Royce Young on how the Thunder’s wild gamble for Paul George paid off: “Two summers ago, the Thunder walked Kevin Durant into a meeting the day before free agency started. They had that orchestrated, too, with a sign across the street that read, “Taking on Tomorrow, Today” with examples of how he has lifted the city on his shoulders and built a franchise. They told him about a fueled-up jet sitting on a runway ready for them to go recruit Al Horford together. Durant left on his own jet and went to the Hamptons, and the rest is history.
Monday Bolts: 7.2.18
