Zeller, Bradley, Crowder, LAL/SAC pick is the most you give up for Paul George, which imo is more than enough.
Horford / Zizic
George / Yabusele
Hayward / Tatum
Brown / Smart
Thomas / Rozier
Admitting that this is a tenuous at best rumor, it didn't stop me from getting excited about the possibility. I did some checking on 82 games because it is not clear to me just how much each of Hayward and George play at the 2-3-4.
Hayward was almost exactly 50-50 between SG and SF in terms of minutes and the performance of the 5 man units seemed to make no difference where he played. Individually, Hayward had a higher PER and better Net+/- at SG.
With George, he played far more minutes at SF over PF but the Net +/- (per 48) was better at PF (although it is amplified by sample size). His individual PER was close but slightly better at SF plus he actually got more rebounds per48 at SF.
My conclusion from this is that I don't believe George would come here on a discount to play PF. I think he will play SF and that Hayward would play SG. I see the rotation as:
Thomas Smart Jackson
Hayward Brown Green (or some other)
George Tatum Somebody
Olynyk Zizic Yabusele
Horford Mickey Zeller?
This hypothetical breakdown makes Avery, Crowder, and Rozier "expendable", throw in some picks (maybe Lakers/Sac pick) and I think that could be the deal for Paul George. We are still weak at PF/C but this is a pretty good team for today and keeps much of the key parts of the future. Another soft spot would be expecting Tatum to jump right in but I think Hayward/Brown/George could cover all of the SG/SF minutes just fine if Tatum needs time. If Zizic exceeds expectation and plays a solid PF, then we have a really good team.
Of course there are still the huge "ifs" being we sign Hayward and George settles for the extension. I agree with others who have their doubts about this but it is still fun to play around with the possibility.