Paul George on depression in the bubble: 'We're all dealing with it'

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00:00When Paul George revealed that he was dealing with depression in the NBA bubble, it resulted

00:05in a trigger effect, a domino effect, that allowed other players to reveal that they

00:08were dealing with the same issues.

00:11Some of the specific players you have talked about are Danny Green and also Jalen Brown.

00:17And what Green said was most interesting, he said, I know exactly what PG is going through.

00:23You have nothing but your phone to look at, and it's just people bullying you nonstop.

00:30And what's interesting is no one could tell that George was dealing with these issues

00:34until he had mentioned it.

00:36And he said, we're all dealing with it.

00:38He's had conversations with guys in the bubble, people who have publicly talked about it like

00:43Danny Green and people who haven't.

00:45And they're all telling him, you know, we're happy that you said that because now we know

00:49we're not the only one.

00:52And it's an interesting thing to think about, because while the bubble has created the ability

00:56to safely play basketball, it's also put players in a position where they're dealing with a

01:01little bit more depression than they would have, but that's also just the state of the

01:04world right now.

01:05Doc Rivers had mentioned that he expects when families are able to come soon within the

01:09next week, that a lot of this is going to be different and that it's going to provide

01:14a great relief for players.

01:16So we can only hope but see what happens next week once families come through into the bubble

01:21and if we were to do this whole situation all over again, maybe they might have families

01:25be able to come right from the beginning.