After the Clippers were eliminated by the Mavericks in the first round, the Clippers will face the renewal of George and Harden, the two main stars, in the offseason, Harden has expressed his willingness to renew the Clippers, but the renewal of George and the Clippers management has collapsed again and again, George hopes to get a 3-year $152 million contract extension like Xiaoka, but the Clippers prefer to renew his contract with a maximum salary of about $45 million! The two sides are currently in a tug-of-war because of the renewal issue!
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At the same time, the 76ers are out of the air, they will have $65 million in salary space this offseason, and they want to use a four-year, $212 million maximum salary contract to compete with the Clippers for Paul George. Although the average annual average of this contract is 53 million or even higher than the 51 million of the small card, George will not necessarily choose to go to the 76ers because of the money, because there is the league's softest center and fraudster general manager Morey, and the team does not have the ability to compete for a championship, so George may have other options.
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In fact, for George, he could have chosen to return to the Thunder and join Alexander in the offseason. Although the Thunder this season has achieved the first record in the regular season, they were led by the Mavericks, who are fifth in the West, by a score of 2-1 in the second round of the playoffs, and there is a high probability that they will be eliminated. And the Thunder's problem is also obvious, that is, the team except Alexander, there is no second star who can stand up to help the team break the deadlock in the team's difficult moments, although Jalen Williams and Holmgren have good performances, but after all, they are too young, and the key moment is still not a point that the team can rely on.
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And Paul George has the ability to share the offensive pressure for the team, and he has the ability to be a perfect second-in-command! George played in 75 regular season games this season and was in very good physical condition, averaging 22.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game. In the playoffs, the average of 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game has declined to a certain extent compared to the regular season, but it has also played an excellent performance of 33 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, and the Thunder can also free up $45 million to $50 million in salary space to sign George after the expiration of Denhayward's 31.5 million contract and Biyombo's 5.8 million contract in the offseason.
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