Was the Paul George Trade the WORST IN NBA HISTORY??? 

Kawhi leaving Toronto was also a mistake. He should’ve signed a 1and1 to run it back with Toronto in 2020. He would’ve made it to at least another conference finals.

An all-nba and all-star in sga a role player and 7 pick-swaps for a player that has choked in the playoffs is extreme to me

And the crazy thing is even with OKC already drafting all these guys, they still have like what 46 draft picks remaining? Insane.

It's easy to say in hindsight 🤷🏻‍♂️. Heck we won't even know if SGA could've developed properly in LA but I'm happy that he got traded to OKC who started to rebuild at that time which is quite fortunate for him since he had no pressure and has all the time to develop.

Still think the Gobert trade is the worse because well…Gobert, but yeah this trade is bad.

Obviously they gave up a lot but I think at that time nearly every team would do that trade, they needed PG to get Kawhi who was arguably the best player in the world at that time and PG was top 10

It's easy to talk about it in hindsight, but think back to the 2019 offseason. If you were given the opportunity to trade for Paul George, who had just averaged 28 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 4.1 APG, along with the guarantee that the reigning NBA Finals MVP, Kawhi Leonard, would sign with your team once you completed the trade, why not? SGA, the center piece of the trade, was coming off his rookie season averaging 10.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, and 3.3 APG. Of course, the five first-round picks and two first-round pick swaps given up were going to hurt in the long run, but if you're getting both Kawhi and PG, it's a win-now move, no? Obviously we can look back at it now and laugh about how injuries derailed the Kawhi-PG era while SGA slipped through their hands and blossomed into a potential MVP, but I'd say the move made sense at the time. For the record, I don't support the Clippers and absolutely cheered when they blew a 3-1 lead to Denver in 2020, but the amount of revisionism about their 2019 offseason is crazy.

This trade is bad but tbh this trade was really for PG and Kawhi and I think that’s why the clippers were comfortable giving up that much without PG or another star kawhi said he wouldn’t have went

I think the main defense is the fact that the LA Clippers had to sign PG in order to sign Kawhi due to him wanting to play with PG. So basically that trade was for both PG and Kawhi

Wasnt just a Paul George trade. It was basically required to get Kawhi, who was thought of by a lot of people as the best player in the NBA at the time and just won a championship. Most teams make that trade if they had the chance.

Who would’ve thought that the bubble would’ve been their last real chance to win a championship and they completely blew it smh. They’ve been hit with some bad luck but damn that’s tuff

Goddamn, after being reminded of how much LA got rid off just to reach the conference finals once..it's definitely one of the worst

Worst trade: Robert Traylor for Dirk Nowitzki.

Nobody ever talk about this trade, but damn the LAC got destroyed by this one All NBA, All Star, Scoring title and also got MVP votes Shai is way better than PG ever was

What people don’t understand that makes this trade one of the worst ever is that Shai is not only better than PG at this current moment, but this past season he already had a better season than Paul George has ever had. Yes the MVPG season was a great season, but it would not have netted him a top 3 finish in this past seasons MVP race in a league where 7 different players averaged 30 a game. Even with all that being said, Shai is still 24 (will be 25 in less than a week) and the Clippers still owe OKC two more unprotected firsts and a pick swap after already gifting them J-Dub.

Injuries ruined the trade. Clips are generally stacked, but they can't keep there leaders healthy.

As a Thunder fan, THANK YOU CLIPPERS LMAOO

Why is this worse than the nets when they didn’t even reach a conference finals in an easier conference.

Note to nba front offices: don’t give in to nba players demands. Thank you kawhi for demanding the PG trade. It only cost us SGA and 7 first round picks… we are screwed for next 5-6 years. 😢 Meanwhile, SGA is most efficient player in league ballin for Thunder and they’ll be good for next 10+ years with all their draft assets. 😂😂😂

U should make vids ranking each position 1-30🤝

We are quick to forget the Timberwolves.

Clippers getting Leonard and PG was a huge mistake. They're pretty much done.

Okc also got J-Dub with one of the draft picks. Shai, along with J-Dub alone, already makes the trade lopsided without the picks.

No.

ending song caught me by surprise

Bro, OKC literally has the pick bank

ngl I was ecstatic getting kawhi fresh off him getting a ring. cool. we traded for pg, also cool but----- when i saw sga in the trade, i knew right away that would be a huge mistake. I'm not gonna say I knew he would be all nba, mvp candidate but he definitely would've been a great guard for a decade+. just wish we didn't give sga up in the trade, okc gm definitely had an eye for talent.

The thunder not only fleeced they finnessed us

SGA became not only a better PG, but also a good leader, because of his time playing with CP3. He learned off of him and is now applying what he learned.

I still find it baffling that PG of all ppl was the one kawhi wanted to play with the most

Two all star PGs from OKC the intensity will be different. What you guys think ?

It’s not the worst but it’s up there I can’t lie. SGA is officially way better than PG and the real picks haven’t even hit yet. It’d be one thing if they win a chip but they haven’t even made a finals and neither pg or kawhi can stay healthy.

I would have never involved Shai in that trade he was good as a rookie 15 points per game I believe played well in the playoffs that year too the Clippers definitely gave up too much for PG

Its funny how people know the answer knew the answer back then. People act like i don't see how they didn't see it back then. At the time nobody had a clue. Yet now they know they act like its no way you should of missed it.

That team is beginning to unravel...Steve Balmer is gonna start tearing down that $h!t beginning at trade deadline lol....when try assemble an avengers squad at that time looks good on paper, to get microwave meal championship...at the least they brand new high tech "intuitive" stadium.

I never see anybody talk about this maybe because it’s a sensitive topic but with kawhi I don’t think it’s just the injury. The whole situation with his sister definitely added to it and next season he’s definitely gonna take a lot of personal days

Okc thunder won the trade they finna make the playoffs next year hope.

Can u please do the Zach Lavine jimmy butler trade. I’m sorry as a Bulls fan Zach hasn’t done shit for us. He relies too much on his athleticism and his stats are empty . Meanwhile Jimmy Butler has made the playoffs with every team he’s been on.

Calling this the worst trade in nba history is for sure extreme. There have been much worst trades just in the past 3 years.

yes definitely worst trade in history. as a thunder fan i can admit, the second worst trade in history is the harden one. Then the gobert trade is third

Wow I didn't remember the Thunder getting 7 1st round picks for PG. That's insane. PG is 33 and Kawhi is 32 right now so at the end of next season they'll be 34 and 33. No way I'm giving these 2 guys max deals. You'd have injury prone stars getting 50-60 million at 35-37 years old. Because the Clips never even made 1 Finals with this team it's clear the Thunder won this trade.

Nah Marion for Shaq in ‘08 was a head scratcher!!

Damn. I didn't know the parameters. OKC didn't win, they smoked, no contest, damn.

U can say cause they didn't get a title out of it at least when the Lakers gave up their haul they got a championship out of it

The Kevin Martin/James Harden trade is still up there to me for one of the worst.

It’d be cool if the clippers stay together until okc develops and they meet in a playoff series. (I hope okc wins and that’s what finally makes the clippers break up, but they probably won’t last that long)

How can ANY organization allow ANY player to force a deal? It is the job of the front office and not a player to handle the business element of the team. Clippers lose because they allowed a player control of business operations AND they allow the player to put them in a bind to give up a HUGE amount of primo picks. OKC wins for being lucky to have the player KL was after and being smart to demand a HUGE amount of priority picks. SGA was only a prospect=OKC can only hope he can be a nice addition but does not care when 6 top tier picks is what they were after. 6 picks like this is tremendous leverage in the drafts or in picking up top players that become available etc.

As a raptors fan so happy clippers never won these past 4 seasons, they tried so hard to be like 2019 championship raptors team by getting those past players 😂 but compete failure and that 2020 playoff loss was jokes

We dont know that yet but it's definitely top 5 rn. I think the nets and suns trade might lean that way as well considering Kd's age and how well mikal bridges played after the trade

Results of trying to win now and screw the Lakers who would have gotten Kawhi if this trade doesn’t happen. All time backfire since not only have they not won anything of note but the team they tried screw over won the title that season over the team that embarrassed the Clippers 3-1. So the immediate and future results both sucked for LAC. Doesn’t look much better now either.

This looked great for the clippers in the moment, it just didn’t work out. I’m sure everyone here would’ve made that trade too. Kawhi had just won in Toronto, in only one season mind you. Paul George had just had an mvp caliber season. Sure you’re trading away your future, but this looked like a guaranteed championship. Don’t forget people were saying this would be the best wing duo since Jordan and pippen.

Imo shai is peaking higher than pg and they are getting all these picks along with a all NBA star for the next 15 years

no because at the time PG was in mvp and dpoy convos the kobe for divac trade waaaaaaaaaaaas waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay worse

Shai is a legit point guard who made first team all nba paul george is an injury prone declining superstar who is no longer in his prime. Plus the fact that the thunder basically own the clippers future makes this a terrible trade for the clippers.

It was bad but its not the worst. Kobie for divac, ray allen for half a season of the glove. Gotta top it.

PG13 took the Clippers to their only WCF. Don't you ever forget that.

Not the worst because that trade was also getting Kawhi let’s not forget he demand them to get PG so he would sign with the clippers. It’s up there tho

It's not that bad, the Clips are still contenders. Obviously Shai is a loss. Remember, without the trade they never get Kawhi either. Playoff disappointments don't change the fact that the trade did vault them into contender status.

Pretty sure the Ben Simmons trade was worse for the Nets.

Thunder gonna win a ring in 5 years as a huge Shai fan I hope he gets a ring that trade was horrible lol😂

It’s up there but the Pierce trade to Brooklyn is def worse

Untill somebody wins something its a wash

No it wasnt , kawahi leonard was the worst trade because it led to paul george

Thunder won the trade at this specific time, let's see when they quit the Clippers

well the pg was for kawhi & pg not just pg edit: no one could believe kawhi & pg would miss nearly 1/2 of the nba season do you for get 2021 playoff they made the wcf the clipper were a 40-42 win team with out pg & kawhi so tgey leave those puck are going to be picks between 14-20

Clippers will stay a poverty franchise forever. Haven't heard from clowns like Pat4Clippers or whatever his name is in like forever

Pg smooth wit it

its might damn bro. shai hoppin fr

The clippers over paid chef

Y'all forgot ben Simmons?

Good lord this is 100% an overreaction. Not only has okc not even so much as made the playoffs, they haven’t even used most of the picks and we have no idea where players in those classes are at yet. Jfc

Clippers traded there whole future for maybe 5 years and I don't see them ever beating the nuggets so what was the point you traded for a ring and it floped hard

Presti finessed the hell outta The Clippers 😂

Not yet 🤷🏾‍♂ give it a couple more years

It definitely aged extremely badly I don’t think it’s the worst tho

People would say the same thing about AD trade if he didn’t win a title to be fair

Nah the nets trading for Uncle KG and Paul Pierce is still the worst trade imo Billy King is still a wanted man in Brooklyn😂

I think it's one of the best. - Thunder Fan

it helped them land kawhi leonard, thats why clippers did it.

Why you always say “this league”? 😂

Duh it is mustard

This is recent biased yes in hindsight seeeing who shai is as a player it seems bad but 1 a lot of why la hasn’t worked out is just bad luck 3 years of straight injuries one of them In 2021 they were very much going to make the finals and probably win the title and at the time of the trade u have a team that is older with guys like Lou Williams pay bev Harrell good players but are older so u can’t develop shai unles su blow it up and pg was coming off a mvp type season to add with kawhis mvp type season not to mention even if la had shai they would still be trash now and with there luck not even make a good rebuild

Yes yes he was

It was a terrible trade, I alredy knew SGA was going to be the player he is now.

No, Rudy Gobert trade was the worst in history. I solved that for ya! 😂😂😂

Gobert ??

Fire Lawrence Frank

Nooe

I said this 2020

Hope the knicks trade for SGA

Before I go to sleep i just want to say i hate doc Rivers

You cant say that fr while the clippers haven’t won anything anyone with an chance to get an top 3 players like kawhi had to make the trade for pg so while in hindsight it looks bad the deal was justifiable

No the Kobe Bryant trade was obviously

More like best!

If the Clippers don’t win a championship then yes it’s a bad trade for the clippers imo

Clippers dead when took an L on this 1

You on crack SGA has had a great year yes maybe two if you include the 10 yes for G and SGA can’t compare not even close.

Ran out of ideas so you had to resort to making this video that has already been done a thousand times to get your 20k views 👍

This take is laughable. PG13 for shai? People are giving shai the edge because of PG's failures in the playoffs BUT shai hasnt even been to the playoffs.... See your mistake? We dont even know if shai will be a succesful playoff player.... Wow. Typical nba content creators

Until okc win a championship with the assets they received from the trade they haven't won the trade