Paul George revealed that his move from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Los Angeles Clippers went beyond simply his ability to best compete for a title.

"[People] think it was a basketball move," George told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. "And for a lot of reasons, it was a basketball move. But that's not where it comes from.

"It was a lot deeper than me coming here for basketball reasons."

Paul's mother had a severe stroke when he was just six years old and she was 36.

"She was almost at, like, a vegetative state," George recalls of the early days in the hospital. "She was unrecognizable, she couldn't communicate, she couldn't talk, she was going blind."

George's mother nearly died.

"My mom is all about defying odds, because odds was stacked up against her," George said. "They said my mom wouldn't walk again. They said my mom wouldn't talk again. They said she would be completely paralyzed, that her vision wouldn't come back. And she defied all of that."

George's mother still has difficulty moving around. George attended Fresno State and the family relocated there so they could continue attending his games, but it became more difficult when he drafted by the Indiana Pacers in 2010.

"My mom doesn't complain," George said. "But having conversations with her, it's hard for her to get on planes and travel.

"For me to be able to come to her and make it a lot easier for the travel on her and my dad, that was one of the biggest reasons I wanted to come back and play at home."

When the Pacers went from title contender to fringe playoff team, George began considering leaving when he became a free agent in 2018. The Lakers were a contender but they were unable to trade for him and he was eventually moved to the Oklahoma City Thunder and he decided to re-sign in 2018.

The Indiana Pacers continue to resist trade calls on Myles Turner.

The future of Turner and Domantas Sabonis with the Pacers has been an ongoing question due to their overlapping skill-sets. 

The Pacers want to see how the team plays once Victor Oladipo returns at the very least.

Jimmy Butler and T.J. Warren have each been fined for their roles in an incident during the Heat’s 122-108 win over the Pacers on Jan. 8 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

With 6:29 remaining in the third quarter, Butler and Warren each received technical fouls for having come face-to-face in a hostile manner. With 6:22 remaining in the third quarter, Butler committed an offensive foul against Warren, which has been upgraded to a Flagrant Foul 1 upon league office review. The foul call on Butler prompted a taunt from Warren, which resulted in his second technical foul and subsequent ejection. Following his ejection, Warren made an obscene gesture. After the game, Butler continued to escalate the incident via social media. 

Warren has been fined $25,000 for engaging in an altercation and making an obscene gesture following his ejection. Butler has been fined $35,000 for engaging in an altercation and escalating the incident on social media postgame. 

Victor Oladipo plans to make his return on Jan. 29.

Oladipo suffered a ruptured quad tendon in his right knee last Jan. 23 against the Toronto Raptors. Oladipo was previously battling a knee injury before suffering the more catastrophic one.

Oladipo has been an All-Star in each of the previous two seasons.