NBA – Paul George recounts his worst humiliation on the street in Philadelphia: “A guy said that to me”

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Par Guillaume Kagni | Journaliste sportif

This 2024-2025 season is one to forget for Paul George. After arriving in Philadelphia as a superstar, he emerged as the major disappointment of the past year. And Sixers fans have been quick to let him know in no uncertain terms.

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Paul George will have a lot to prove next season, if the Sixers decide to keep him. After all, when he arrived in Pennsylvania, he was supposed to help Joel Embiid reach a collective milestone and play in his first conference finals. At the age of 31, and despite having been a dominant player for many years now, he has never done better than a second-round playoff finish… It’s a stain.

The problem is that PG was injured in the preseason, and never regained the form necessary to allow him to contribute fully. In addition to being unavailable with only 41 games played, he hasn’t lived up to his status and salary, with the worst statistics since his second season in the league. To say that Guerschon Yabusele has left Philadelphia with a better image is no exaggeration.

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Paul George humiliated in the streets of Philadelphia

And if there’s one city where fans are going to let athletes know they’re not happy, it’s Philly. In the latest episode of his podcast, Paul George revisited a pretty crazy interaction he had with a fan on the sidelines of the Eagles’ Super Bowl win. He was compared to an unpopular player, which touched his ego.

One evening, I was in town, I rolled down my car window, people recognized me. One guy shouted, “We could have kept Tobias Harris if we knew you’d play like that!” I embrace Tobias, it’s not a tackle against him. It was funny, but at the same time, it’s an attack that goes straight to your heart. I went home, and the first thing I did was pick up a ball to train.

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For many years, Tobias Harris was presented as the worst contract in the NBA, as the player who prevented the Sixers from turning a corner and claiming the title. Except that this season, he would undoubtedly have contributed far more than a Paul George on one leg. The latter has heard this anecdote, and responded quite clearly on social networks.

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