Why the Warriors said no to the Pacers’ Paul George-for-Klay Thompson trade

The Pacers reportedly pitched the Warriors on a Paul George-for-Klay Thompson trade. Many in the NBA community were stunned when the Indiana Pacers traded Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder just before the start of the 2017 free agency period. The shock stemmed not from the fact that newly minted Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard would flip the franchise forward — that course of action seemed all but set in stone the second George made it clear that he did not intend to stay in Indianapolis after his current contract expires next summer — but rather from when Pritchard did so, and what he managed to net in return.