Paul George denied a reported Catfish scheme in which revealing pictures of him appeared on gossip websites over the weekend and believes the situation will fuel him.

"The whole story, as far as me being catfished, I know the girl that sent the pictures out," George said Monday. "It wasn't a catfish story, it was a girl – I don't want to get into the story but I know who's behind it.

"I'm good. A lot of it is just stuff trying to bring me down. I'm good with it. The thing that just came out, it's all a fake. It really don't have any wear on me because I know it's not true.

"Of course, you'd be angry about it because you work so hard for stuff, then you got stuff with people trying to bring you down. It does make you angry but I'm going to use it to energize me and fuel me going forward."