When the Oklahoma City Thunder traded for Paul George last summer, it didn’t seem to dampen the feeling many had that he would eventually sign with his hometown Los Angeles Lakers once he became an NBA free agent.
Slowly but surely, though, that scenario isn’t seeming like a shoe-in anymore. First there was a report that George “feels like he’s in a good place in Oklahoma City.” Then, Marc Stein of the New York Times reported that “there is a growing belief around the league that Oklahoma City has a far better chance to retain the free agent-to-be Paul George than many believed when the Thunder crashed out of the first round of the playoffs.