Man, talk about a domino effect. Had Indiana been able to get Dwight Howard for Thaddeus Young and Big Al, which is significantly more than the Hawks got for him, in the wake of the Jimmy Butler trade, the Pacers could have wound up with Howard, Rondo, and Arron Afflalo, who was just released by the Kings. Keep Stephenson as the 6th man, and that team could win it all, even though the locker room would be quite entertaining, to say the least, lol
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It does make me wonder, though - say that the Pacers, with that team, actually won the title next year. Would George still leave? I have to think that that would be pretty difficult from a PR standpoint, alone, so I'd go for it, lol
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