Montrezl Harrell says his split with Paul George has gone well past a basketball disagreement.
Harrell, who once shared the floor with George on the Los Angeles Clippers, said in an interview with Scoop B Robinson that the two have not been on speaking terms since the 2020 Orlando Bubble incident that fractured their relationship. “I don’t make comments about that boy.
Me and that boy don’t see eye-to-eye, and we ain’t on no terms, so I don’t make comments about him,” Harrell said. He added, “Quite frankly, I don’t care.
I stated that in the tribute interview I did as well, regarding how me and him got into it in that bubble situation. I feel like that had a strong trajectory on why the Clippers didn’t sign me back the following year, so I don’t make comments on him,” he further added.
The clash Harrell is referring to came in Game 2 of the 2020 Western Conference Finals, when the two were involved in a heated, NSFW filled verbal exchange during a timeout. Harrell says that moment never healed.
That year, Harrell was also coming off his biggest individual honor, winning NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2020 with the Clippers. But after that season, Los Angeles did not bring him back, leaving him to choose his next team in free agency.
George, meanwhile, remained the more obvious priority for the Clippers, given his status as a franchise-caliber player. Harrell was the high-energy role player in the equation, and the team ultimately moved on without him.
After leaving the Clippers, the 6-foot-7 power forward bounced around the league before exiting in 2023 at just 29 years old. He’s reportedly planning a comeback through the G-League.
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