Paul George missed half of his first season with the Philadelphia 76ers, and the nine-time All-Star is now rehabbing from yet one more harm.
George underwent arthroscopic surgical procedure on his left knee Monday to deal with an harm he suffered throughout a latest exercise, in keeping with ESPN’s Shams Charania.
The plan is for George to start a rehab program and be reevaluated previous to coaching camp in October.
The Sixers made George their high precedence final offseason and signed him to a four-year, $212M contract. George missed the primary 5 video games of the 12 months after struggling a bone bruise throughout a preseason recreation. He then struggled to seek out consistency and in addition had a pinkie harm and groin harm, which resulted in him being shut down for the season in March.
George wound up averaging 16.2 factors throughout 41 video games, his lowest scoring output since a 2014-15 season by which he appeared in simply six video games.
George is 35 and has a prolonged harm historical past. That’s the reason it was such a giant threat for the 76ers to signal him a 12 months in the past. A latest report recommended Philadelphia might already want to trade George, although it’s extremely unlikely that any staff could be keen to tackle the rest of George’s contract.
The newest harm doesn’t sound like something main, however it’s an unfriendly reminder that George has not been capable of stay wholesome for prolonged stretches of time. Sixers followers are proper to be involved concerning the information.
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