It's easy for George Hill to differentiate his past NBA life from the present.
"You're competing for an NBA Finals (with Cleveland)," Hill said, "in Sac we were just playing. I feel like my teammates in Sac, I love them to death. ... But it's a whole different feeling when you're playing for something, totally different. We're playing for something and that's why we're here today."
Hill reflected on his "roller coaster" of a season during an NBA Finals media session at Oracle Arena on Wednesday, the eve of Game 1 against the Golden State Warriors.
He signed a three-year, $57 million deal with the Kings last July to be the team's starter and help groom rookie point guard De'Aaron Fox.