George is embracing being part of a star trio with Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey.
As an Indiana Pacer, George was the unquestioned Alpha Dog, taking the bulk of the shots. And that was just fine — so he thought.“In a selfish way of pushing myself to be great, I wanted the team to be mine,” he said. “I wanted to be compared to guys that their teams.
The Heat, featuring future Hall of Famer LeBron James along with Hall of Famers Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, beat the Pacers in the 2013 and 2014 Eastern Conference finals. “Learning from that experience of what it’s like playing alongside another star to where I was like ‘Alright, now I’m with Kawhi. I know what it’s like playing off someone else that’s just as special and talented. So work on all the little things.’ What does it mean to win and doing whatever it takes to win whether I’m the star or the second option and I think it was just kind of realizing that throughout my career of what that looks like.
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