Paul George

The Indiana Pacers are headed toward an interesting offseason. Team president Larry Bird didn’t make any moves at the trade deadline. Franchise star Paul George was linked to numerous teams via multiple reports—mostly the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, but he ultimately stayed put. Hooray, right? Sort of. George wasn’t happy that the [...]

Though Paul George remains with the Indiana Pacers following the NBA’s trade deadline, the Denver Nuggets did their darnedest to make him one of their own. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Chris Haynes: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/834842800067792897] [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/834843094398824448] It’s unclear what the Nuggets were offering, but according to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe, they were reluctant to include [...]

As we rapidly approach the 2017 NBA trade deadline, the rumor mill is starting to intensify by the minute and some real player and draft pick movement is actually happening. Now that one mega deal has already taken place and the go to “star who could be traded” mantle that Demarcus Cousins had held for [...]

Good news, Los Angeles Lakers apologists: Paul George will consider signing with your team in free agency. If he gets there. Which isn’t slated to happen until 2018. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: For teams considering a trade for George, here’s the risk: As a free agent in the summer of 2018, he has considered [...]

Do you buy into the notion that the Chicago Bulls aren’t shopping Jimmy Butler? Or that the Indiana Pacers won’t even listen to Paul George offers with the possibility of signing him to a designated extension, should he qualify, still in play? The Boston Celtics sure don’t. Or maybe they’re just hoping against hope things [...]

Could the Indiana Pacers be one of the NBA’s most active teams leading into the trade deadline? Personally, I doubt it. But at least one general manager could see a firestorm of transactions in their future, per HoopsHype’s Alex Kennedy: The Pacers, Pelicans and Thunder are teams that have been active and are open to [...]

Give the Boston Celtics this: They are persistent. Thanks to their droves of draft picks, prospects and reasonably priced contracts, the Celtics are mentioned in just about every imaginable blockbuster scenario. Everything turns out to be noise, though, because their position is almost too powerful. Why fork over so many assets for a star when [...]

Paul George isn’t down with the home crowd booing his Indiana Pacers. He does, however, understand it. From the Indianapolis Star‘s Jim Ayello: Paul George hears you, Pacers fans. He hears you booing, and he wants you to know: He gets it. But it doesn’t help. “They pay their money, their hard-earned money to watch us play. [...]

Whether or not someone is “clutch” or has the said “clutch gene” which may or may not actually exist in terms of actual psychology (although Robert Horry and Eli Manning would like to sway you otherwise) has been one of the biggest topics in the NBA, specifically as a star-driven league where one player can [...]

The Indiana Pacers are not open to trading Paul George. Not even a little bit. Team president Larry Bird, in fact, isn’t even willing to pick up the phone, according to this mini-tidbit from ESPN.com.’s Zach Lowe: Larry Bird isn’t returning calls on Paul George with a friendly new CBA on the way, according to [...]