Philadelphia 76ers Shift Focus Away from Paul George

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00:00The Philadelphia 76ers interest in pursuing Paul George has significantly waned in recent

00:10days and the franchise is expected to be aggressive elsewhere with a salary cap flexibility, which

00:14is interesting because Paul George has been linked to Philadelphia.

00:18Philadelphia has a max spot open.

00:19We're looking for another superstar to sort of propel and say, you know what, Max is a

00:23rising superstar and Bede's already an MVP talent.

00:26We just need that third wheel to help the guys out and maybe make a deep run past the

00:30second round in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

00:33But let me ask you this question about Paul George before we get to some of the stuff

00:36that came out yesterday.

00:38In your opinion, is Paul George worthy of a max contract in this day and age in the

00:42NBA?

00:43No, absolutely not.

00:45Not if you're serious about winning.

00:48But you know, it's a case by case scenario.

00:50If you have the money and you truly believe that you are just one superstar, unfortunately,

00:58on his way down, but it's that kind of experience and that kind of professionalism with a bunch

01:03of young guys you need, then, you know, you have to cross that bridge.

01:06You can't say no, but I even the stuff out of his mouth, Donnie, I mean, when you listen

01:11to Paul George, the idea of, oh, I'm not I'm not chasing a title anymore at this point

01:16in my career.

01:17It's like, yeah, I'm not getting well, don't worry, because I'm not chasing giving you

01:21a max deal here for you not to be interested in chasing a championship.

01:26So it's very interesting with Paul George here.

01:29He's never quite lived up to the previous deals that he has gotten.

01:34The injuries continue to pile up.

01:36He's not getting any younger.

01:39It's I don't blame the 76ers from taking a step back and going, you know, they got 65

01:44million in cap space, I think this year.

01:46They can do a lot of things with that and not tying it up with Paul George, I think

01:50would maybe be the best move for Murray.