most stat books
This has happened I believe, a game was decided by a bad call partway through the match, the league agreed to replay the game from that point at a later date, in the meantime a player had been traded between the two teams. Probably only counted as the one game for the stats. I'll try find it now. Edit: Twas Eric Money, seems 2 other players that got moved in the same trade also played 2 games in one.
Traded at half-time
Just trade him every other play. All time offense
Why didn't Wilt try this?
wilt never won single in season tournament game, bum ass
He wanted what Kawhi was getting and he’s played more and done more during their time in LAC it’s not crazy for him to ask for that
He's earned it way more than Kawhi
Yeah but Kawhi will be healthy for the next playoffs, for sure. Right guys??? guys??
PG played 74 games this year. On/off of +14 which is superstar numbers better than any season of Kawhi. 40% from 3 on 7 attempts per game and guards opposing teams best players.
Yeah and last year was only time he played over 56 games in the last 5 seasons, with 2 of those seasons playing less than 50 games. Idk how long he should be expected to maintain his health from last year when he’s only getting older and has been injury prone since he left OKC. That said, I’m a PG hater so I’m almost always going to argue against him.
Hype him up so he gets the max then and ruins another team.
No way he plays 120 more games.
RIP Paul George to Golden State June 24, 2024 — June 29, 2024
I'm sure the Clippers would have loved to help their division rivals in exchange for CP3, a Brazilian player and a 25 1st
Don’t disrespect our boy Gui Santos like that
Gui “Puka Nakua” Santos
Don’t disrespect Brazil like that, only because we failed to do anything relevant in the international basketball scenario in the last 40 years?
Friendship ended with Brazil players, French players are where it’s at
Oscar Schmidt still GOATed tho
Didn't know Leandro Barbosa is still in the league
Warriors legend
You mean to say Moody and Cp3 wasn’t enough with all of their supposed leverage?
I don't get this logic. Obviously if the Clippers were keeping him and it was either play for the Clippers or trade him thats not enough. But if he wasn't staying anyways wouldn't picking up Moody and an expiring be a lot better than just watching him walk out the door?
So he's either staying or going to Philly/Orlando
Or maybe okc if he’s feeling weird with it
Would have to take a massive pay cut. Which he has shown he won’t take even a mild paycut
Could easily dump salary to get to his max.
Is it tho? The only four available to get rid of are Cason wallace (which they prob don’t want to) , Dieng, kenrich williams and jaylen williams. And they’d have to dump all 4 to get to max space. And kenrich has 3 years left
He’d be like the creepy 30 year at the college party on that team
They also have Caruso
Janitors are allowed
Giddey is gone now so there’s an opening for that archetype.
I’m sure Presti is dying to get PG back in the building
That would kind of be the ultimate fuck you to the clippers, we got an mvp candidate in shai from you for Paul George and now we get him back for just cap space
I mean that’s the difference between a short-term focused organization vs a long-term focused organization. Gotta be patient with asset allocation, Clips wanted Kawhi and it meant having to overpay for PG. as opposed to the thunder who won like 30 games a year for a few years to rebuild
This is 1000% playing the results and I promise you every team would do the same thing that the clips did if they had the chance. Just didn’t work out.
Yep. Just like every team would’ve signed Kyrie and KD that summer. But when it went to shit for the nets (like it would’ve no matter what city they chose), the nets got shit on.
I agree. The only difference maybe is the LA factor. LA/Miami/Boston and maybe NY can swing for the fences bc even if they mess up they can rebuild via free agency faster than less desirable places.
Clearly the Thunder have ended up winning this trade, but young Shai + picks for prime Kawhi + PG is a trade you make 10 times out of 10.
This, like Shai was definitely highly regarded already but I doubt most people thought he would eventually become the player he is now.
Yeah but if you're in a big market they force you to take Brian Colangelo
5 years of contending is a pretty long window that any team would take, it just didn't work out due to injury Plus the Clippers used great asset allocation to get into the position to bring on Kawhi and PG in the first place, but people have really short memories and forget that when CP was leaving they were gonna be assetless nothings who wouldn't sniff the playoffs again
This is in hindsight. In 2019 Kawhi won a FMVP. Most teams would make the trade for PG if it meant getting Kawhi
I would be absolutely shocked if he went to any team other than those 3.
He should go East, much easier path to a top 4 seed.
Was the talk that Philly was out on him a smoke screen? Who else has the money to sign him for the money he wants straight up? Even OKC only had like $30 million I thought.
Orlando
Detroit too
future Detroit legend PG13
Fuck that noise
lol I am fully expecting yall to sign klay or pg. When in reality you should just grab hartenstein
No they should absolutely not sign Hartenstein thank you very much
idk PG would be nasty in Orlando man Suggs/PG13/Franz/Paolo/Carter jr. All 5 of the lineup can defend, all 5 can shoot, all 5 are big bodies no playmaking but who cares 🔥
Yes I believe so It was to signal we were not going to do some sign and trade which I am happy about
Pistons, Magic, Sixers
The James Harden ring chase tour gets worse.
Harden should make his exit if George is gone
Harden and PG to the lakers for minimum and MLE. Recreating 2004 Lakers including the upset loss to the Pistons
I'd be in if it really meant the Pistons won the title next year. Can you imagine how everyone's heads would explode over that?
malachi flynn finals mvp
They didn’t extend him a QO so he’s a UFA
"Cade finally got his spacing"
[удалено]
Should have stayed in Brooklyn. And then should have stayed in Philly. No idea where he's going if George leaves Clippers gotta pay him right? And he's made it clear he wants the max with the whole Morey is a liar thing
See I don’t blame him for leaving Brooklyn bc of Kyrie’s insanity, but I don’t think he realized what he had and shouldn’t have left the instant adversity came about. He’s also lame as fuck for openly quitting in the middle of games to force his way out. That was unnecessary. It was probably the last time we will be able to see a big 3 formed like that because of the new CBA making it hard to sustain being in the 2nd apron. All of their egos got in the way of having a real shot at a ring if they gave it more than a season and a half together…
Harden forcing his way to the clippers only for PG to bail to Philly is too funny.
I’m all for it.
>cap space teams Hey, that's us!
Maybe you can offer him F150 as a bonus.
That’s the grade I would give the deal if they sign a 34 year old veteran to the max on a tank commanding squad of 19-23 year olds.
Bah gawd that's Malice at the Palace music
Hahah we’re so cooked
Tbf cooked with rings is better to be cooked without rings
Yeah name a team who wouldn’t trade the success the warriors just had over the decade for a few years for “being cooked” afterwards.
Right I’d take 10 straight yrs of being the fucking charlotte bobcats after having that dynasty lol
Any GM will take 20+ years of ass for guaranteed 4 rings
Knicks fans would ritualistically sacrifice Jalen Brunson in MSG to have the run GS just had
The Warriors were cooked for the better part of 3 decades prior to Curry, Klay, and Draymond being drafted. Outside of a couple Run TMC and the We Believe seasons, the Warriors only made the playoffs 6 times in the previous 30 years. They were the laughing stock of the league my entire childhood, and I legitimately thought the season that they upset the Mavs in the first round would be the pinnacle of being a Warriors fan for as long as I lived. Thankfully, I was wrong, but I almost feel like Warriors fans were rewarded by the basketball gods for their years of loyalty and support, even during the worst stretches of basketball the NBA has ever seen.
Hell, we were cooked after LeBron left, and we didn't have anywhere near the success GSW did, and we still wouldn't trade 2016 for anything.
If you told me Dirk would have 4 rings instead of 1 (which I love, NGL), but the Mavs would suck for the next decade from 2012 onwards, I'd take it in a heartbeat. Yes, I love Luka...but I would die for Dirk.
Gonna lose CP and Klay and still have no money to improve. Oof.
Also mentally lost Wiggins now with holding out from the Olympics if he doesn’t get traded and his trade value has severely diminished even if he does get traded That franchise is cooked
He already seemed pretty checked out and if a trade is off the books they could always let him play
I mean GSW did tank one year and ended up with the 2nd overall. Just turns out Wiseman busted. 2025 draft is a nice one to tank
It's gonna be hard to convince Steph to accept a tanking season in one of the last few seasons of his prime. Even if it all works out he doesn't have time to wait for the prospect to develop
I mean, what else can he do? If they don’t put pieces around him it doesn’t matter what he does
This, you're not trading immortality in GS having won what he has already won because of an incoming down season and he is basically the only NBA player i couldn't see traded under any scenario in the future
Yeah, but pride still exists. Maybe he’d be willing to feign an injury, but if he’s on the court he’s putting up 25 a night.
Reminds me of Dirk post championship. But obviously Curry is a different level player.
Wiseman on paper was absolutely perfect to give GS another 5-8 years of dominance. They still won another ring so can’t be too mad, but man, he coulda been huge for them.
I wasn't expecting Wiseman to bust this hard
Bruh coulda been JAVALE MCGEE and would have been game changing for the Warriors
A soft ass organization can’t develop a player like McGee; he’s gotta get his come up in the god forsaken organization that is the Washington Wizards to get that dog in him.
Sure but Steph was hurt that year for the tank if he’s healthy he still prob can get you to 35 wins making it hard to tank to the bottom.
Curry is on a timer. This ain’t the 2020/2021 anymore.
this is just nature healing itself. a decade of dominance and now back into the shitter, every teams dream.
Yeah I’d happily be in their shoes
Lacob believes in Kuminga a ton
Try and force Paul, Kuminga, Podz, and 3 firsts to like Utah
Lauri would unironically be a great fit there tbh. I doubt that’s enough for the Jazz in return though
True. Ainge would probably ask for Seth Curry's brother in the trade
After Bridges got four unprotected picks plus a swap, Ainge is gonna be looking for a haul of picks for Lauri.
Warriors down bad
I’m out of the loop, why is it bad for the warriors?
Their only realistic way of acquiring Paul George was through him opting in, and then being traded. Likely using Chris Paul’s contract as salary filler.
Ahh ok thank you
They owe Klay CP3 and Wiggins a gorillian dollars
Were they expecting to make a bid for PG? I haven’t been following this offseason so I don’t know what’s going on
Yes, which would have only been done via trade, can't sign him out of free agency.
They don't owe Klay or CP3 anything. Klay is a FA and from all accounts is gone. CP3 pushed back the date on his team option to wait and see what Paul George was going to do. If they don't have a trade lined up, it seems unlikely that they'd keep him around, unless they strongly believe they can make some sort of 3-way deadline trade later in the season. Wiggins' contract is a problem, especially as poorly as he played last year.
They can still decline CP3's option and make him an unrestricted free agent.
I believe it's because of their cap space situation. They could have done a sign and trade if they matched salaries close enough, but they can't outright sign a FA and take on a PG contract because of tax apron rules/penalties.
Hey Warriors, we have Bruce Brown, he's essentially Paul George, please give us all your assets for him
We have DLo whose position is PG? For trade purposes we can call him PG if you’d like Warriors fans
I can't imagine D'Lo playing for the Warriors, someone photoshop him on a Warriors jersey real quick.
Made this real quick please don't judge me too much https://imgur.com/a/qLKxXe7
One of them is an nba champion. The other is paul george
PG for half the cost
Thunder licking their lips if PG leaves LAC for nothing. Those picks are gonna hit like crack for Presti.
I think for Sam, draft picks are his crack. The higher they land, the higher he gets.
Presti gonna start getting those blue eyes from smokin the Draft Picks Melange
IM SO SCARED SOMEONE HOLD ME
We'll be okay. Besides, this team's hopeless anyway.
True clipper spirit love it
lol
It’s fine we’re cooked either way. At least the new arena is nice.
So many bathrooms
Entire game is a piss break so they gotta be accommodating
@SteveBallmer
I mean scared of what? An opt in and trade would have been much nicer. The team is better off letting this old guy money walk and trying to get some new free agents to hop onboard and be the face of LA's other team until there are actually some draft picks to be made in another 5 years or so. This team isn't getting any better than it just was with PG. He and Kawhi are completely unreliable health wise. I'd rather break this thing up and reload. Don't need three more years of the same disappointing bullshit.
How does him leaving help if you dont have your picks anyway though? With him the team is at least competitive. Tanking doesn't do anything if you don't have picks, and there isn't cap space to get anyone notable
God I love F5 season
Damn, Philly or Orlando?
Paul if you’re reading this, say it with me “No state income tax”
Just don't try to get homeowner's insurance
What am I gonna do with all these Paul George photoshops I have
Layer in some fire coming out of his mouth or some lazers shooting out of his eyes, and then sell 'em to ClutchPoints. They'll find a home there.
Hello Philly
Philly P
Philly P Steak
Windhorst leaning back in his chair wondering how he got it so wrong and also whats for lunch
Italian sub
Foot long or 6 inch?
Please
This is Windy, he’s getting four 6-inches or two 12-inchers. And then he’s having a sub.
"Sir... um we don't serve a "12 inch LeBron" here".
Ridiculous question.
6 inch but its chode shaped
He gone
Basically Warriors are done
Pretty much, good run though. Can’t complain. Let Steph choose what he wants to do next. That or ~~shoot~~ *swing* for the fences with Lavine.
Swing for the fences. Do you even North American sports idiom??
Warriors are screwed lmao pg to Philly or Orlando
Future magic
Its 2024 and teams still think PG13 is their missing piece. Its quite clear to me the younger generation already took over. KD, Harden, LeBron, Curry, Leonard dominance is over.
still crazy to me to see Bron with those names. I remember 2011-2016 when Harden, KD, Curry, and Kawhi were the young generation coming to take over from LeBron.
I cant believe PG is going to take the MLE wow
Just heard he's joining the knicks for the minimum
Under the circumstances, best decision by the Clippers. I would say, trade Kawhi too and start fresh.
We are so back LFG
Clippers: “Send us Kuminga or the trade is dead” Warriors: “Ok, the trade is dead.”
Man, the clippers experiment was an abject failure.
Better failure than the bulls
hey man at least we have our frps mostly
Careful. Presti may be listening and might fleece those from you.
Failure is relative
Great now i gotta return my PG warriors jerseys
No refunds!
Truly don’t see how it’s anywhere besides staying in LA or going to Philly.
Orlando has no state tax. If he wants to secure the biggest bag while still playing competitive basketball he should join the Magic.
Orlando is another option. The Pistons can also offer the max but he’s not going there lol.
And here we go
here we go. Buckle up.
Return to the Pacers, win a chip, and retire
I really think he’s coming to Orlando. 🫣
Please go to Orlando. The Clippers will essentially be out of the playoff picture.
Imagine someone offering you $48 mil to barely do your job and you’re like “naw I’m good. Let me see what’s out there”… lol 😂
If I were him I’m choosing Orlando. Embiid will be out for a good potion of the season and potentially meltdown on the playoffs leaving you with just maxey. I don’t like their supporting cast as well. I’m actually pretty high on Orlando with a lot of young talent that will allow you to take advantage of that load management lol… plus no state tax.
The no tax for half his game checks plus whatever else endorsement he does in the state is probably going to make him a Magic. I don’t think he’s so concerned with winning. He needs a bag and has publicly stated he doesn’t want to do the defensive/dirty work that young guys are expected to do.
He saw what happened to Harden last year and didn't want to risk anything
100% goin to Philly.
Lets pair Paul George with Brandon Miller
Warriors fans in shambles
Get ready to like Dirty Soda buddy
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO