p5mmr9
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Presti wanted the best assets he could pull from the Clippers. The Clippers wanted Kawhi. There was real risk Kawhi would go to the Lakers. Kawhi demanded Paul George. Presti demanded everything. The Clippers (and everyone else) thought Kawhi plus Paul George would yield multiple championships. No one anywhere expected SGA to be a league MVP. It's kind of a no brainer for the Clippers at that point, really.yeah, SGA was traded in july coming off of a rookie season where he averaged @ 10ppg in 27mpg and finished 6th in ROY voting. all rookie 2nd team. decent shooting splits.
while he clearly had some promise it was not even remotely clear that he was going to be an all-star let alone on this type of career trajectory.
credit to sam presti for seeing the vision.