aim2please wrote:ViperGTS wrote:Slartibartfast wrote:
Lemon laws!
If that deal wasn't negotiated with that exact scenario in mind by Danny, then that's another in the fireable offense category.
Man, you need to chill.
The fact that the pick is not conveyed if it's lower than 5 is a clear sign that possibility of Lakers improving was considered. PG coming out with this statement today, even thought 3 days ago he was on the record saying that he'll play out his contract with the Pacers, is not something you can predict. Hence, my original post.
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*Tin foil hat on*
Timing of this was planned by the Lakers to screw up Celtics.
My homertastic conspiracy theory:
PG wants a winning team (ie, not LA, but Boston).
A few pieces supporting this reasoning:
Who did George say he was looking forward to meeting at the AS game? Thomas.
Who did Zach Lowe say George would love to have come home and play in Indiana?
Celtics target Gordon Hayward.
Reputable reporter Bobby Marks, former front office guy, has gone out of his way to say he thinks a good Boston trade for George is Crowder/Rozier/Zeller, an unthinkable underpay.
End result? The current situation.
Celtics trading straight up for George would suck their assets dry. However, George that is an impending FA going to LA has little trade value, and suddenly Boston opens up as a possibility. A possibility that, because of the timing of Boston's cap space, isn't a FA option. Indiana is then forced to trade him for pennies on the dollar in order to not lose him for nothing, "to LA."
Counter point: LeBron and George are teaming up in LA in next summer, and zero things could get in the way of that.