Paul George Injury: Updates on Pacers Star’s Leg and Recovery from Surgery

August 1st, 2014 by Joseph Zucker Leave a reply »

Updates from Saturday, August 2

Indy Star reporter Candace Buckner has more from George's father:



In a full, exclusive interview, George Sr. went into more detail with Buckner:

"Paul's doing well now. He's doing good. He's just resting right now," George Sr. said. "If it had to break, it broke the right way. It broke evenly, so they're saying he should be back 100 percent. But of course, he's got to go through his long process of healing and getting back in the gym but they're saying that shouldn't stop him from doing what he was doing once he's healthy again."

George, 24, suffered the shocking injury in the fourth quarter of the USA Men's Basketball instrasquad showcase held in Las Vegas. While George, Sr. said "it's possible" that his son will miss the 2014-15 season, the timetable will be judged after he returns to Indianapolis on Monday and visits local doctors.

"We're saying the whole year," George Sr. said. "With an injury like that, you need some time off.

"Doctors said give him at least three months before he can start putting weight on it," George Sr. continued. "T ...

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