Episode 174: Paul George (March 2023)

The Young Man and the Three

ThreeFourTwo Productions | Wondery

Sports

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

We are thrilled to share this amazing conversation with our guest, Los Angeles Clippers star, Paul George. There is so much discussed on this episode and we really appreciate his willingness to be open and candid about a lot of things. Topics include: His take on Nikola Jokic and what makes him such a dominant force, The Clippers being the 'poster-child' for the NBA's load management issue and why blaming it all on the players is wrong, trying to develop a rhythm with The Clippers team given how little the team has actually played together, how much he loves playing with Kawhi Leonard and the confidence he brings to a team, why Paul George feels like he was overlooked in high school, his early days as an Indiana Pacers and how he earned the trust to lead that team, how he improved his game in Indy, reflecting on that 3-4 year stretch where The Pacers with Roy Hibbert, David West, George Hill were a legit threat in the Eastern Conference, how they feel that Pacers team changed the modern NBA, Paul shares his best Lance Stephenson stories, the moment Paul George burst into superstardom by blowing by LeBron James and The Miami Heat, describing the challenge of beating LeBron and The Heatles in a 4-game series and how putting Chris Bosh at the 5 spot changed everything that series, his time with Russell Westbrook on The Oklahoma City Thunder and how Paul came to his own conclusion that he could likely not be the best player on a Championship team after his injury, the mental toll it took for PG to come back from that injury and so much more.

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1:05.0	This is episode 148, Paul George. Tommy, I was really impressed with Paul. So insightful.
1:13.0	We talked about some high level NBA stuff. We talked about the Clippers. We talked about coming back from injury.
1:19.0	We talked about him teaming up with Russ and OK, see how I think the Indiana Pacers sort of changed the modern NBA.
1:27.0	There was a lot of great basketball talking here. Paul has made eight All-Star Games, six all NBA, four all defensive teams,
1:36.0	most improved player, all rookie team. He's had a great career. And the Clippers looking to win the first championship in franchise history,
1:47.0	lost last night to the Minnesota Timberwolves. They are now in six place.
1:53.0	Again, we had not to hammer home the point too much, but Phoenix right now with 29 losses, OK, see in 13th place with 33 losses as does L.A.
2:04.0	But you look at six through 11. Clippers have 31 losses. Dallas has 31 and then Minnesota, Utah, New Orleans and Portland all have 32.
2:16.0	So much intrigue over the last 20 games of the season.
2:21.0	And so let's kind of assess where we think the Clippers are right now.
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