Paul George coming to Oklahoma City via trade, I can confirm. Oladipo and Sabonis headed to Indy. @ramonashelburne first reported.
— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) July 1, 2017
Blake Griffin plans to reach agreement on a five-year, $173 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, league sources tell The Vertical.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2017
Not the greatest start to free agency.
I’m pissed. Paul George was there for the taking and Danny Ainge let him slip away.
WTF.
UPDATE: Danny Ainge made a massive offer for George at the trade deadline, per Jeff Goodman:
Celtics trade offer for Paul George back at trade deadline, per league source: Brooklyn pick (wound up being No. 1) and 3 other first-rounders.
And a more reasonable offer on draft night:
Celtics offer on draft night for Paul George, per league source, was 3 first-round picks (not the Nets pick next year or the Lakers/Kings pick) and two starters (Crowder being one)
UPDATE Part two:
Forgot this earlier, but a source said the Celtics never had an extension in place in any scenario in which they'd acquire Paul George.
— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) July 1, 2017
Now that I’ve had some time to reflect on the situation, I’ll scale back my criticism of Danny Ainge. That draft night offer is light years better than the Oladipo/Sabonis combo.
But… this tweet from last summer still captures my feelings:
https://twitter.com/RedsArmy_Chuck/status/746139168254865408
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