He described feeling sidelined and disconnected from the offense, despite his willingness to adapt his game for the team’s success. “OKC, and I’ll support Sam Presti to this day in whatever he want to do,” Melo said. “He came in the 25th hour, ‘Melo, we’re taking you, we believe in you, you are the piece that we need in OKC… “I never thought we would be in this situation to be able to have somebody like you.’ …I’m like oh this is perfect…I could just play ball, I got Russ[ell Westbrook], I got PG [Paul George], I’m cool… “It was slowly like pulling back on Melo…but then you ain’t incorporated into the offense, you ain’t part of the system, I’m asking what’s going on…At this point, I was willing to change my game, I knew PG, Russ, I’m going there to figure this out with all three of us.” -via TalkBasket / February 15, 2024
Myles Turner on potential Paul George return to Pacers: PG was my favorite teammate
