As it turns out, though, DeMar is actually very close to joining the Clippers. On a recent episode of Paul George’s podcast, Podcast P with Paul George presented by Wave Sports + Entertainment, the pair opened up about how and why the deal fell through. George kicked it off by revealing his own recruiting efforts at DeRozan and how he was dismayed after learning what the Clippers were actually willing to offer DeMar: “I remember trying really hard to recruit you,” George told DeRozan. “… After you finished it, I felt like a sucker. In Chicago, coming to you, I was like, ‘Brother, those were some a** lamps.’ I didn’t know what to offer. It was just, ‘Yo, we’ve got an interest in getting DeMar here. Hell yeah, let’s go get that. When you’ve already done the numbers for what we can give, you obviously deserve so much more. I just felt like, ‘Damn, I tried Really convincing my girlfriend to come down here.” She was a bulls**t.” —trans clutch points / May 18, 2023