Paul George

In taking over for Larry Bird as the Indiana Pacers’ team president, Kevin Pritchard is not inheriting an enviable position. Yes, there’s Paul George’s future to consider. But the roster in general is woefully imbalanced. There’s likely no getting out from under the Monta Ellis and Al Jefferson deals, which aren’t terrible, but are just bad [...]

If Nate McMillan’s plans and inklings are correct, Indiana Pacers fans have nothing to worry about: Paul George will be back next season. As the head coach said, per Nate Taylor of the Indianapolis Star: McMillan didn’t share much of what George told him and Bird during their meeting. Yet McMillan, at several points Thursday, said [...]

How badly does Paul George want to play for the Los Angeles Lakers? So badly, he’s openly spoken about it in the past, according to former teammates. From the Sporting News’ Mitch Lawrence: A SoCal native, he’s been talking about playing for his hometown team, the Lakers, for a long time. He’s never made his long-term [...]

It’s officially Paul George trade season. The Cleveland Cavaliers completed their first-round sweep of the Indiana Pacers on Sunday. Though the 16-point margin throughout the series is the lowest in NBA history for a best-of-seven sweep, there’s no solace in narrow defeats—not for the Pacers. While George cannot explore free agency until 2018 (player option), [...]

Paul George hasn’t exactly been a beacon of positivity following losses this season, and that didn’t change after the Indiana Pacers’ Game 2 letdown against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Though he delivered other notes, George specifically cited Lance Stephenson’s need to keep himself in check during games, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “He’s got to learn to [...]

Paul George wasn’t happy following the Indiana Pacers’ Tuesday night loss, at home, to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was mad. Upset. Straight pissed off. And he was even more frustrated that the rest of his team wasn’t matching his anger. Per the Indianapolis Star‘s Nate Taylor and Nuvo.net’s Jon R. LaFollette: [tweet https://twitter.com/JonFilet/status/846906520050774016] [tweet https://twitter.com/ByNateTaylor/status/846909815964286976] Good thing [...]

If the Indiana Pacers are looking to retain and renew Paul George’s affections, adding Gordon Hayward would be a great start. Totally reasonable, right? Sources told ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe that George, who is a free agent in 2018 and considered a flight risk, would love the chance to play with the Indiana native: It all [...]

Now that we are a little removed from the 2017 NBA trade deadline some interesting behind the scenes information is leaking out. Apparently the Pacers were a little more active in trade discussions centering around Paul George than they said they were as ESPN Reporter wrote in his column Tuesday morning that the Pacers were [...]

How close were the Indiana Pacers to moving Paul George at February’s trade deadline? Not very. At least not to the Los Angeles Lakers. From the Los Angeles Times‘ Tania Ganguli: Bird planned to call Johnson after the NBA trade deadline, just to congratulate his old friend on becoming the Lakers’ president of basketball operations. It’s [...]

Intrepid ESPN Reporter and longtime inside source close to LeBron James, Brian Windhorst was on The Lowe Post podcast recently and gave an interesting peek into the defending champs state of mind heading into the trade deadline last week. While discussing the eastern conference contenders after the deadline and how the Cavaliers appear to have [...]