Paul George wants LeBron James to mentor him
By Mike Dyce
The Indiana Pacers are the biggest threat to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference. Their star player, Paul George, wants LeBron James of the Heat to mentor him.
George told Basketball Insiders he wants to understand how LeBron thinks.
"“It would be great to be able to pick his brain, pick his mind and just talk about the game because I think he’s a player that can help me get to the next level and continue to keep going to the next level,” George told Basketball Insiders. “I wish some day we have that relationship where he is someone I can talk to—not during the season because I’m too competitive during the season—but maybe in the summertime….“He’s someone that motivates me,” said George, who is averaging 22.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game. “This league is all about guys being competitive and competing. And don’t get me wrong, every time I’m matched up with him I’m going to try to get the best out of him and come out as the best player of that game. But at the same time, he’s been someone that I looked up to. He’s someone I’m going to continue to look up to because at the end of the day, the position I want to be in is where he’s at.”"
Of course James mentoring an in-conference competitor seems odd, but Pacers fans can’t be thrilled about his open praise of James. He is supposed to challenge James, not put him up on a pedastool