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Jim Rome

ESPN NBA analyst on Paul George being the key domino in free agency.

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00:00Where do things stand with George and the Warriors?

00:03Yeah, Paul George is pretty much the biggest domino in all of NBA free

00:06agency.

00:06What he there's probably going to be a bunch of stuff that gets held up over

00:10the next two or three days until Paul makes up his up his mind just to be

00:14clear what making up his mind means.

00:17He's got three choices one.

00:18He can resign with the Clippers.

00:19He can do that.

00:20Now.

00:20He's not under any obligation to wait until into July.

00:23He can resign this afternoon or at least commit to resign this afternoon

00:27to he's got an option in his contract.

00:29For one year and about 48 million dollars and he has until tomorrow to

00:33pick that up.

00:34If he picks that up, it almost certainly means he's selected a team.

00:38He wants to go to and he wants the Clippers to trade him there.

00:41This has happened a handful of times in the last decade in the NBA and it's

00:46complicated because not only do you have to have a team that you want to go

00:48to and a team that would pay what you want, but then you got to work out a

00:51trade, but that is been what you know, his his his operation his representation

00:57has been investigating in recent days and then three can wait till Sunday at

01:01six o'clock Eastern and become an unrestricted free agent and sign with

01:05whoever he wants on starting on Sunday night.

01:08The 76 years being the prime example there.

01:10The 76 years can't get him, you know, until basically Sunday.

01:14So those three true choices, but that covers a lot of ground.

01:17So you have said the Philadelphia Philadelphia's got 50 some 58 million or

01:20something in salary count space all the guys that they may look at if Paul

01:24George walks.

01:24They keep those guys are frozen.

01:26They're going to wait the Sixers got to wait to say would see what Paul does.

01:29So those guys are going to wait the other teams that would be their backups

01:32are going to have to wait.

01:33So there's a cavalcade of free agents waiting for the on the Philly vein.

01:36If you look at the Clippers, they got James Harden sitting out there.

01:40Like, you know, if Paul George walks on them, you got to reevaluate whether

01:44you want James Harden back because if you let Harden go all of a sudden,

01:47you're operating as a cap space team and your opportunities go huge and you

01:51may be retrofitting your whole roster.

01:53They also could just resign Harden and take Harden and Kawhi going forward,

01:56but that's the thing that you've got the Warriors.

01:58We've already had something happen today.

02:01That is Paul George related that affects a Hall of Famer and that's Chris

02:05Paul Chris Paul had until tonight.

02:07I think at midnight for the Warriors to pick up his 30 million dollar option

02:11for next season.

02:13They have agreed mutually with Chris to push that deadline back.

02:16Why not because they're not sure they don't they want to pay him 30 million.

02:19They do not but they may pick up that option to use in a trade to get Paul

02:25George or another player but Paul George.

02:27So then you've got Chris Paul waiting.

02:29Am I going to be a free agent and going to go someplace else or am I going to

02:31get traded to the Clippers or my get traded with a third team and you've got

02:35Klay Thompson Klay Thompson sitting there, you know, wondering what the

02:39Warriors are where they're going to be.

02:40They're obviously prioritizing other things.

02:43They're out there prioritizing other players and Klay is sitting there sort

02:46of on the tarmac.

02:47Am I going to get what I'm offer?

02:48Am I going to get when or where do I fit in?

02:50You know, I'm I'm being told to wait for Paul George, you know, so, you know,

02:55Paul George is the biggest free agent on the market and because of the nature

02:57of his choices.

02:58He affects so many other teams.

03:00So getting back to what you asked me the Warriors are in on that.

03:04The Warriors are interested in getting Paul George.

03:07They have to sell Paul George on wanting to be there and they have to work out

03:10of trade with the Clippers.

03:11Those are not easy considering the Clippers are in their division.

03:14But you asked me is it possible that could be worked out?

03:17Yes, I think it is possible.

03:18And that's one of the things we're waiting to waiting to see over the next

03:2124 or 48 hours.

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