Clippers Facing 1 Big Roadblock In Re-Signing Paul George

Paul George is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer.

When Kawhi Leonard signed his three-year, $150 million extension earlier this year, many assumed George doing something similar was inevitable.

Two months later, though – no deal has been reached.

Complicating matters further is the fact that at least one team has expressed serious interest in stealing George away from the Clippers.

This week Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report revealed that L.A. will face one major roadblock in re-signing George.

That roadblock? The Philadelphia 76ers.

“According to multiple sources in and around the NBA, the Sixers have George at the top of their wishlist and are expected to make him a significant offer if he becomes a free agent,” he wrote.

What makes this situation as it pertains to Philly unique is how well-positioned the franchise actually is in stealing George away from the Clippers.

“The Sixers are a potential title contender with Joel Embiid Healthy, and they’re armed with what could be up to $65 million in cap room,” Pincus added.

It is worth noting that Pincus isn’t the only person who has made this George-to-Philadelphia connection.

Marc Stein reported something very similar last month.

“League sources say that Philadelphia continues to loom as an eager George suitor should he make it onto the open market and give the 76ers their formal opportunity to try to lure him across the country,” Stein wrote. “The Sixers are said to maintain interest in George despite the widely held presumption that he and Leonard want to keep playing together in their native Southern California.”

Some around the league have made the case that L.A. has to let George go for financial reasons.

“The Clippers are deep in the tax and don’t control their own first-round pick through 2030,” John Hollinger of The Athletic wrote recently.

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“Their best players are 32, 33 and 34, and they may have no choice but to pay two of them this summer and keep trying to push this rock up the hill. (Keep an eye on Paul George, by the way. Presumably, if there was a max extension sitting around for him, he would have signed it by now; I think it’s fair to say a couple of cap-room teams in the East are, um, ‘monitoring’ this.)”

One way or another, the next few months promise to be interesting.

Will George re-sign with the Clippers when everything is said and done? Time will tell.

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