I, Paul Clifton Anthony George, a 35-year-old basketball player.
In June this year, my two former bosses met in the finals.
This had nothing to do with me, after the end of this season, I started fishing and playing golf, but my attention always returned to the TNT game broadcast. Oh my god, I really couldn't help it. It was time to restart my podcast.
And as soon as I picked up the microphone, the past scene appeared before my eyes...
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"If it weren't for LeBron James... I knew, I might have won a championship in Indiana."
"The experience of my broken leg was the most important turning point in my career."
"I felt at the time that we finally found a way to defeat them (the Heat) and would beat him next season And I can compete with 11 other top players in the Olympics - I can learn from them and improve my skills. At that time, I was only 24 or 25 years old. When I returned to the team, I would be a player with a completely different mentality, and I could also win gold medals and taste the taste of victory. I wanted to bring this mentality back to the team."
When I said this, I recalled the summer before the start of the World Championships, running with other superstars.
However, like countless times in the past, people mocked me for being immersed in my "if world". However, what's interesting is that I returned to the best team in the 2015-16 season. At that time, they said, "We were still discussing whether George could play, but now he seems to be stronger."
Of course I am lucky to be able to play again, but after I proved that I still have the strength of the star, only I know what has changed in my body. Some of my athletic abilities have indeed lost...
After being injured, I still remember the scene when I hugged my teammates after returning to the Pacers. George Hill hugged me, David West's eyes were dull. I could feel the depressed feeling in the room, the powerlessness that everyone felt was going to be abandoned this season.
Why don't I want to do it again with these brothers?
After the abandoned 14-15 season, West gave up a lot of money to transfer to the Spurs, Hibert was transferred to Los Angeles, Watson ran to Orlando, and many people and things were different.
The season after my return, I played pretty well. The All-Neuro team and the second team of defense can prove that I am a well-known guy. As the seventh in the Eastern Conference, I also led my brothers to play seven games in the first round before being eliminated. What I know is that if this team can find some helpers, they will really have a chance to compete for the championship. One day in the offseason in 2016, I just woke up and wanted to go swimming, but I received a text message from my agent: George Hill was traded.
I am not a star who must participate in decision-making, but I have long told people in management what I think: "If you want to make important decisions, please tell me in advance." It is obvious that they did not do it.
What I can't understand is that Bird used a No. 15 pick and chose Leonard before he exchanged Hill for her. He clearly valued her calmness and maturity towards her boss Simon at that time. When Hill reached the peak of her career, Bird traded Hill with her own hands.
Note: The Pacers selected Leonard to trade Hill is a deal that was reached before the draft was completed.
Hill is only 2 days away from my birthday. His house is less than 200 meters away from my house. During training, we often arrive at the gymnasium in one car, and this kind of scene will not happen again.
I was very upset before Hill was traded. In the season when I almost led the team to overturn the second season in the Eastern Conference, the news of "Paul George is going to be traded" was flying all over the sky. In the All-Star Game in New Orleans, I received the news that Cousins was traded to New Orleans at the All-Star Game. That day I met the boss and Bird, and they reiterated that the team would not consider trading me.
A few days later, the agent sent me a text message: The team stated that it would not trade me, but the team would listen to my offer.
This sentence looks like a wrong sentence no matter how you don't trade me, what is the meaning of listening to the quote...
Of course, this is all part of the business. After Granger was abandoned by the team after being injured, West had explained all this to me. He told me that these fucking things would happen. No matter what, your chance to prove yourself has come, put away all kinds of emotions and continue to fight.
Note: After Grant was traded by the Pacers in the mid-13-14 season, the team's locker room had turmoil. Turner and Stevenson fought in training and their record declined severely in the second half of the season, but George became a core role with the support of the team and veterans. Granger said in an interview seven months before the transaction, he understood the possibility of the transaction and has maintained a good relationship with Pacers since then.
Unbelievable that even the crazy incident of Durant joining the Warriors that summer had happened, and the Pacers' management actually wanted to buy a Saidis-Yang and ended the signing. It was obvious that they didn't want to win, or to be precise, they didn't think they could win by trying their best to recruit soldiers, so there was no need to pay the price.
One more thing happened after that, I wanted to recruit an excellent power forward player, and this player hinted me that as long as the Pacers agreed to fight for themselves, he would agree to join forces with me, and that player is Anthony Davis. AD doesn't want to stay in New Orleans, Indiana is very close to his hometown of Chicago, and he is happy to partner with me, but the Pacers rejected my proposal..
The last time my team missed the playoffs was 10 years ago. This time, I watched the Thunder mercury all the way, and the Pacers defeated the powerful. The people on Reddit said that the two teams after I left became the finals teams, and I also had something to say: they brought them into the finals through the trading of the players I got. The Thunder and Pacers can have their current core. You should think about how valuable I am in the trading.
Don't those media people love to debate whether Halliburton is a superstar?
Harry is a superstar, there is no doubt... It is my strength chip that can help the Pacers finally get Harry.
Note: George praised Harry in his podcast and regarded Harry as a superstar.
As for the fact that I said that Pacers didn't want to win, they really didn't want to win. After so many years, have they done any stud operations? But every time I change teams with a bad reputation, I just want to win. If I replace Siakam with a healthy one, wouldn’t I have the chance to break out of the East?
is not right... Why do I like to say the word "if" so much?
Note: The content of this article is based on public reports and George’s public statement.
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