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Speaker 2: Paul George, Such a pleasure to have you in Philadelphia.
Speaker 3: A pleasure of your family playing behind you here in Philadelphia.
Speaker 2: The first thing I want to ask you about.
Speaker 3: You said that you and Joel Embiid share a bit
Speaker 3: of friendship but developed throughout All Star games together. Can
Speaker 3: you take us inside what it's been like to get
Speaker 3: to know him and what we're not seeing.
Speaker 4: Like I said, I'm more of an internal person. He's
Speaker 4: more of an internal person. And during All Star weekend,
Speaker 4: like we kind of keep to ourselves. But what I've found,
Speaker 4: like gradually we just tend to kind of connect and
Speaker 4: talk to each other and you know, like I said,
Speaker 4: just see how each other's doing, just checking in, and
Speaker 4: I think over time it just developed into like, like, hey.
Speaker 5: This dude is pretty cool.
Speaker 4: Like we're like minded, we're kind of similar people, and
Speaker 4: so that was kind of just where the relationship developed
Speaker 4: to to where now, you know, we set like a
Speaker 4: foundation of our friendship. And you know, since I've been here,
Speaker 4: we've kind of been communicating, you know, on a on
Speaker 4: a weekly basis.
Speaker 5: You know, we talk and keep up with one.
Speaker 4: Another, So our friendship has definitely grown.
Speaker 3: You said on your podcast podcast pe that you guys
Speaker 3: are both maybe a little bit more introverted than people
Speaker 3: externally might realize. Can you tell us about your introverted
Speaker 3: side and where that manifests versus the character that you
Speaker 3: play out on the court.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm you know, the person that overthinks and in
Speaker 4: my head, and you know, I tend to like to
Speaker 4: just be to myself and keep a small circle. And
Speaker 4: that's I found. It is what's comfortable for me, that
Speaker 4: works for me. And so the person on the court
Speaker 4: is just at times I don't recognize just because it's
Speaker 4: not who I am naturally, you know, with emotion and
Speaker 4: the energy.
Speaker 5: But I think it's good. You should have an alter.
Speaker 4: Ego to yourself, and I think mine comes out on
Speaker 4: the court where people don't generally think, oh, he's a
Speaker 4: quiet guy, but I am actually probably pretty quiet when
Speaker 4: you don't know me.
Speaker 3: Cool to hear that you have that connection with Joel then,
Speaker 3: because that's sort of how he speaks about his own personality.
Speaker 3: When you think about playing with Joelle, with Tyree's with
Speaker 3: a Ubra, someone you've also talked about admiration for on
Speaker 3: your podcast. When you envision what this team is going
Speaker 3: to look like on opening night, what do you see?
Speaker 3: How do you describe the basketball that you guys could
Speaker 3: play together.
Speaker 4: I just see a lot of energy, a lot of fun,
Speaker 4: fast paced, just you know, guys getting after defensively, getting stops,
Speaker 4: allowing Tyrese to push and run the team, and I,
Speaker 4: you know, I just think we could just be dominant.
Speaker 4: You know, we could be a dominant group with so
Speaker 4: much depth. It's gonna be a lot of fun. And
Speaker 4: especially in that arena, it's the fans. You know, being
Speaker 4: on the other side, you feel what that energy and
Speaker 4: that intensity is like. So to now be in front
Speaker 4: of them and be on their side, you know, it's
Speaker 4: it's gonna be surreal.
Speaker 5: I'm looking forward to that moment.
Speaker 3: I want to know what you've observed about Tyrese Maxi
Speaker 3: up until this point before becoming teammates. What stands out
Speaker 3: about him to you as a young player.
Speaker 4: I think just as maturity. I talked to him a
Speaker 4: little bit before coming here. He's just a mature kid,
Speaker 4: you know. You talk about what he's been asked to
Speaker 4: do in such a short period of time, from you know,
Speaker 4: playing off the ball, playing on the ball, playing without
Speaker 4: jo Will, seeing so many different coverages. He's just grown
Speaker 4: so much and you can see that. I think he's
Speaker 4: just the perfect combination of someone that's ready and you know,
Speaker 4: it's just a sky's a limit for the kid. He's
Speaker 4: a sponge. He listens and he just wants to be great,
Speaker 4: and that's what you want out of young guys.
Speaker 2: It was his first All Star season.
Speaker 3: It was also his most improved player season. You two
Speaker 3: share that in common. First All Star season, most improved
Speaker 3: player season. If you could give yourself at that point
Speaker 3: in your career some advice or maybe even give Tyree
Speaker 3: some advice about where he is on this sort of
Speaker 3: like precipice of brilliance that now you've achieved, what advice
Speaker 3: would you give to your younger self.
Speaker 4: I think I would just tell myself just continue on.
Speaker 4: Obviously I'm happy where my career has turned out, but
Speaker 4: it's just staying true to myself.
Speaker 5: And I think I've done that.
Speaker 4: I haven't tried to be someone that I'm not, and
Speaker 4: that's that's gone a long ways for me, and so,
Speaker 4: you know, that'd just be the advice is just remain
Speaker 4: true to myself and be real and authentic, because as
Speaker 4: I've learned, people gravitate towards that more so than when
Speaker 4: it's not authentic and you're trying to, you know, be
Speaker 4: something that you're not. So you know, it's just just
Speaker 4: sounds cliche, but it's been kind of who I've been
Speaker 4: and that's.
Speaker 5: Just being Paul George.
Speaker 3: Yeah, being authentic is really challenging in your line of work.
Speaker 3: Who do you lean on or what do you rely
Speaker 3: on to stay authentic to who you are?
Speaker 5: Family?
Speaker 4: Family, They keep me grounded all the way around. They
Speaker 4: inspired me. They keep me grounded and keep me motivated,
Speaker 4: keep me dedicated. And so really, without them, it will
Speaker 4: be easy to get lost in the sauce. But having
Speaker 4: them around, and you know it definitely helps hard times
Speaker 4: someone to talk to, you know, and just for advice,
Speaker 4: you know, they help a.
Speaker 5: Ton with that.
Speaker 3: I know that Kawhi Leonard gave you some input on
Speaker 3: what he felt as a disciple of Nick Nurse, as
Speaker 3: a student of Nick Nurse. And you said upstairs, just
Speaker 3: now that when Kawhi talks, people listen. So if you
Speaker 3: don't mind, what did Kawi share with you about Nick
Speaker 3: Nurse as a head coach?
Speaker 4: Now, he loved them, you know he loved him. He
Speaker 4: spoke highly said, you know Nick Nurse is locked in.
Speaker 4: You're going to love him his coaching. He's he coaches hard.
Speaker 4: But you know he was like, you know what your
Speaker 4: love is that you know he's very decisive on what
Speaker 4: he wants to do and he's going to lead, and
Speaker 4: so that conversation with Kawhi helped a ton, which is,
Speaker 4: you know, me not knowing Nick personally, but to have
Speaker 4: someone that's won a championship with Nick Nurse speak highly
Speaker 4: on him ultimately, you know, played a heavy part of
Speaker 4: my decision and kind of help with the decision. But yeah,
Speaker 4: when Kawhi makes the statement, you put a stamp on it.
Speaker 3: This is the question I personally was most excited to
Speaker 3: ask you about. I'm fascinated by players with podcasts and
Speaker 3: the voice that you've been able to give yourself in
Speaker 3: creating a super successful podcast. What's the best thing about
Speaker 3: having your own platform?
Speaker 4: I think the best thing is just getting my messages
Speaker 4: across the way I want to, so you're hearing it
Speaker 4: right from the source and not you know, this source
Speaker 4: says or that source says, you know, for me to
Speaker 4: be able to communicate it to the fans, to the
Speaker 4: people directly from myself, I think at the end of
Speaker 4: the day, I feel comfortable with whatever message goes out
Speaker 4: there because I know it's coming from me, and so
Speaker 4: it's a chance for me to kind of address anything
Speaker 4: that's going on, whether it's good times, it's bad times,
Speaker 4: I'm able to address and be human, and I think
Speaker 4: the fans have enjoyed that. Again, it goes down to
Speaker 4: the authenticity.
Speaker 2: Okay, rapid fire. Are you ready? Let's go Three words
Speaker 2: to describe yourself.
Speaker 5: I would say, damn not that.
Speaker 2: This one you can think on.
Speaker 5: You can think on.
Speaker 2: We'll warm up.
Speaker 4: I'm going to say passionate, loyal and easy going.
Speaker 3: Favorite cities to play in Philadelphia? Great answer?
Speaker 1: Is it?
Speaker 5: Three?
Speaker 2: Sure?
Speaker 4: Three cities Philadelphia, La, obviously and New York.
Speaker 3: Three players that you've played with that have had the
Speaker 3: greatest impact on you.
Speaker 4: Roy Hibbert, Russell Westbrook.
Speaker 5: Kawhi Leonard.
Speaker 2: Players you're most excited to play.
Speaker 4: With, Joelle Tyresee and Kelly.
Speaker 2: Best thing about having a podcast I get.
Speaker 4: To say what I want when I want and not
Speaker 4: feel bad about it.
Speaker 3: Podcasts you listen to besides your own the pivot. What
Speaker 3: makes a good teammate.
Speaker 4: Someone that listens, someone that you know has great leadership qualities,
Speaker 4: and you know, just in this business you need people
Speaker 4: that you can lean on. And I think that goes
Speaker 4: a long ways because it's alone, it's a long year,
Speaker 4: and you need people that you can rely on.
Speaker 2: And last, but not least, what makes a great team.
Speaker 4: I think respect, I think leadership. I think everyone being
Speaker 4: on the same page and just having one agenda I
Speaker 4: think makes a great team.
Speaker 3: Paul George, Welcome to Philadelphia. Thank you for being here.
Speaker 3: We're really excited to see you play.
Speaker 5: Let's go Philly up. Let's do it.