NBA Trade Updates: Paul George & Blake Griffin to Join Los Angeles Lakers? Chris Paul Reportedly Agrees to Join San Antonio Spurs
The first round of the NBA Playoffs has just ended and there are already speculations among fans with the fate of other players who are believed to switch to a different team. Indiana Pacers team suffers an early offseason when it loses four straight games to Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round. Pacers small forward Paul George spent his R&R at Disneyland, who was convinced by fans to join the Los Angeles Lakers with Blake Griffin. Chris Paul is also reported to switch to Los Angeles Clippers.
Pacers did not make it to the NBA Playoffs second round, which means an early vacation for its team members. Paul George was spotted at Disneyland and fans were all over him asking him to join the Lakers. According to CBS Sports, the Pacers small forward would be free at least until 2018 and can choose any team he wants should he decide to leave Pacers. Fans know that he hails from California and the Lakers is the team that has been always linked to him.
Meanwhile, five-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin, 28, is likely to join Paul George in switching to the Lakers in the event that his contract doesn't work out well with the Clippers. The team's power forward has had trouble with his injuries but has been always doing great in the court. He's called one of the 15 Greatest Rookies of All Time since he was drafted to join the Clippers in 2009. Now that he's believed to join the Lakers with George, fans are hyped with it calling them the dynamic duo.
As for NBA Rookie of the Year Awardee, Chris Paul, it is said that he might just join San Antonio Spurs although there were also speculations that he will sign a new contract with the Clippers. However, theories have it that the point guard has verbally agreed to join the Spurs and refused his current team's lucrative offer. According to Fox Sports, he still has a year on his contract with the Clippers and if he joins Tony Parker's team, Spurs fans would find it incredible.
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