The Oklahoma City Thunder will have one of the most exciting duos in the league next season after they acquired Paul George from the Indiana Pacers.

The prospect of seeing him pair up with MVP Russell Westbrook is mouth watering for Thunder fans and fans of basketball in general.

After informing the Pacers of his desire to depart in free agency in 2018, the franchise was left with little option but to trade PG this summer and begin life without him.

But they were widely criticised for what they received in return for the small forward.

Indiana agreed a trade package with the Thunder that saw them acquire Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis in return.

The move was even more surprising as it has since been revealed that they were close to securing a three-team deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets that would have seen All-Star Kevin Love move to Indianapolis.

But for OKC, the trade was a massive coup despite PG13 entering free agency next year and potentially signing elsewhere.

After losing Kevin Durant to the Golden State Warriors, the franchise leaned heavily on Westbrook to lead them and the MVP honour was his reward for carrying the team on his back and putting up historic numbers in the process.

The move by Oklahoma City to bring in George is something that KD has been discussing recently and he had an interesting take on the deal from both teams' perspective in a recent interview.

Speaking on The Bill Simmons podcast, he said: "I think Paul George is so good. A lot of people disrespect him. Because I play against him and I respect my position.

"So that was shocking because Indiana just gave him away. And I ain't think OKC would even think about giving up anything to trade for him. I didn't think they would do it, but that was a ballsy move."

The Finals MVP has previously stated that George is his favourite player in the league and he contacted him after his trade to congratulate him on the move and told PG that he would love it in Oklahoma City.

Even though he's moved to the Bay Area, it's clear that Durant still has an affiliation with OKC that will never go away after spending nine years there.

He'll still get a bad reception when he returns to the Chesapeake Energy Arena next year, however, but the difference for the Thunder is that they now have another All-Star player that can help them overcome the Warriors and celebrate a win at KD's expense.