After George signed Philadelphia for $212 million in four years, Klay Thompson, another big fish, left the Warriors for 13 years and joined the Mavericks for 50 million in three years.
I always thought that Thompson left the Warriors in pursuit of a big contract, and even rejected the Warriors' two-year 50 million contract for him, but turned around and teamed up with Doncic and Irving, and only got a three-year 50 million contract, and at the same time, some media broke the news that Thompson rejected the four-year 80 million contract offered by the Lakers. Maybe the Mavericks have more respect and sincerity for Thompson, after all, even a player like Irving has been handled by the Mavericks without complaint, and presumably Thompson joined the Mavericks precisely for this.
As a result, the most unlucky person in the entire free agency market may be the Lakers, even if the Clippers in the same city do not have Paul George, they at least sign other reinforcements. On the other hand, the Lakers really haven't received any grain here, the only signing is their own player Christie, and then there are the two rookie players in this year's draft, James's eldest son Bronny did earn enough selling points for the Lakers, but the real strength is far from helping the Lakers. Despite James' willingness to take a drastic pay cut, he hasn't been able to poach any of the players he wants.
George took a big contract and went to Philadelphia, Harden stayed with the Clippers, Nuggets champion guard Pope joined the Magic for 66 million in three years, and Murray, who was in his heart, was also cut off by the Pelicans, and it only took two players and two unimportant first-round picks to exchange for Murray, Caruso was also booked by the Thunder early, and even the big center Wallan he wanted was also cut off by the Wizards. The team has not made any moves so far, which makes the fans a little unbearable, and they have shouted for Pelinka to act quickly, and the players on the free market are about to be robbed.
If you wait any longer, there will only be some leftovers, James is getting older and older, and time is far from being conducive to the Lakers, so don't be reluctant to spend money in the search and search.