When Paul George was forcing his way out of Indiana a couple of years ago, his people told any team that called "he's going to be a Laker when he's a free agent" in an effort to force him to get traded to his hometown. Except the Lakers took that as "why would we give up real assets for him — no Lonzo Ball, no Brandon Ingram — when we can just sign him in a year? Oklahoma City ponied up with the best deal — the Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis deal worked out well for Indy — and PG 13 went to the Thunder.