On June 29, Beijing time, according to a report by ESPN reporter Brian Wenhorst, the Clippers did not give Paul George a long-term contract, and the Clippers were willing to give a contract of less than 4 years and 200 million.
Venhorst also said that the Clippers don't have any moves that look like they want to keep George, and they have even started exploring George's trade value, with the Denver Nuggets and the Golden State Warriors being two names that are interested in George.
According to Mark Stein, the Golden State Warriors will prioritize trading for Paul George this week, and the Warriors seem intent on making a desperate bet, preferring to trade for George rather than re-sign Klay Thompson. Klay's conflict with the Warriors came early on when the team began to focus on George.
According to NBC, the Golden State Warriors' main chips in the trade for Paul George were Wiggins and Paul, and Paul has agreed to delay his 30 million non-guaranteed to fully guaranteed time, and the Warriors have taken a tough stance on Wiggins to force him out of the Paris Olympics because the Warriors want to trade him out this summer.
But the Los Angeles Clippers are not very interested in Wiggins and Paul, and the Clippers want to ask for young assets such as Kuminga, Moody, Pojer, Davis, etc., but at present, the Warriors are reluctant to add Kuminga, they believe that Kuminga has talent to become the cornerstone of the Warriors' future.
It is worth mentioning that the Warriors only have 6 first-round picks from 2025 to 2031, and there are no 2030 first-round picks, so they can only send 3 first-round picks at most, of course, the Warriors are unlikely to send 3 first-round picks for the 34-year-old George, so the chips to match the salary are more critical.
But the Clippers don't have the two chips of Wiggins and Paul, so how can the Warriors and Clippers make a deal? Did Dunleavy really want three first-round picks from Stud for George?
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream