【Mission XXX Impossible】

Cups are Mission XXX Impossibleare the up-and-up this Olympics – or as some would say, the cup-and-cup.

Indiana Pacers forward Paul George was in for a rude awakening when he tried to hand his cup off at an Olympic basketball game on Monday.

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In the following clip, George, a three-time NBA All-Star, is seen looking bewildered after his presentation of a used cup was not met by someone taking it from him.

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First, George drank from a cup and then decided he'd had enough.

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Then, he held his trash up in midair, waiting for someone to excitedly whisk it away, which is what usuallyhappens in the NBA.

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Alas, no one was there. George looked left, he looked right, but he was on his own. The lifestyle he had grown accustomed to was shattered in just one fateful moment.

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For the first time since becoming a professional basketball player, Paul George had to figure out a way to dispose of garbage on his own. He resorted to putting it on the floor.

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George was reportedly spotted tripping over the cup moments later, confused as to why no one had picked it up. ... Maybe.

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