Joel Embiid is over the moon! For the first day of NBA Free Agency, Philadelphia signed a big deal. Eager to get a player who can support the 2023 MVP and Tyrese Maxey, the Sixers have just secured the services of Paul George, one of the stars on the market this summer. It was ESPN’s star journalist, Adrian Wojnarowski, who announced this Monday morning that the winger had reached a four-year agreement for $212 million with the Pennsylvania franchise.
Joël Embiid could hardly dream of better. During the NBA Finals, the Sixers pivot also made a foot appeal live on television to Paul George while they were both on the same set. Two weeks later, his franchise offered him the gift he dreamed of to try to satisfy his ambitions in the League. Because the Sixers, who also got their hands on Eric Gordon and Andre Drummond while they should let go of Nicolas Batum according to The Athleticform a new and very enticing Big Three by recovering the all-star winger. At 34 years old, PG-13 remains a true leader, having averaged 22.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 34 games this season. And on paper, the three seem to complement each other perfectly.
The end of the Kawhi Leonard – Paul George duo
After five seasons with the Clippers, the former Pacers and Thunder player has decided to turn the page. This weekend, he declined his one-year option worth $48 million with the Clippers. In order to try to get a new deal at the maximum salary over four years ($221 million) with the Californian franchise, but the latter only wanted to give him a three-year contract. And since they failed to reach an agreement, it is therefore with the Sixers that the 2013 MIP will try to fulfill his dreams of a ring.
For the Clippers, it’s the end of an era. With a certain bitterness. The Kawhi Leonard – Paul George duo will indeed have failed to live up to expectations. In five seasons marked in particular by their injuries, the two stars have only made one conference final (2021). That’s meager given the talent of both men. And even if the Californian franchise has already recovered Derrick Jones Jr. for three years while ensuring to keep James Harden (70 million over two years), the Clippers were surely hoping for something else for their first season in their new room
