The Pacers hadn’t planned to trade Paul George — at least not when they did. But when Oladipo and Sabonis arrived in 2017, they quickly found their footing.

INDIANA PACERS. There was a time when Paul George seemed poised to become a Pacers icon. Drafted No. 10 by Indiana in 2010, he spent seven seasons with the team, being voted an All-Star four times ...

The 2025 NBA Finals are set between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers. Two franchises, each once built around Paul George, now find themselves on the biggest stage. It’s ironic ...

How the Pacers built from trading Paul George. Indiana selected George with the 10th overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. He made four All-Star teams for the Pacers, leading them to a pair of ...

For the fourth time in his NBA career, Paul George didn’t make the playoffs, but both of his former teams did. Not only did the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder reach the playoffs, they ...

How Pacers were built: Paul George trade kicked off series of smart moves that led to NBA Finals appearance ... The Indiana Pacers have returned to the NBA Finals for the first time in 25 years.

Dec 26, 2015; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (13) looks on during the second half against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. The Pacers won 102-88.

The Indiana Pacers and theOklahoma City Thunder, meeting in the NBA Finals starting Thursday, are linked by the trade they made nearly eight years ago: sendingPaul George from Indy to OKC.. Each ...

Paul George isn’t on the Oklahoma City Thunder or the Indiana Pacers anymore. But the players those teams received for trading George have powered each of them to the doorstep of a championship.

While George watches the NBA Finals from the same couch where he watched the entire playoffs (his 76ers didn’t even make the play-in), here is how both of these teams used trading George away to set ...