Nine games into this trying season, at the end of Paul George’s brilliant 39-point effort, Phoenix Suns stars Devin Booker and Chris Paul disparaged their Los Angeles Clippers counterpart in defeat, calling him “soft” in a fracas that required referees and players to quell the tension.
Afterward, George said, “I had a tough year last year. People think it's sweet, man, people think it's sweet because I was down. I didn't hear none of this in my 10 years in the league, but people living on that last year. And I got to answer that.