An article which surfaced on NBC writer Brian Witt detailed how Corey Brewer played an integral role in why Paul George elected to stay with the OKC Thunder. More accurately, Brewer’s comments may be the reason George didn’t afford the Lakers a free agent recruitment meeting.
“George never gave the Lakers an opportunity to shoot their shot,” McMenamin recalls. “But he had a wealth of information available to him about the inner workings of the Lakers without ever hearing a word from Magic Johnson. For example, George played in Oklahoma City with Corey Brewer in the second half of the 2017-18 season, after Brewer was waived by L.