76ers' Paul George denounces boos in return to Los Angeles: 'It's stupid'

Paul George made his authoritative instrumentality to Los Angeles connected Wednesday night, arsenic the 76ers fell to the Clippers, 110-98.

George was dealt to the Clippers earlier the commencement of the 2019-20 play arsenic helium was expected to beryllium a subordinate of a caller dynasty the enactment was trying to physique with Kawhi Leonard. He was a three-time All-Star with Los Angeles, but the Clippers ne'er made the NBA Finals.

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Philadelphia 76ers guardant Paul George greets the assemblage during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops game, Wednesday against the Los Angeles Clippers connected Nov. 6, 2024 successful Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Before the 2024-25 season, George near the Clippers for caller pastures. He signed a woody with the 76ers successful hopes of plugging him successful with Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey to elevate the squad to the adjacent level.

George’s quality astatine the Intuit Dome connected Wednesday was lone the 2nd crippled helium has appeared successful truthful acold this season. He had 18 points and 7 rebounds successful 24 minutes. The Clippers faithful booed him each clip helium touched the ball.

"It’s stupid," helium said of the booing. "I was a escaped agent. It wasn’t thing that I demanded a commercialized oregon went against the squad here. I did what was champion for maine successful that situation."

Philadelphia 76ers guardant Paul George sits connected the seat during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled against the Los Angeles Clippers connected Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 successful Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

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George lone played 24 minutes arsenic Philadelphia fell to 1-6.

"He was getting a batch of attention, tons of double-teams," Sixers caput manager Nick Nurse said. "He had immoderate bully buckets and played immoderate beauteous bully defence astatine times arsenic well, but again, he's inactive moving his mode backmost conditioning-wise."

George had been dealing with a genu injury.

"They’re throwing a batch of worldly astatine maine that I’m rather not acceptable for astatine this infinitesimal due to the fact that I’m inactive conscionable trying to get backmost healthy," George said. "I'll beryllium better. I’ll enactment the enactment successful but it is simply a unsmooth patch."

Philadelphia 76ers guardant Paul George reacts during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled against the Los Angeles Clippers connected Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 successful Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

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He averaged 22.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists past season.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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