Paul Clifton Anthony George is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers. He is a six-time NBA All-Star and five-time member of the All-NBA Team. George played two seasons of college basketball at Fresno State. He was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 10th overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft. George suffered a broken leg in 2014 while competing for a roster spot on the United States national team for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. He recovered to become an All-star again in 2016, when he also won an Olympic gold medal.
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Paul Clifton Anthony George is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. He is a six-time NBA All-Star and five-time member of the All-NBA Team. George played high school basketball for Knight High School before playing two seasons of college basketball at Fresno State. He was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 10th overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft. George suffered a broken leg in 2014 while competing for a roster spot on the United States national team for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. He recovered to become an All-star again in 2016, when he also won an Olympic gold medal. George was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2017, and played two seasons for the Thunder before he was trade to the Clippers in 2019. He has two older sisters: Teiosha, who played basketball at Pepperdine, and Portala, who playing volleyball at CSU-San Bernardino. George idolized Lakers star Kobe Bryant, and he grew up rooting for the LA Lakers and Los Angeles Lakers. He played for Pump and Run of the Amateur Athletic Union with future UCLA Bruins Jrue Holiday and Malcolm Lee. Despite his accomplishments, George was not considered a major prospect by colleges. Rivals.com labeled him as a three-star recruit and ranked him 20th among a class of California prospects that was highlighted by DeMar DeRozan. George verbally committed to Santa Clara, the first school that offered him a scholarship, but he later de-committed from them because his high school coach thought he should keep his options open.
He ultimately chose Fresno State over offers from schools like Georgetown and Penn State because of greater opportunities for playing time. In his first game with the Bulldogs, he scored 14 points in a winning effort against Sacramento State. The following game, George recorded 25 points and 10 rebounds in a losing effort against Saint Mary’s. In the 2009 WAC Tournament, George scored 29 points to lead the Bulldogs to an 88-82 victory over Boise State. On February 9, 2009, he made an impression with his one-handed slam dunk over Mickey McConnell that earned him SportsCenter’s number 1 \”Play of the Day\” for November 18, 2008. He finished the 2009-10 season averaging 14 points and 14 steals per game. He led the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) men’s basketball program to the 2009 NCAA Tournament, but the team failed to qualify for the finals. He ended his senior year averaging 23. 2 points and 11. 2 rebounds. He also led the WAC Conference in 3-point field goal percentage and finished the season in second place in minutes played in the 3-points-per-game scoring category. George is the son of Paul George and Paulette George, and grew up in Palmdale, California, and is the grandson of former Los Angeles Dodgers player Bob George. He grew up with two older siblings: Teiosha and Portala.
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