It’s gotta be a sick feeling to know you traded all those picks and SGA for Paul George

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I have a lot more respect for PG now than before. Dude has been on an island for 90% of his stint in Los Angeles. He was brought in to be a #2 for a #1 that either doesn't want to or is physically incapable of playing consistent basketball. It was a gamble I don't fault the Clippers for making. PG alongside Giannis, Lebron, or Steph wins a title. Once upon a time, Kawhi was in that conversation as the best player in the league along with those guys. George only failed himself by going to the Cippers in the first place. If anyone let the Clippers down and tanked their aspirations, it's Leonard.
 

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It was a good gamble. It's trendy to shyt on them now that the coast is clear but really:
LAC (Kawhi + PG)
LAL (Bron + AD)
BK (KD + Harden + Kyrie)

were no-brainer moves and we all witnessed how dominant each could be. That they only have 1 Finals appearance between them is more due to an unexpected global pandemic + ensuing string of league-wide injuries, that made for an unprecedented environment.

I mean, Giannis's knee literally bent backwards and hence we were a Trae Young heel-injury away from having a Hawks/Suns Finals series in 2021. Not BK/LAC/LAL/MIL/DEN... If anything, I'd say it was the follow-up decisions that came as an overreaction (i.e. acquiring Russ, Simmons, etc) that became damning for BK and LAL. I don't think LAC has made any damning follow-up moves (yet).
 

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Sga is better now than Paul George has ever been. But but Paul George has done this and that he's only played on better teams

Negros hate sga just because he's Canadian
 

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No he’s not :mjlol:


Dude is putting up empty stats
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Revisionist history is the most annoying thing about this site. Always wanting a gotcha moment, people deliberately avoid the facts of the time.

Kawhi wanted PG there. Kawhi just won finals MVP. You do that deal every day of the week.

Unfortunately injuries captured the team, but it happens.
 

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Revisionist history is the most annoying thing about this site. Always wanting a gotcha moment, people deliberately avoid the facts of the time.

Kawhi wanted PG there. Kawhi just won finals MVP. You do that deal every day of the week.

Unfortunately injuries captured the team, but it happens.

And the Clippers will win 2 titles before OKC will even sniff one
 
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