Warriors felt close to Paul George trade; Steph Curry signed off – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

The Warriors seem to have been near a Paul George commerce with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Earlier than George reportedly declined his $48.7 million contract option with LA on Saturday — basically eliminating any probability Golden State had of buying him — the Warriors reportedly believed they have been near buying the nine-time NBA All-Star, The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami reported in his latest column, citing sources.

“[George’s opt-out decision] got here after very critical negotiations among the many Warriors, George and the Clippers all through Saturday afternoon’s deadline for George’s contract choice and after the Warriors believed — a number of occasions — that they have been on the verge of touchdown the 34-year-old small ahead, staff sources mentioned,” Kawakami wrote.

“The Warriors had agreed to offer George a max, four-year extension upon arrival. They believed they’d proposed a number of variations of a commerce that the Clippers may and would settle for.”

Kawakami additionally reported that George gave “sturdy indications” he wished to affix the Warriors, and Golden State veterans Steph Curry and Draymond Inexperienced have been “100%” on board with the transfer, however monetary issues “weighed closely” on the Clippers’ aspect.

The Warriors, per Kawakami, supplied a number of commerce packages they believed the Clippers would settle for, together with some mixture of, however not restricted to, Andrew Wiggins, Chris Paul, Jonathan Kuminga or Moses Moody and one future first-round choose.

Kawakami added that the Warriors seemingly wouldn’t have included each Wiggins and Kuminga collectively in any provide.

George now’s an unrestricted free agent and reportedly will maintain conferences with a handful of groups, together with the Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic, within the coming days.

Sadly for the Warriors, they not will probably be within the combine.

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