Paul George shocked a lot of people last summer when he decided to re-sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder instead of going back home to play for the Los Angeles Lakers.

When the Thunder traded for George in the summer of 2017, the prevailing thought was the small forward would be a one-year rental and join the Lakers in free agency during the summer of 2018.

However, OKC did a great job of selling its future on George and the All-Star swingman developed a close relationship with Russell Westbrook.

According to Dave McMenamin of ESPN, George's decision to stay with the Thunder and spurn the Lakers was more of what OKC did right than what Los Angeles did wrong.

When he veered from that course and re-signed with Oklahoma City in the summer of 2018, league sources told ESPN it was always more of what the Thunder did right than what the Lakers did wrong. The Thunder traded for him, after all, taking a chance with no promises of a long-term commitment. Then they worked to make him feel at home, selling a partnership with Russell Westbrook.

George signed a four-year, $136.9 million maximum contract with the Thunder which includes a fourth year player option.

The Lakers had an unsuccessful summer of 2018. They didn't get George and weren't able to trade for Kawhi Leonard either.