The media wants to talk about his comments with the addition by subtraction. PAUL GEORGE: I didn’t take his comments as a diss. I didn’t take it as salty or negative. It’s the honest truth. Me being gone gives him opportunities. He’s balling his ass off. He looks great. He’s super efficient. They need him to do what he’s doing right now or they don’t have a chance (…) For Norm, he was fourth option and now he’s second option. It’s just a product of someone staying ready, working on his game, and then when that opportunity presents himself he was ready.