Sixers Trade 36-Year-Old Paul George for Jaylen Brown After 2 Turbulent Seasons
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Updated · Liberty Ballers · Jul 10
Sixers Trade 36-Year-Old Paul George for Jaylen Brown After 2 Turbulent Seasons
3 articles · Updated · Liberty Ballers · Jul 10
Summary
Two years after signing Paul George, Philadelphia moved him for Jaylen Brown, turning a contract once seen as a major burden into an All-NBA return.
George’s Sixers stint unraveled through injuries, another offseason setback and a 25-game drug suspension, helping sink the team to a 24-win 2024-25 season and complicating its Joel Embiid-centered timeline.
His play rebounded late in 2025-26: George averaged 21 points over the final 10 regular-season games, then put up 17.4 points per game in a first-round series win over Boston.
That postseason surge appears to have restored enough value for Philadelphia to avoid a pure salary dump and instead land Brown, a move framed as a reset for the franchise’s next era.