Paul George

Anyone who is hoping Paul George will get a new home before this season is out will need to find something else for which they can yearn. The Indiana Pacers aren’t dealing him. That was the prevailing message in Adrian Wojnarowksi’s latest podcast for The Vertical, as relayed to us by HoopsHype: There’s basically no [...]

What was that about the Indiana Pacers being a legitimate threat in the Eastern Conference? Oh, yeah: They aren’t one. Lots of people, including team president Larry Bird, tried to spin the Pacers as an above-average squad leading into this season—as a team that might be able to reinvent its offensive identity without losing too [...]

The year before Paul George broke his leg, he was playing the best basketball of his young career. In fact, the Pacers began that season really strong and George looked like an early MVP candidate. But then both he and the team came back to earth a bit. He was understandably tentative on the court [...]

Paul George has not signed his last contract with the Indiana Pacers, apparently. Currently slated for free agency in 2019 (player option), George has already talked shopped with the Pacers about a max extension, a la James Harden with the Houston Rockets and Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder. These types of deals not [...]

Paul George had some thoughtz and feelz about the way Australia played following their near upset of Team USA in Rio on Wednesday night. None of them were particularly good. From Fox Sports’ Tony Harper: “It was an adjustment for us. The game kind of got out of hand early with the physical play. “We [...]

The leg injury Paul George suffered with Team USA in 2014 that caused him to miss all but six games of the NBA’s 2014-15 season is officially behind him, just in case you were wondering. Paul George is once again back with Team USA, prepping for a gold medal march in Rio that will begin [...]

Ever since Paul George suffered that compound fracture to his leg during the Team USA showcase in Las Vegas a few years ago, it was said that a spot would be held for him on the official Team USA roster for the 2016 Olympics. Initially, and understandably, George didn’t commit to playing in 2016. But [...]

So about the Indiana Pacers being open to trading Paul George…It turns out they aren’t. Here’s Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders: Not sure where the trading Paul George thing came from, but was laughed off the phone when I asked a Pacers source if it was a consideration. The Pacers are absolutely not looking at [...]

According to former ESPN columnist, Grantland and creator of The Ringer, Bill Simmons has reported that the Lakers will try to package their anticipated top-three pick in the 2016 NBA Draft for Pacers star forward Paul George. [tweet https://twitter.com/MySportsLegion/status/727902044523249664] Don’t get me wrong this rumor is very juicy and very Lakers as the historically great [...]

Plenty of people thought that Aaron Gordon, not Zach LaVine, should’ve been named the NBA’s Slam Dunk Champion at this year’s All-Star Weekend in Toronto. Paul George of the Indiana Pacers is, apparently, among them. Ahead of the Pacers’ Thursday night loss to the Orlando Magic, George, who has participated in the dunk contest himself, [...]