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Pacers Reportedly Filing Charges Against Lakers for Tampering with Paul George

Andrew Korenchkin

Andrew Korenchkin

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Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...against-lakers-for-tampering-with-paul-george

The Indiana Pacers have reportedly filed charges against the Los Angeles Lakers for tampering with Paul George before the All-Star was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Per NBA journalist Peter Vecsey, Pacers owner Herb Simon filed the charges against the Lakers, and the NBA hired an independent law firm to investigate the matter.
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Alex Kennedy of Hoops Hype did note tampering is one of those things that is "tough to prove." Vecsey wrote the Lakers could lose draft picks or even be forbidden from signing George as a free agent if they are found guilty.

Tampering is rare in the NBA, though it has happened. The Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings were all fined for tampering in 2013 after the league uncovered statements, emails and articles directly connected to the teams with information about players who were under contract somewhere else at the time.
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theWB27

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They make Paul tell everyone he wants to play in LA? That trade was pure spite from the Pacers...looks like there's some more.
 
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MegaManTrigger

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Is there even a point to doing this when 1) he's still under contractual obligation for one more year, and 2) Pritchard willingly traded him to OKC?
 
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mjp2417

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Robdraggoo said:
What is tampering mean in this regard?
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That the Lakers were recruiting George while he was still under contract with the Pacers. Players do this all the time obviously and there's really no way for the league to regulate it (most famously with the Warriors and Durant last year), but that leeway doesn't really extend to front offices.
 
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Sanjuro

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This is a work.

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Ninja Scooter

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Lakers are found guilty of tampering
League punishes the Lakers by fining them next year's draft pick
Next year's draft pick was supposed to be Boston's.

All part of the plan.
reece.JPG
 
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Bread

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The league didn't let the Celtics and Clippers make trades after there was some bullshit regarding with Doc Rivers trade

Maybe the league won't let the Lakers and George do any deals because of this

We're doing it!
 
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mjp2417

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Big-E said:
Happens in every league. Like the article says, nothing you can do to stop it.
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If there's an actual paper trail the league will definitely intervene. If this is all because Magic made a funny on Jimmy Kimmel they'll tell the Pacers to get fucked.
 
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