As far as everyone else is concerned, the Oklahoma City Thunder are renting Paul George this coming season. So we already know multiple teams will be lining up to pitch George next summer, most notably the Los Angeles Lakers, but also the Golden State Warriors, according to Tim Kawakami of The Athletic.
Kawakami joined Tim Bontemps on a podcast this week, and said he believes the Warriors will try and make a run at George next summer, adding that Warriors owner Joe Lacob “is going to try and find a way.”
Making a run at George would be a seriously complicated matter for the Warriors, who of course would not be selling George on a max contract. The selling point would have to be adding to their super team that already exists and being a part of greatness.
Steph Curry signed a max deal worth $201 million this summer while Kevin Durant re-signed for two years, $53 million — and an option to opt out next summer. Klay Thompson has two years left on his deal and Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala each have three years left on their respective deals.
Golden State would likely have to decide to part ways with Thompson or Iguodala to ultimately make salaries match for George, unless he was willing to take an even more dramatic paycut. And that would likely involve some kind of sign-and-trade, gaining compliance from another franchise. Any other team, especially the Thunder, would likely be hesitant to help the Warriors empire become any more powerful than it already is.
George to the Warriors is no doubt a long shot and Kawakami's overall point is probably that the Warriors are continue to be aggressive in looking to ways to build to their dynasty. George will be the most coveted free agent next summer and that means every team will be entertaining ways to get him.
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