Athlete podcasts can be a mixed bag, from the excellent (New Heights) to the short-lived (Mind the Game) to everything in between. Sometimes, though, they can be informative, as the most recent episode of Podcast P—the Paul George–helmed video pod—proved to be.
On Monday, George, fresh off signing a four-year, $212 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, pulled up a mic and unpacked how it happened. According to George, last October the Los Angeles Clippers offered him a two-year, $60 million extension. He passed. “Kind of disrespectful,” George said. Over the next few months, L.A.’s offer pushed to north of $40 million per year. Still, George declined.
