The moment itself was dreadful and upsetting.
Just try to bear in mind that everything leading up to the moment was actually feel-good…an admirable young man working hard, growing stronger, testing limits, getting better.
No one ever feels good about getting hurt, but Paul George has every right to some peace of mind here.
Unfair as the outcome was, the effort was unfailing.
It usually is with him. That’s why George was just being true to himself and what he believes about working hard to improve, playing for his national team after a long, plainly tiring breakthrough NBA season.
George sailed through the air Friday night—playing the elite, hustling defense that marks him as different from just about every one of his high-scoring peers—and his right leg was injured so gruesomely that the rest of the ESPN-televised USA Basketball exhibition showcase was up and canceled.
The injury was diagnosed as a compound fracture of George’s fibula and tibia, and after post-surgery hospitalization at Sunrise Hospital for three more days, plenty of slow, frustrating ...
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Paul George Will Press on Despite Horrific Injury
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