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Hill hooked on with the Fuel as a favor to a friend, Marlon Minifee, one of the team's co-owners. It gave him something to do during the lockout, which next week will enter its fifth month. To pass the time, Hill has been working out in S.A. and Indianapolis. He shared the South Texas portion of his workouts with a slew of former Spurs teammates, including All-Stars Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili. San Antonio Express-News

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George Hill: Congrats Coach K!!!!! Your Accomplishments Speaks For Itself!!! Well Deserved Twitter

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Former Spurs guard George Hill has picked an unlikely location to continue his work during the lockout. Hill has settled in Brownsville, where he’s working at the University of Texas-Brownsville during the work stoppage. ”I will stay here in Brownsville and at UTB and work on my game until the lockout is over,” Hill told UTBathletics.com. Interestingly, Hill has steered clear of his hometown of Indianapolis, where he was traded to the Pacers over the summer by the Spurs in a deal involving first-round draft pick Kawhi Leonard. San Antonio Express-News

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Mike Wells: Zach Randolph, Mike Conley, Eric Gordon, George Hill, Gordon Hayward, Lance Stephenson and JaJuan Johnson have committed to Indy team. Twitter

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Mike Wells: The Indy team is expected to have Eric Gordon, George Hill, Gordon Hayward, Lance Stephenson, Mario Chalmers. Sorry, no LeBron or Melo Twitter

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Chris Palmer: The Goodman League will play the Indy Pro-Am at Butler University on Sept. 24. Eric Gordon, Zach Randolph, George Hill expected to play. Twitter

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Jorge Sierra: George Hill will indeed play an exhibition game with the Texas Fuel of the ABA, agent Michael Whitaker told HoopsHype. He will not play with them during the lockout. Just that game on October 16 in Brownsville, Texas. Twitter

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Mike Wells: The ABA's Texas Fuel sent out a release saying Pacers guard @George Hill is scheduled to play for them during the lockout. Twitter

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Now, it appears that Hill is open to playing in Europe during the lockout. Hill’s agent Michael Whitaker told Hoops Hype.com that his client is taking a “wait and see approach” to going overseas to play. “If a team with the appropriate budget – that’s an Euroleague or Eurocup team – is willing to give him an NBA out if and when the lockout ends, George will highly consider the offer,” Whitaker said. “If the NBA season is fully canceled, it will be more likely that George pursues an opportunity to play in Europe or China. “We had a few Euroleague and Eurocup teams very interested and willing to grant him an NBA out, but at the time George was not ready to commit to such offers. San Antonio Express-News

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Pacers guard George Hill is in wait-and-see mode regarding the possibility of playing overseas during the lockout, agent Michael Whitaker told HoopsHype. HoopsHype

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“If a team with the appropriate budget – that’s an Euroleague or Eurocup team – is willing to give him an NBA out if and when the lockout ends, George will highly consider the offer,” Whitaker said. “If the NBA season is fully canceled, it will be more likely that George pursues an opportunity to play in Europe or China. “We had a few Euroleague and Eurocup teams very interested and willing to grant him an NBA out, but at the time George was not ready to commit to such offers. If such an offer comes at this point, I believe George will be more willing to consider it and accept it.” HoopsHype

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Now that the lockout is underway, basketball related news in America has been relatively quiet. On the other side of the pond, international basketball still has news these days. According to the French site OuestFrance.fr, San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker is expected to attend an exhibition game in France on Friday assembled by Portland Trail Blazers' Nicolas Batum. Even more surprising, is former Spur and new Indiana Pacer guard George Hill is expected to make an appearance, as well as new NBA champion and former Spur Ian Mahinmi. ProjectSpurs.com

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An estimated crowd of about 125 people turned out for Hill’s introductory press conference at the Canseco Fieldhouse. Hill was acquired in a draft-day trade in a move that brought top draft pick Kawhi Leonard to the Spurs. Hill told the Indianapolis Star it was difficult to leave the Spurs after three years with the team. “Leaving the (Spurs) was kind of tough, but at the same time, it was a great opportunity and a lot of doors open for me to come home,” Hill told the Star. “I had to embrace it and learn it’s just a business.” San Antonio Express-News

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Tony Parker might be right. The Spurs' last chance to win a title in the Tim Duncan era might have come this past season when they won the West and flamed out in the first round against Memphis. But as he learned, he is not supposed to tell reporters back home in France, "(the Spurs) can no longer say we're playing for a championship." Here was the Spurs' reaction: Oh, really? OK, Tony, how'd you like to go play in Sacramento? Or, how does Portland sound? Scared to death of being banished to the ends of the earth, Parker backed off his comments. Satisfied that their point guard was back with the program, the Spurs then turned around on draft night and traded his backup, George Hill, to the Pacers. New York Daily News

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As much as they liked Hill's work ethic, they had no intention of meeting his salary demands. So for the first time in the Gregg Popovich era, they traded up in a draft, obtaining San Diego State's Kawhi Leonard. He fell to No. 15 because can't shoot, but he's exactly the kind of athlete the Spurs have been lacking. New York Daily News

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If George Hill had known who was on the other line, he might not have answered the phone. He was on his way to a radio interview early Thursday evening when his cell began buzzing. The screen displayed a number he didn’t recognize. “It was like 20 digits, so I thought it was probably T.P. calling from France,” said Hill, referring to Tony Parker, his soon-to-be-former Spurs teammate. When Hill heard Gregg Popovich’s voice answer his “hello,” he knew what came next would not be news he wanted to hear. San Antonio Express-News

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The conversation left Hill numb and cursing his caller ID. “If he had called from his actual, real number I probably wouldn’t have picked up,” Hill joked Friday. San Antonio Express-News

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“I don’t have a grudge against the Spurs or anything like that,” Hill told assembled media at the University of the Incarnate Word. “The Spurs gave me the chance to play in the NBA. I’m thankful for that.” For those in the Spurs organization, the time will soon come for hellos. Leonard, the 19-year-old taken 15th overall, is expected in town for an official introduction today. So too is Cory Joseph, the 19-year-old point guard from Texas, selected with the Spurs’ original first-round pick at No. 29. San Antonio Express-News

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When general manager R.C. Buford called trading the 25-year-old Hill “one of the most difficult decisions we’ve had to make,” the emotion was real. Thursday’s draft-night trade, which also awarded the Spurs rights to Indiana’s second-round pick (Latvian sharpshooter Davis Bertans), and 2005 second-rounder Erazem Lorbek of Slovenia, came quickly — just moments after Houston made the final lottery selection at 14. But it did not come out of left field. San Antonio Express-News

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Roy Hibbert: I don't understand why people don't like our trade for G Hill and are questioning Larry. He knows what he doing. What do u guys think? Twitter

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