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Report: Paul George wanted to be traded to the Spurs in 2017

In case Spurs fans don’t have enough hypotheticals to help them re-litigate the last few turbulent years of team history, an article published on Wednesday offers one more. The piece, by ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk, presents Paul George and Kawhi Leonard teaming up as an overdue union between two of the league’s best players, one that nearly took place in San Antonio in 2017 when George was wanting out of Indiana.

The story routinely comes back to a present-day Clippers team getaway in Hawaii, as George, Leonard and other teammates sail around the island of Oahu aboard a ship that’s aptly named “Manu Kai.