It’s the summer of 2010 — the Los Angeles Lakers just won their second title with Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. Teams are preparing for what would become the most pivotal free agency class in NBA history and fans are anticipating a once-respected 2010 draft class to take the league by storm. Fast-forward to now, Paul George is the only remaining player from that class, which has painted an even larger target on his back.
How did we get here?
George has unofficially claimed this title for the past few years, but it was truly set in stone after John Wall announced his retirement today.