The impact that former Oklahoma City Thunder point guard George Hill had as a mentor to his old teammates was clear following OKC’s game against his new team, the Philadelphia 76ers.
After the 121-90 loss to the Sixers, Thunder point guard Ty Jerome received Hill’s jersey, which had been signed by the veteran.
On the postgame Zoom press conference, Jerome held up the jersey to show to reporters.
“He is one of the realest people I’ve been around in my short time in the NBA,” Jerome said. “Has a real good sense of life in terms of working really hard but keeping things in perspective. He was really helpful for me, especially when I was dealing with that injury at the beginning of the year.”
Jerome wasn’t able to give Hill his jersey in return, as the Thunder need to wear the same ones on Tuesday against the Boston Celtics in the second night of a back-to-back on the road trip, but Jerome plans to send one to his former teammate once the Thunder are back home.
On Monday, Jerome scored a game-high 22 points on 8-for-12 shooting and made four 3-pointers to go with two rebounds and assists apiece.
Hill had just two points, but he tallied three assists, two steals and a plus-18 in 14 minutes of play.
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