A lot had to go right for the Sixers to execute their Cap Space Plan and land a star free agent this summer. Apparently a big part of the reason Philly lured Paul George is ... NBA veteran Quincy Pondexter?
On a recent episode of the “#thisleague” podcast hosted by Marc Stein and Chris Haynes, Pondexter discussed convincing his good friend, Joel Embiid, to keep trying to recruit George to Philadelphia.
Joel [Embiid] is one of my best friends. And so how Joel got Paul’s number to start trying to pitch it to him was through me.