On Wednesday, speculation about Paul George’s future hit a fever pitch thanks to longtime NBA insider Marc Stein. On his Substack, Stein noted that it’s been more than two months since Kawhi Leonard signed his three-year, below-max extension with the Los Angeles Clippers. At the time, the prevailing assumption was that Paul George would soon follow suit, but he still has yet to do so.
According to Stein, there are “suspicions that the subsequent offers to George have fallen an unknown amount shy of the numbers” in Leonard’s extension. George likely wants closer to a full four-year max contract, whereas Leonard took roughly $10 million less than the max he was eligible to receive.