PG-13 averaged 10 caroms per game between the Utah and Phoenix series. George is also an excellent rebounder at his position, and that’s another area in which he stepped it up during the playoff run.
He’s shooting better than 40% from 3-point range since his first year with the Thunder, and he’s at 38% from downtown in his career. PG is a fluid athlete, but the most impressive part of his offensive game is his efficiency. He has averaged well over 20 points per game in each of his last seven healthy seasons, which is impressive considering the high-usage players with which he has had to share the ball. George is one of the league’s most gifted individual scorers. We saw during the playoffs that PG has plenty of faith in his teammates to help him on the scoring front. George will surely lead the team in scoring this season before Leonard comes back, but he’s not necessarily a guy that’s going to suddenly start jacking 25 shots every night. George averaged about 29 points per game in each of the last two rounds of the playoffs on good volume with impressive efficiency. When the team needs him to take over offensively, though, he has been up to the task. He has occasionally taken a backseat playing next to Russell Westbrook and Kawhi Leonard over the past four years. This will mark the first time since his final season in Indiana (2016/17) in which George will play a starring role by himself.
If they don’t, he’ll likely draw plenty of the blame, too. PG will get most of the credit if the Clips exceed expectations this term. We saw what kind of damage he’s capable of inflicting as the unquestioned No. With Kawhi expected to miss much of the season, it’ll be up to George to shoulder most of the offensive freight. On the heels of the Clippers’ first-ever run to the conference finals, individual expectations for Paul George this season are sky-high. The final year of the deal (2024/25) is a player option worth about $48.7 million. Key Stats: 54 games, 23.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1.1 steals, 46.7% FGs, 41.1% 3P%Ĭontract Status: George will earn $39.3 million this season with two guaranteed years left on the extension he signed last December. Next up is Paul George, who will play a massive hand in keeping the Clippers afloat next season with Kawhi Leonard recovering from offseason knee surgery. With the new NBA season nearly upon us, we’re running our annual preseason player preview series.
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