LOS ANGELES -- “They need you,” Russell Westbrook called to Paul George after shootaround Wednesday, as he backed out of the media scrum at the edge of the Staples Center court. “To talk about staying, or...”
He trailed off.
“Same s---?” George said, smiling.
They knew this was coming. Westbrook and George had been fielding questions about why George had chosen to stay in Oklahoma City since his announcement in July. The questions had died down in recent months, but to return to Los Angeles, the city George was expected to ditch OKC for in free agency, was to refuel those musings.