Jon Johnson @jonjohnsonwip
BREAKING: Do you like the Sixers signing of Paul George to a 4 yr, $212 million dollar contract? – 3:37 AM
Austin Krell @NBAKrell
And at 3:30 AM ET on July 1, Daryl Morey and the Sixers put their money where their mouths were, landing the big fish they set out for when this offseason began.
9x All-Star Paul George is a Philadelphia 76er: 973espn.com/daryl-morey-de… – 3:36 AM
Bobby Marks @BobbyMarks42
Here is the breakdown of the Paul George contract in Philadelphia:
2024/25- $49.2M
2025/26- $51.7M
2026/27- $54.1M
2027/28- $56.6M – 3:35 AM
James Plowright @British_Buzz
Paul George to Philadelphia confirmed, at least Brandon Miller won’t have to fly across country for his joint summer workouts now.
Knicks and Sixers have got a lot better, Morey’s ambitious plans pay off again. – 3:35 AM
Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
BREAKING: Free agent F Paul George has agreed on a four-year, $212 million maximum contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources tell ESPN. George committed in a meeting with Sixers officials and returns East to join Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey in pursuit of an NBA title. pic.twitter.com/pkCfGu3hyp – 3:30 AM
Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA
Since Sixers are using room MLE on Kelly Oubre Jr, it means that Andre Drummond will be signed with cap space.
That leaves the Sixers with ~$49.4m in cap space, just enough to offer Paul George the max ($49.2m). – 3:17 AM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Best guess after Paul George is that Philly tries to use the rest of its cap space to bring back De’Anthony Melton.
Maxey
Melton/Gordon/Council
George/McCain
Oubre
Embiid/Drummond
Pretty solid top nine. I assume Lowry is the backup point guard and you pick up a few ring-chasers – 2:40 AM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Best guess after Paul George is that Philly tries to use the rest of its cap space to bring back De’Anthony Melton.
Maxey
Melton/Gordon/Council
George/McCain
Oubre
Embiid/Drummond
Pretty solid top nine. I assume Lowry is the backup point guard and you pick up a few ring-chasers – 2:30 AM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Best guess after Paul George is that Philly tries to use the remainder of its cap space to bring back De’Anthony Melton.
Maxey
Melton/Council
George/McCain
Oubre
Embiid/Drummond
Pretty solid top eight. I assume Lowry is the backup point guard and you pick up a few ring-chasers. – 2:25 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Last time Airplane Mode played in LA, he was throwing a block party in Game 5 vs Clippers.
Before Game 6, I asked Jason Kidd about Derrick Jones Jr.’s ability to block 3s by James Harden and Paul George in particular.
“That’s something that you don’t see every day.” pic.twitter.com/Sl0HnJZCj1 – 12:14 AM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop
Derrick Jones Jr. opted out of his Bulls contract to bet on himself, started NBA Finals games for Dallas and now heads to the Clippers for $30M—-and clogs up pathway for DeMar DeRozan as Paul George replacement. – 12:13 AM
Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
Hours after they said Paul George was moving in a different direction, Clippers staying busy and landing athletic forward Derrick Jones Jr., who has agreed to a three-year, $30-million deal according to a source. – 12:08 AM
Evan Sidery @esidery
Derrick Jones Jr. is signing a three-year, $30 million deal with the Clippers, per @ShamsCharania.
Los Angeles begins retooling their roster post-Paul George. pic.twitter.com/dISR2AL4y8 – 11:59 PM
Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
Sixers are the favorite to land Paul George after he informed the Clippers he’s moving on. After months of a “significant” gap in negotiations, George’s departure marks a disappointing end to the Kawhi-PG era that lasted 5 years with no Finals appearance espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 9:40 PM
Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Imagine trying to tell some one five years ago today (the day KD and Kyrie teamed up in Brooklyn and Paul George and Kawhi agreed to go to LA) that Kawhi would be the only player remaining on either the Nets or Clippers and the franchises went on to win a combined total of 4 – 9:11 PM
Fred Katz @FredKatz
My early free-agency take: Not enough people talk about how Paul George is half of the Beatles. – 9:10 PM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Teams I think should be trying to get into the Paul George sweepstakes right now: Lakers and Thunder.
Lakers would need the Clippers to cooperate on a sign-and-trade (they should).
Thunder can create max cap space by trading their own guys (Dort and Kenrich get them there). – 9:10 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
So to recap LA Clippers afternoon
– James Harden 1+1
– Russell Westbrook trade pending
– Paul George opt out departure
– Kevin Porter Jr. 1+1 – 9:02 PM
Christos Tsaltas @Tsaltas46
In the NBA Free agency so far
Chris Paul signed with the Spurs
Eric Gordon moved to the Sixers
Valanciunas signed with the Wizards
Cade Cunnigham will sign max rookie extension with the Pistons
KCP signed to the Magic
Paul George out of the Clippers, Sixers en route. #NBA – 9:00 PM
Mike Vorkunov @MikeVorkunov
2 things I find interesting about Paul George leaving LA:
1) Clippers didn’t get consumed by all the picks they dealt away to get PG. Let those be a sunk cost. Would others?
2) PG is first BIG free agent switching teams since 2019. Is he an outlier or canary in CBA coalmine? – 8:59 PM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Paul George signing with the 76ers would make any future Clippers draft picks floating out in the ether much more valuable.
Hey, you know who owns two future Clippers draft picks? The freaking 76ers. – 8:56 PM
Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi
The Clippers were the favorites to win the NBA championship after acquiring Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in 2019. Their five postseasons together:
2020: Lose in 2nd Round.
2021: Lose in Conference Finals.
2022: Missed Playoffs.
2023: Lose in 1st Round.
2024: Lose in 1st Round. – 8:47 PM
Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi
The Clippers announce Paul George has informed the team he is leaving five years after the Clippers traded Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, five first round picks and two first round pick swaps for him. pic.twitter.com/aV1ZFm4sfj – 8:40 PM
Mike Vorkunov @MikeVorkunov
Clippers mentioned the CBA 3 times in LA’s statement on losing Paul George, if you want to know impact of NBA’s new governing document. Said LA explored opt-in and trades but felt would be constrained by CBA. Mentioned that now they’ll have “greater flexibility under the new CBA” pic.twitter.com/WXwhjgt03s – 8:40 PM
David Aldridge @davidaldridgedc
Let me say this about the Clippers. They didn’t get a championship out of their pairing of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, but they shouldn’t be clowned for the pursuit. They went after two of the top 10 players in the NBA, and got them. Ball(m)er move. It just didn’t work out. – 8:39 PM
Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi
The Clippers announce Paul George has informed the team he is leaving four years after the Clippers traded Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, five first round picks and two first round picks swaps for him. pic.twitter.com/KwYkvNvawI – 8:37 PM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Look, I know the Clippers won’t WANT to deal with the Lakers…
But if the Lakers are truly in win-now mode, it would be irresponsible of them NOT to at least call the Clippers and ask if a Paul George sign-and-trade is feasible. – 8:33 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
The Clippers package to get Paul George in 2019:
First-round pick
First-round pick
First-round pick
First-round pick
First-round pick
First-round swap
First-round swap
Future MVP candidate
They only made it past the second round once in the PG era. pic.twitter.com/UBPqqgwzy3 – 8:32 PM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
The Los Angeles Clippers have announced that Paul George has decided to sign with another team. The Philadelphia 76ers are expected as leading suitors. – 8:30 PM
Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
Clippers’ statement on Paul George parting ways following a significant gap in contract talks, exploring an opt-in and trade scenario and excitement about new opportunities and greater flexibility under new CBA to field a “highly competitive team” moving forward: pic.twitter.com/Uajbail3Hk – 8:25 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Per source … there’s a real chance that Paul George will make his final decision tonight. The expectation at some point is that he will choose the Philadelphia 76ers.
There are no other teams in the running at the moment. – 8:24 PM
Yossi Gozlan @YossiGozlan
Kawhi Leonard chose the Clippers over the Lakers and Raptors in 2019 in part because they were able to get Paul George too.
If George leaves, the Clippers outlook will be very uncertain. I’m sure rival teams will be keeping their eyes on Leonard and his future in Los Angeles. – 8:21 PM
Evan Sidery @esidery
The Magic have around $27 million in cap space after signing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
Orlando appears out of the Paul George sweepstakes, but they have room to make a few more impact signings alongside Caldwell-Pope. pic.twitter.com/TOGYeg7VKN – 7:43 PM
Evan Dunlap @BQRMagic
Thre for $66m for KCP in Orlando, per Woj. Hollinger’s BORD$ has him rated as worth $27m for this season, so AAV checks out. Would seem to take Magic out of Paul George running. – 7:30 PM
Mark Deeks @MarkDeeksNBA
Stop talking about PG to the Sixers because my brain instinctively thinks you mean point guard not Paul George and it’s taking the fun out of the day. Gonne need either him or the position renamed tonight. – 7:06 PM
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
“When they signed Kawhi [Leonard] to that deal, they never told Paul George about it.” 😳
@WindhorstESPN on Paul George’s negotiations with the Clippers 👀 pic.twitter.com/x9ASFP7iQ1 – 6:25 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
The plan for the Clippers:
A — find a way to get Paul George to accept version of offer that has been available for about a year, get on with re-tooling second unit bigs
B — find lower tier replacement for George, get on with re-tooling second unit bigs – 6:16 PM
Yossi Gozlan @YossiGozlan
If Paul George leaves the Clippers, they may want to field the roster below the $178.1 million first apron and even the $170.8 million luxury tax.
There are pathways they can do that with James Harden’s new deal factored in while adding an impactful replacement for George. – 6:00 PM
Evan Sidery @esidery
Paul George will meet with the Clippers and Sixers tonight, per @ShamsCharania.
George’s primary focus is currently on either staying in Los Angeles or going to Philadelphia. pic.twitter.com/nDtg1ZOsYC – 5:33 PM
Mark Deeks @MarkDeeksNBA
If Paul George DOESN’T sign with the 76ers after all this, then Gordon Hayward is also available, as long as he doesn’t sign that $208 mil extension with the Thunder. – 4:29 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Something I mentioned in yesterday story @TheAthletic was Paul George preference to be here close to home
Source has told me that as much as PG would have wanted that, it does not keep his family from moving and being close to him. nytimes.com/athletic/55907… – 4:26 PM
Anil Gogna @AnilGognaNBA
Per sources:
There is belief around the association that Paul George has already informed the Clippers that he will not be re-signing with the franchise. – 4:25 PM
Erik Slater @erikslater_
If Philadelphia lands Paul George in free agency, I wouldn’t be surprised if Brooklyn checks in with them about Cam Johnson or Dorian Finney-Smith.
The Sixers have attractive future firsts between their own and the Clippers’ (2028, 2029 swap). – 4:15 PM
Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto
Sources: Sixers will aggressively pursue Paul George once free agency begins and are preparing a max contract offer. There was a palpable buzz this weekend that George could ultimately end up with the 76ers by the end of his free agency. More on @hoopshype hoopshype.com/lists/nba-rumo… – 4:09 PM
Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes
B/R Sources: There’s growing optimism the Philadelphia 76ers will land Paul George in free agency. – 3:59 PM
Jake Fischer @JakeLFischer
Gonna be updating this @YahooSports live blog throughout the afternoon as we inch closer to 6 p.m. ET. There’s plenty of opportunity for a team to pounce into the mid-level market while others wait for Paul George, etc: sports.yahoo.com/live/nba-free-… – 3:03 PM
Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto
Reporting on free agents LeBron James, Paul George, Klay Thompson, Isaiah Hartenstein, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Haywood Highsmith, Caleb Martin, Tyus Jones, Spencer Dinwiddie, Taurean Prince, and Brandon Ingram and Cam Johnson trade talks on @hoopshype. hoopshype.com/lists/nba-rumo… – 2:41 PM
Jake Fischer @JakeLFischer
Latest for @YahooSports: On the imminent free agency for Paul George, the first summer of the second apron, and the ripples effects from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, as well as Denver and Dallas: sports.yahoo.com/how-paul-georg… – 12:48 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
From yesterday @TheAthletic
The news of Paul George opt out, the teams eliminated, how it got to this point with the Clippers, and what comes next
Paul George declining player option with Clippers, will become unrestricted free agent: Sources nytimes.com/athletic/55907… – 11:32 AM
Yossi Gozlan @YossiGozlan
With Paul George opting out and becoming a free agent, there’s a lot of excitement among Sixers fans about potentially signing him.
Here’s a video I made last month about how the Sixers can use their cap space, with scenarios for George and Brandon Ingram.
Still relevant today. pic.twitter.com/Q7HzEhsn8S – 10:49 AM
Evan Sidery @esidery
Paul George gave strong indications he wanted to join the Warriors, which included serious trade negotiations with the Clippers through Saturday’s option deadline, per @timkawakami (nytimes.com/athletic/56045…).
Golden State offered some combination of Andrew Wiggins, Chris Paul, pic.twitter.com/HSb45o4gWa – 10:22 AM
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