As a nine-time All-Star and six-time All-NBA player, George has clearly had one of the better careers of his generation. But for all his individual accomplishments, the Philadelphia 76ers forward hasn't been all that close to the NBA Finals in over a decade. That hasn't come from a lack of trying in dictating where he's played.

Paul George has been traded from the Pacers and Thunder before, and now both teams are facing off in the NBA Finals.

It’s the Paul George finals — albeit without George, whose trade from Indiana to Oklahoma City in 2017 planted the seeds for the 2025 NBA Finals.