From playing AAU in denim shorts to hitting the NBA

What is it like to go from a lucky person who is blessed by God to a person who is turned over by the throat of fate? George definitely has a say on this topic. Mention this man, always let people can't help but associate him with that injury. This man has had a highlight, has also had a low, he returns to the top with an unyielding will. The Pacers in the post-Regimmler era have been looking for something that could save the arena from its dismal attendance. He is the Indiana Pacers fingerprint pioneer - Paul George.

Paul George was born on May 2, 1990 in Palmdale, California. Like every kid born here, George's dream was to play in the NBA and be drafted by his hometown team. At that time, George's biggest enemy was his sister, because every time he played, she would beat him to pieces. In other words, George's first basketball teacher was his sister.

Palmdale, located in the northernmost part of Los Angeles, only a hill away from Hollywood stars, California's beaches are where everyone wants to be, where the real Los Angeles. Palmdale was just desert, heat, and workers rushing from place to place for their families. With George's mother paralyzed, Paul George's father works at least two jobs a day to support the family. My father always goes out in the early morning and comes home in the evening.

At the age of ten, George watched Kobe Bryant win the O 'Brien Cup on television, put a poster of Bryant on the wall, and day after day in the alley on the street to imitate Bryant's moves. For this he has put a lot of effort just for his dream. His biggest dream was to cross the mountain in front of him and see the real Los Angeles, but Palmdale was so remote that no scouts would come here.

When the same age of derozan, Jrue holiday has been a big hit in AAU, George is still sitting in front of the TV waiting for a chance to rise to the top, he has no coach, no team, he is carrying a bag full of stones in the desert near home. Doing sit-ups and push-ups on the sparse grass, he does these exercises day after day, this is his physical training. He doesn't even have a decent jersey. Even the shorts he wore for his first AAU game were made into shorts by his sister, who cut jeans with scissors.

After the baptism of AAU competition, George regained his confidence and became a local celebrity player. George, a senior, became the starter and led the team to a 24-4 record. However, California was full of elite players, and until his senior year in high school, George still did not receive many basketball scholarships. Eventually, he chose to attend Fresno State University.

In his freshman season, George averaged 14.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Although the individual statistics are OK, but the team's record is a mess, only won 13-21 record. In his sophomore year, he met his future Clippers teammate Kawhi Leonard. Despite hearing about Leonard, George was still surprised when he first played together. This is also a teenager in California, the expression is cold, without saying a word, the whole field is only concerned about the game. This year, George turned in 16.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.2 steals, and was selected to the Western Athletic Conference All-NBA second team. It also made him decide to fulfill his childhood dream of hitting the NBA......

Hard Gang James, the god who plunged Indiana into madness

After his sophomore year, a call from George's agent came directly to the house and said, "Paul George's name will be in the lotto section." This sentence made George happy all night, he was going to enter the NBA, of course, in his mind still fantasized about being drafted by the Los Angeles team.

In 2010, Paul George thought all about going to Los Angeles to play, but things always backfired, holding the No. 8 pick of the Clippers did not want to pick him, but the 10th pick of the Pacers launched a fierce pursuit of him. Things went as planned, he went to Indiana, came here to face the Spurs in the first game, and the GDP combination in the peak also told him that this is the intensity of the NBA.

In the team, George met Granger who is very similar to himself, his spirit deeply attracted George, George also regarded him as a big brother. In the case of the team's poor record, Granger is also injured, which is undoubtedly worse, but it does help George, under the guidance of the new coach Vogel, the Pacers have become a super strong defensive team.

In his rookie season, George posted a record of 7.8 points and 3.7 rebounds, above the baseline. Compared to the basic data, what makes Indiana more excited is that he is proud of the team's steal data. With a combination of static talent and defensive attitude, George has shown the potential to become a versatile offensive and defensive front.

Time to 2012-13 season, at the beginning of the season, the team's main Granger due to injury announced indefinite absence, George also served as the team's heavy responsibility, George also lived up to expectations, ushered in the outbreak. Not only scored a career-high 37 points against the Hornets, but also broke the team's legendary shooter Miller's record with 9 three-pointers on the spot, won the first triple-double of his career against the Bobcats, was selected to the All-Star team, and was elected the most improved player in the season with 17.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. At the time, perhaps no one could have imagined that this team, which had lost its core, would become stronger and stronger.

With Granger's tendency to mediocrity, George soon played the role of the core of the team, the most interesting showdown in the East in those years, is really George led the Pacers to block the East Coast three big. Playing against the best is often motivating, and although the team has fallen in the playoffs several times, George never thought about giving in. In the face of Miami's strong opponent, George's eyes, the fire of conquest. In his view, the supreme throne and imperial power are meant to subvert.

The man who hardened James, let the long silent Indiana, into an unprecedented madness. In the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals, facing lebron James, at least for the first six games, he did not fall. Everyone felt the energy of Paul George, and the team began to build a new roster around him. After several temper Paul George also lived up to expectations, under his leadership, the Pacers' record began to climb. Gradually becoming a strong team to be reckoned with in the league.

Sweaty training finally ushered in the harvest, Paul George on the court more and more sophisticated, not only style or play, like his template McGrady. Even the sleepy eyes of the eyes, and T-Mac is the same. Some called him McGrady Jr., and the Hoosiers began to envision a bright future for the team.

The Hoosiers seem to have forgotten McGrady's tragic hero status, and Paul George, who is known as McGrady Jr., is bound to have countless fetters with his own template. McGrady suffered from congenital spondylitis and played in the NBA for 16 years. Paul George, in the fourth year of his career, suffered a serious injury that caused him to retire......

From the 90-degree leg break to the rebirth of Nirvana, he always believed that he could conquer heaven. "I'll be back and I'll be stronger." After learning that the injury was irreversible, George left only this sentence.

In August 2014, George was called up to the United States National Team to prepare for the World Championships. However, in a training match, Paul George had a nightmare. On one of Harden's fast breaks, George jumped high and tried to block Harden's layup, but failed. In the moment of landing, George heard the sound of his right leg bone fracture, the pain spread, his right leg hard hit the basketball frame, his calf overturned 90 degrees fracture, the entire calf into two pieces.

At the moment of landing, George felt the air in the whole training hall was depressed. He tried to stand up, but failed. Just as he was about to stand up again, a gallop in training stopped him. Such a serious injury, so that all the players of the United States team were terrified, and even some people did not dare to look at the eyes, and people around them were taking pictures with mobile phones, their faces were terrified. As he was carried out of the arena on a stretcher, George hid his face in his hands, and the only person he could empathize with was himself.

George underwent surgery and began a long journey to recovery. Although being cared for by fans around the world made George feel like he wasn't fighting alone, the days of rehabilitation were long and painful. George, who is about to reach the peak, suffers a major injury, and everything seems to have to start all over again.

From simple steps to start running, from gradually getting used to leg strength to slowly getting used to training. George's efforts make his body stronger day by day, he also slowly found his own muscle memory, for the whole rehabilitation process, George said the most difficult is not the leg injury, but the inner suffering. Day after day after day after day, George's heart has been honed into a super-giant heart.

Everyone was saying he was going to be the next Granger, that Paul George wasn't coming back, and nobody believed him, just him. Until the end of the 14-15 season, when George returned to the court, he was no longer wearing the No. 24 Paul George, this time he was called PG13.

In the 2015-16 season, the Pacers won 97-84 at home against the Magic, Paul George played 36 minutes, scored 26 points and seven assists, and declared to the world: "I'm back." The reporter's questions naturally don't avoid the nightmare of the darkest hour. When the reporter mentioned it, George looked up at the camera and said every word: "I said I would come back, and now I have." In fact, this was not his first game back, back to the 2014-15 season, he played the final six regular season games after injury, and at the end of the season, his average data remained at 8 points and 3 rebounds.

After another season of recovery and adjustment, Paul George starred in the heroic drama of the return of the king. When answering reporters' questions, George only occasionally looked at each other, and more often he chose to listen down.

This also seems to indicate that Paul George, after the rebirth of nirvana, ushered in a complete transformation. The love of basketball and the desire to win have not diminished. But now George is more reserved, and more frightening. Paul George is back on the court he loved with all his heart, and his basketball story, it seems, is just getting started......