Thunder GM Presti: George trade wish not ‘mutual’

Paul George summarized his exit from Oklahoma City as a mutual parting from the Thunder, a characterization general manager Sam Presti took umbrage with on Thursday. "I know that he had used the term 'mutual.' I wouldn't necessarily agree with that because that would infer that we were wanting to trade Paul George, which I think most people would agree that that probably wasn't on the top of our offseason priority list. Leonard, according to reports, kept the Toronto Raptors and Los Angeles Lakers on hold during the free agency courting period while trying to convince George to demand a trade in order for the two to unite with the Clippers.