Being Traded By The Indiana Pacers Still Stings For George Hill

In the NBA, nothing is permanent. Players come and go. Coaches come and go also. The NBA, like any other sports league, is not just an entertainment, it's also a business. Player and coaching movements are all part of doing business in the NBA. Most players and coaches understand that it's a business and nothing personal when they get released, traded or for coaches, getting fired. Not so, apparently, for Utah Jazz starting point guard George Hill.

Almost a year after being traded by the Indiana Pacers to the Utah Jazz, George Hill still appeared to be bitter about the move, according to a report from Larry Brown Sports. George Hill spent five seasons with the Indiana Pacers before being traded.

During an interview in The Vertical last Wednesday, George Hill was asked about his reaction about being trade by the Indiana Pacers to the Utah Jazz. According to George Hill, he doesn't care about the trade. George Hill further added that he understands it's a business and those things happen in the NBA.

"I didn't care," George Hill said "I don't care about getting traded. It happens. Probably good for me to get out of there. If you're not wanted, then why be there? If they didn't want me, then so be it. I know it's a business. So it's no grudges there."

Though George Hill might deny not being bitter about getting traded, the way he answered the question and his statement about the Indiana Pacers not wanting him there says otherwise. If George Hill is indeed bitter about the trade, he certainly has the right to do so.

Indianapolis is George Hill's hometown. Playing for the Indiana Pacers is a dream come true for him. George Hill opted to stay home for college to be near his ailing grandfather.

George Hill, 30, was traded by the Indiana Pacers to the Utah Jazz last summer. The trade was part of a three-way deal that sent then Atlanta Hawks guard Jeff Teague to the Indiana Pacers and the Atlanta Hawks receiving the No. 12 pick of the 2016 NBA Draft from the Utah Jazz, via a report from ESPN.