For many, it is Paul George who will be the great leader of this “free agency”. It is based on his choice, to extend or not with the Clippers, that many teams will act. Starting with the Sixers who have more than 60 million dollars to recruit. They can afford a superstar, and Joel Embiid would be delighted to see the Clippers winger arrive.
On the Inglewood side, we have no control over the matter since Paul George has a “ player option » at $48.8 million. Either he activates it, and he completes his contract with the Clippers, or asks to be transferred. Either he declines it, and he becomes a “free agent”, and can therefore sign wherever he wants.
THE Philadelphia Inquirer confirms that the Sixers are still interested in Paul George, but also that the Clippers have their eye on… Tobias Harris. Free agent, the Philadelphia winger knows the Clippers very well, and his rating is interesting since the Jazz, the Pistons and even the Mavericks would monitor his situation.
If the Clippers think of Harris as “plan B”, the daily evokes the idea of a double “sign-and-trade” where Tobias Harris and Paul George would cross paths. This is what happened in 2019 when Kevin Durant and D'Angelo Russell crossed paths during the trade between the Nets and the Warriors.
But… this possibility would weigh down the finances of the Clippers, who would then be very limited for their recruitment, while the Sixers would still have money to afford one or two additional free agents.
Player option : possibility for a player to activate (or not) the last year of his contract, in order to end his lease or become a “free agent” one year in advance.
