Paul George originally wore the No. 24 when he entered the NBA before eventually switching to No. 13.

George is looking into potentially switching his number back to No. 24 as a tribute to Kobe Bryant.

“I thought it was great,” George said. “I thought it was great. I seen guys doing it across the league. I actually reached out and see if I could bring 24 back, just because I always want to remember why I started playing this game. And that meant so much to me. You know, so, now I sit back and review it. I think every time should find a way to honor that. Let that jersey be a number that no one would be able to wear again. So we’ll see.”

George grew up outside Los Angeles and idolized Bryant.

“The biggest thing is just me doing what I’m doing now,” George said. “If there was no Kobe Bryant, I don’t know who I would’ve looked at and idolized. So when I think about me and basketball and how I got started, first story to be told is, you know … and for the generation after myself, for young kids who won’t know who Kobe Bryant is, it’ll be an amazing story to tell, that I picked his ball up because of this man.

“So, that’s going to be the best memory. Regardless of my last time seeing him in Thousand Oaks, it’s gonna be how I started playing this game.”