Has Paul George played his last game with the Clippers? | No Cap Room

Yahoo Sports Senior NBA writer Dan Devine and The Ringer’s Michael Pina discuss the future of Paul George and whether he’ll be with the Clippers long-term or on another team as soon as this season. Hear the full conversation on “No Cap Room” - part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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I think that Paul George, I think he's the obvious, um, headline here.

There's like myriad possibilities and we don't know right now if he's going to opt in opt out, um, stay with the Clippers, uh, get traded to the Warriors or the, or sign with the Sixers or, um, sign with the Clippers or there's, there's a mystery team, he'll, he'll opt in and be traded to.

So I think that there's just a lot of, uh, uh, mystery and, and wonder.

And I think that also Paul George is a little, is it fair to say he's kind of like, underrated as like a, like a very, very, very good basketball player if he were to go to the Sixers?

I just think he's such a perfect co star.

He feels he checks so many boxes and there's so few weaknesses and I think that that is really, really, really important and he's been through no fault of his own because of Kawhi Leonard's knee miscast over the past couple of years or past few playoff appearances.

Um, and so, you know, the bubble was the bubble like a million years ago and I, it's like, kind of irrelevant to me.

But I think I, I see more about like his age and the contract and stuff and I'm like, yo, this guy is so awesome.

He's like an awesome player.

It's not saying I would give him four year max if I was the general manager.

But, um, just as a player for next season, I think he can still swing a championship race.

I think he's still that good.

The fact that, I mean, we've, we've talked about this a number of times, Jake and I, and on other shows, like you have to assume at this point, the fact that he is, has not resigned with the Clippers indicates that the Clippers have yet to be comfortable enough going to the fourth year.

Right?

Like the idea being we gave Kawhi three and 150 that's where we want to keep you as well.

And him being like, I don't love, I'm not comfortable in that neighborhood.

I would not like that.

So I believe, I firmly believe that the Clippers would or that the Sixers rather would go to the fourth year.

It just does.

He want to go to Philadelphia.

I, I think you're absolutely right to say he fits so perfectly between Joe Ellen Bead and Terry Maxi.

If you are Paul George, do you want to sign up for another, uh, knee haunting situation?

Um, you know, to move across the country to do that?

I think that's a big question?