Do I like it, maybe. Do I hate it, no. Lauri would make us a top 2 if not the best team in the east immediately. We sacrifice 2 super valuable Clippers picks and our valuable 2030 FRP, which is after Embiid’s contract is up, so he will likely retire. Jared is thrown in the deal as another young piece for the Jazz. I don’t think the Jazz accept without him. It also gets us under the Luxury Tax. To be honest, Paul George is such a negative asset, that even though this feels like an overpay, it’s probably an underpay.
