George Hill wants to finish his career with his hometown team, the Pacers.
Now that LeBron James holds the record for all-time scoring in the NBA, USA TODAY Sports Jeff Zillgitt looks at which active players could surpass him.INDIANAPOLIS — As far as the Pacers were concerned, George Hill had earned the right to determine his future.
So when the Pacers acquired him Thursday as part of a four-way trade that moved Kevin Durant to Phoenix and brought the Bucks Jae Crowder, they offered Hill the chance to decide his next move. "Looking at things bigger than basketball, like I said, it's a place that I always wanted to be," Hill said Friday."I don’t think I ever to leave when I got traded out of here. ... I just think it's a great opportunity. I think it's a great situation. But, you know, puts me close to family and friends in a city that I love."
Hill has other former teammates on the roster. He played with Buddy Hield in Sacramento, but his reputation extends to players who have never actually been his teammate. The Pacers have three point guards, all getting heavy minutes, in All-Star Tyrese Haliburton, rookie Andrew Nembhard and the 30-year-old McConnell, who is having one of the most productive all-around seasons in his NBA career. Plus they have several talented wings in Hield, Bennedict Mathurin and Chris Duarte, so there's not necessarily an evident role for Hill off the ball.
Hill has been a part of contending teams in a bunch of other places as well. He wasn't part of the Bucks' 2020-21 title run, but he was with them in their Eastern Conference Finals run in 2019 and Eastern Conference Semifinals trips in 2020 and 2022. He's been a part of 13 playoff teams including the 2017-18 Cleveland Cavaliers, who reached the NBA Finals before being swept by Golden State.
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