Paul George and Kawhi Leonard ended up having a solid run with the Clippers for five seasons together.
They made the playoffs a handful of times and kept the team in title contention.
With George recently leaving for the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency, he made it a point to put a bow on his time in Los Angeles.
In fact, George even went into how he almost didn’t join Leonard on the Clippers.
According to the nine-time All-Star himself on Podcast P with Paul George, he almost teamed up with Leonard in Toronto.
Paul George says he and Kawhi were “close” to teaming up in Toronto instead of the Clippers
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What if George had joined the Raptors with Leonard instead of the Clippers?
In his lone season in Toronto (2018-2019), Leonard guided the Raptors to their first-ever championship.
The team would not have gone into rebuild mode so easily a few years later if they had gotten George to go with Leonard and Co.
Regardless, George went to the Clippers.
The team had a lot of regular-season success but made just one conference finals appearance in their five years together.
George is now looking to win a championship with the 76ers, who have not won big in over 40 years.
Time will tell to see if he can finally slide a ring on his finger after failing to do so for so many years.