Paul George Says Losing Pieces in James Harden Trade Eventually Hurt Clippers

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Los Angeles posted its best regular-season record since 2017 but flopped in the playoffs.

To get a player said to have agitated for three trades in three calendar years, the Clippers gave up four players, two first-round draft picks, two second-round draft picks, and cash. The result: another first-round exit despite the team's best record since 2017.by suggesting the Harden trade hurt the Clippers—singling out two players Los Angeles could've used down the stretch.

"We traded to get James, and it’s not James’s fault of why we struggled, but the lost part of that was we lost , we lost ," George said. "Those was our glue guys. Those was our defenders."“We started the year off hot. Everybody was playing well, there was the energy there. It was kinda like the first time of us all being healthy with Russ now.

"It had nothing to do with grabbing James, it was more so losing those guys— KJ Martin as well. Losing those guys kinda hurt us."Patrick Andres has been a Staff Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated since 2022. Before SI, his work appeared in The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword, and Diamond Digest. Patrick has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game.

 

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