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Expect multiple trades during the 2024 NBA Draft, and with that only a few nights away, the rumblings and rumors around trades and free agency targets are picking up.
Here are some of the latest rumors from around the league:
• Knicks reportedly interested in Paul Goerge trade if he opts in. Paul George remains the first major domino that has to fall in free agency — will he extend with the Clippers, opt-out of his $48.8 million and test the free agent market, or opt-in and demand a trade? Can he get a fourth year on an offer, something the Clippers have yet to put on the table?
If George opts in and demands a trade, the Knicks could have interest, reports Marc Stein in his substack newsletter.
Another trusted source has advised me to keep the Knicks on the list as a potential trade suitor for Paul George if the All-NBA swingman indeed opts into the final season of his current contract.
The Knicks could put together a trade — Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson and Miles McBride plus at least one first-round pick — but whether the Clippers would take it is debatable. If it gets to the Clippers trading George — and that’s still a big if — Los Angeles will have multiple suitors to pick from.
• Don’t count out George to the 76ers as a free agent. For a long time, Philadelphia was seen as George’s leverage with the Clippers — the 76ers have max cap space and need an elite two-way wing to put between Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey. However, last week word leaked that Philly’s interest in George had waned. Stein wrote in his newsletter that other teams are not buying that.
I am struggling to pinpoint third-party teams that put much stock in the recent leakage suggesting that the 76ers have cooled on the idea of pursuing George. Only the Sixers know their true intentions, but let’s just say there will be a healthy bit of skepticism leaguewide about the Sixers bowing out completely until PG-13 has either come to terms with the Clippers or landed somewhere other than Philly.
• Kyle Lowry likely staying in Philly. One final 76ers note, in which Stein…
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Publish date : 2024-06-24 13:34:12
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