Everyone wants to know where Paul George will end up next, even though the Indiana Pacers star is most likely to end up where he said he wants to go: the Los Angeles Lakers.
But it isn’t a sure thing, either. Kevin Pritchard is still hunting for trades — including one with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets — and if George ends up on a contender that makes a significant run in the playoffs, he may want to stick around with his new team instead of bolting for LA.
But the threat of Paul George leaving for the Lakers after a trade is making Pritchard’s job very difficult as he isn’t negotiating trades from a position of power.