Paul George and the rest of USA Basketball opened up Training Camp Monday in Las Vegas, gearing up for the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
For George it’s a dream come true. It’s about returning to form after a compound leg fracture cost him nearly all of the 2014-15 NBA season. Following a terrific bounce-back season, he committed to Coach K and Team USA as many …
Paul George followed through on an invitation by NBA veteran Jamal Crawford to play in the Seattle Pro Am. Crawford is known for the Pro Am, one of the many ways in which he gives back to his hometown, and how he gets some fellow NBA guys to join each year.
Thank you Seattle! Thank you @JCrossover and @SeattleProAm
— Paul George (@Yg_Trece) July 10, …
While it hurts that his teammate, neighbor, and close friend George Hill was traded away, Paul George says he’s comfortable with the initial changes that Pacers President Larry Bird has made to the roster.
“I like the roster,” George said Wednesday on the practice court at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. “Obviously saddened by losing George (Hill] but Larry’s all about trying to improve and make a …
Fresh off a media blitz earlier in the week with USA Basketball as the 12-man roster was announced, Paul George was back in Indianapolis.
The three-time NBA All-Star has about three weeks before he’ll head west to Las Vegas, on July 17, for Training Camp followed by five exhibition games.
Then, they’ll travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Olympic Games (Aug. 6-21).…
USA Basketball announced its 12-man roster on Monday for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, which includes three-time NBA All-Star Paul George.
Then, at least most of the roster appeared to be in New York for a photo shoot and media blitz.
Here is your first look at Paul George in his PG-13 Team USA uniform, via usabsnap on Snapchat:
Strangely enough, jerseys …
As reported here on VigilantSports.com last Thursday, Paul George was all in on playing on the Olympic Team and he had accepted his invitation to play for a gold medal August 5-21.
On Monday, USA Basketball made it official by naming the 12-man roster that will compete in the Rio Olympics.
“I’m really excited to have this opportunity again to represent my country,” George said …
Paul George has officially accepted an invitation to be on USA Basketball’s Olympic Team, a league sourced confirmed to VigilantSports.com.
It has long been a dream of George to represent his country and win a gold medal, and here he’ll get that chance two years after suffering a crushing injury that kept him out for all but six games during the 2014-15 NBA season.
“The …
They’re good friends. They’re neighbors, sometimes opting to carpool into work.
They were teammates for the last five seasons. They had the two middle lockers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse with space separating the two stalls.
They both have “George” in their name. And they were owners of the Pacers G2 Zone.
But that is no more after Pacers President Larry Bird agreed to a deal …