In the coming days, will we witness a game of musical chairs between Paul George, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope et Klay Thompson ? We know: the first plans to leave the Clippers, who only want to offer him a maximum three-year contract, while he wants a four-year lease.
Several teams are therefore monitoring the situation, and we are talking in particular about Sixers (even if Philadelphia’s interest seems to have waned) or even Warriors.
According to The Athletic, the Nuggets had also inquired, the franchise being ready to offer the four-year contract desired by “PG13”. But to bring him to Colorado, it would have been necessary to set up a “sign-and-trade”, Denver agreeing to release Michael Porter Jr. and Zeke Nnaji into the operation. Where it stuck was that the Clippers also asked for a lot of Draft choices, and the Nuggets thought that was a lot.
Giving up Michael Porter Jr, Zeke Nnaji and also draft picks would have limited the Nuggets’ ability to surround their Jamal Murray-Nikola Jokic duo in the medium term, in an NBA with stricter rules.
But the Paul George track is not the only one considered in Denver, The Athletic mentioning the Klay Thompson option, if the latter cannot reach an agreement with the Warriors and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope leaves . The Sixers and the Magic, also in search of shooters, could also be landing points for the “Splash Brother”.
“KCP” would also be targeted by Philadelphia and Orlando, even if Marc Stein mentions another possibility, Dallas. Noting all the same that the Nuggets do not really want to negotiate a “sign-and-trade” with the Mavs.
