On July 1, there was finally a "big fish" in the trade market, Paul George, one of the Big Four of the Clippers, signed with the 76ers with a maximum salary of $212 million for 4 years, and the pattern of the Eastern team is about to undergo new changes. Last season, the Clippers formed a luxury Big Four team that gathered George, Leonard, Harden and Westbrook to strive to make a difference in the playoffs, but the reality backfired and was defeated by the Mavericks 4-2 in the first round of the playoffs.
It is not difficult to see the reasons why George took up Philadelphia with a high salary, one is that the temptation of the top salary is difficult to resist, after all, his sports career has entered the middle and late stages, and anyone who can get such a high salary has to think about it; In the season just ended, George played in 74 games, averaging 33.8 minutes per game, scoring 22.6, rebounding 5.2, assists 3.5, steals 1.2, blocks 0.5, shooting 47.1% from the field, 41.3% from three-point range, 90.7% from the free throw line, and +6.2 plus/minus. At the age of 34, he can still fight with young people who are younger than teenagers to achieve such results, so why not fight for the championship again?
Paul George has been shaped
is the image of a tough guy, in 2014 during the United States men's basketball team preparing for the Olympic Games, during the team training, George landed unbalanced during a defensive process, resulting in a 90-degree bend of the left calf and a direct fracture. At the time, everyone thought that George's career was over, and it was the worst injury for an NBA player in recent decades, but only in the past 247 days, George has miraculously recovered and chose to return, and his injury has not affected his performance on the court at all, and he is completely no different from a normal player.
I have to admire George's strong perseverance, because we all know that experiencing such a major injury is not just about physical health, but also about overcoming psychological obstacles, when you do too many actions when you play again, George also said in an interview that after experiencing such an injury, mental recovery is the most difficult part, because you can feel the discomfort of the body, but when the body heals and plays, you find that you have not done these actions for a long time, You will start to question whether you are making the right decisions on the field. So for George, conquering himself was already a great hero.
Next season, George will form a new 76ers triumvirate with Maxey and Maxey, last season's 76ers did not perform well, ranking seventh in the East with only 44 wins and 34 losses in the regular season, and the playoffs met the upstart Knicks and lost 2-4 in the first round. Next season, the 76ers will continue to recruit and buy horses, first signing George and then bringing in veterans such as Gordon Drummond, and they are bound to make a difference next season.