On July 10, Beijing time, the NBA free agency market has been opened, in which Edwards said, I have to do the right thing when playing with these supergiants, we will win, Chris Paul revealed that he never thought of having the opportunity to play for Popovich, excited for this young team. Refusing to be $60 million in two years, almost teaming up with Stephen Curry, All-Star small forward Paul George explained the reason for leaving the Los Angeles Clippers, and I have to say that owner Ballmer prefers small cards to the former.
According to the latest report from The Register, All-Star small forward Paul George explained the reason for leaving the Los Angeles Clippers in an interview, and he said so. I didn't want to leave the Clippers, Los Angeles is my home, I wanted to end my career here and win a championship with the little card, and it started like this, the owner Ballmer didn't respect people and offered me a two-year, $60 million contract extension. It should be emphasized that after the negotiations deepened, the annual salary only rose to about 40 million US dollars, and he was unwilling to give me the veto of the transaction, and there was no treatment of a small card.
It is worth mentioning that All-Star small forward Paul George only played for two teams in his career, one was the Indiana Pacers, where the dream began, and the other was the Los Angeles Clippers, who played a total of 867 games in the regular season, averaging 20.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, and played a total of 114 games in the playoffs, averaging 21.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. Interestingly, Paul George was in the East, has been pressed and beaten by LeBron James, went to the West, still met the latter, and now returns to the old place.
You must know that before joining the Philadelphia 76ers and teaming up with No. 1 center Joel Embiid and Maxey, All-Star small forward Paul George's first choice was not to return to the Eastern Conference, but to continue to stay in the West, almost teaming up with superstars Stephen Curry, Dream Green, and head coach Kerr. This dream was quickly shattered, mainly because the owner Ballmer and the Los Angeles Clippers insisted on asking for a young player Kuminga and were unwilling to make concessions, which made Dunleavy and Lacob directly refuse, so the deal was abandoned.
Now, as All-Star small forward Paul George explained the reason for leaving the Los Angeles Clippers, he originally wanted to stay, but he was very unhappy with the attitude of the owner Ballmer and the team management. It should be noted that almost teamed up with Stephen Curry, for Paul George, joining the Golden State Warriors was the first choice, but because Lacob didn't give Kuminga, the deal could not be facilitated, so giving up teaming up with small cards is not the reason for the former, and Klay Thompson's situation is exactly the same.