Report: Warriors Missed on 9-time NBA All-Star Because of….\
Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN claims that the Golden State Warriors might have gotten Paul George, a nine-time NBA All-Star.
However, Jonathan Kuminga ended up being the point of contention.
Talks regarding a possible trade and George opting in for the last year of his $48.7 million contract were held between the Clippers and the Warriors.
According to sources, the Clippers were open to negotiating with their division foe, but if they were going to accept an unwanted contract and be in the second apron, they needed something valuable to help replenish their asset cupboard.
Only if the Clippers had acquired a young player like Brandin Podziemski or Jonathan Kuminga along with a pick or two would it have been acceptable to trade George for Andrew Wiggins, who has three years and $85 million remaining on a four-year, $109 million contract, plus extra payments to make the math work.
Draymond Green said on his “Draymond Green Show” podcast earlier this summer that George wanted to join the Warriors and that he was surprised the Clippers would not at least take something back instead of letting George walk for nothing.
But league sources say Kuminga’s name never seriously came up in talks of any significance and the Clippers felt they weren’t getting enough positive assets to move forward in this new second apron world.
“Nothing,” a league source told ESPN, “is better than something.”
