It’s been nearly half a year since Indiana Pacers star Paul George broke his leg in horrific fashion during a Team USA basketball scrimmage. Now he’s back, well, sort of as he’s recently been practicing with the Pacers.
George has been able to weight train for some time and perform basic basketball activities, but anything physical was kept off the menu until recently when the forward began to ramp up his activity level.
So far, so good as not only has George been able to scrimmage (slightly) with the Pacers, he’s also been able to elevate and dunk as the below video shows:
Looks smooth. RT @its_whitney: Want a bright spot in your afternoon? Paul George dunked in practice today. http://t.co/6D9XFftadE
— Leigh Ellis (@LeighEllis) January 15, 2015
If you want go get overly critical, yes, Paul George did look like he had a mild struggle to elevate and no, there wasn’t any defense on the play but it’s baby steps for the forward and this can only be seen as a good sign.
The Pacers have routinely stated they have no intentions of playing George this season as he recovers from his potential career-threatening injury though the All-Star seemingly refuses to give up on the year.
