Paul George Twitter Posts Sides With Ray Rice! Indiana Pacers Issue Statement As Injured Star Player Apologizes! Larry Bird Calls It 'Thoughtless!'

Paul George recently tweeted his opinion on Ray Rice and his two-game suspension. Just like his catfish incident, he promptly regretted his action but not before the Indiana Pacers caught wind.

These tweets were soon deleted and he as issued his own apology on Twitter, but the Indiana Pacers already implemented damage control.

Here are the tweets as saved by NBC Sports:

"I don't condone hittin women or think it's coo BUT if SHE ain't trippin then I ain't trippin.. Lets keep it movin lol let that man play!-
Paul George (@Yg_Trece) September 11, 2014

I get it tho NFL.. You just don't hit women!-
Paul George (@Yg_Trece) September 11, 2014

If you in a relationship and a woman hit you first and attacking YOU.. Then you obviously ain't beatin HER. Homie made A bad choice! #StayUp-
Paul George (@Yg_Trece) September 11, 2014"

Realizing that his statements are insensitive to the plight of victims of domestic violence, he then issued an apology. Of course, that was not deleted.

The Indiana Pacers have promptly taken damage control measures and issued their statements as well as an official apology from Paul George himself.

Statement from Pacers President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird (from nba.com)

"Paul George's tweets from earlier were thoughtless and without regard to the subject of domestic violence and its seriousness in society. We have talked to Paul to strongly express our displeasure and made it clear that the NBA and the Pacers' organization will not condone or tolerate remarks of this nature. Paul understands that he was wrong and why his tweets were so inappropriate and is very apologetic."

Statement from Paul George:

"I want to apologize to all victims of domestic abuse for my insensitive tweets. They were obviously without proper understanding of the seriousness of the situation and I sincerely regret my poor choice of words."‎

The last thing the Indiana Pacers need is some bad publicity from a player that they're paying top money but would not contribute on the court. Tweets can be deleted but the public will remember George's insensitivity. 

'PG 13' may have lost his 'America's favorite son' status because of this.