On Tuesday, Paul George’s two exes meet: Oklahoma City and Indiana.
Both teams have been dumped by the six-time All-Star in the last three years. He’s now with the one that got away, Los Angeles (although that metaphor works better for the city than the Clippers specifically).
By the time Paul left OKC, he and his agent had figured out how to help facilitate a clean break. The split with Indiana was messier. But when George told the Pacers and the Thunder, ‘It’s not you, it’s me,’ he gave both franchises the chance to move on quickly, and to men who – considering George’s wandering eye at the time – may be better for the franchises in the long run.