Basketball player Paul George: career, achievements

Paul George is an American professional basketball player, who became famous for playing for a team from Indianapolis. Drafted in the NBA in 2010 at the annual event for the transfer of young players from university teams to the highest American league.

Student years

Paul George is a basketball player who originally defended the colors of the team from Pete Knight College, which is located in the city of Palmdale. Then the student's career continued at the University of Fresno.

In the debut season of 2008/2009 in the league of the university teams Paul George played 34 duels, which scored an average of 14.3 points, performed 6.2 rebounds, did 1 block shot and 1.7 interceptions. At the same time, the basketball player got the status of a rather dirty player. So, on average for the fight, Paul received more than 2 personal referees' remarks.

The following season, George managed to be on the court in 29 games. The results of a year's performance in the student league showed significant progress in the game of the basketball player. The number of points earned for the team in the second season for the university team increased to an average of 16.8 per duel. The amount of rebounds per match increased to 7.2, and interceptions - to 2.2 per game. Successful actions of young talent on the site subsequently attracted the attention of numerous clubs from the NBA.

Performances in the NBA

Paul George signed the first professional contract in his career on July 1, 2010. As mentioned above, the player was chosen by the Indiana Pacers club on the annual draft of the young basketball players draft.

The first duel in the club from Indianapolis Paul George spent October 27, 2010. In the meeting against the "San Antonio Spurs" defender noted 4 earned points earned for the team for 23 minutes on the site.

Later, the results of the newcomer "Pacers" only progressed. In the season 2012/2013 he was already called the most promising young basketball player in the league. And this is not surprising, because George was the only defender in the tournament, who performed more than 140 interceptions and recorded 50 block shots on his account.

Statistics in NBA

During the speeches in the team "Indiana Pacers" Paul George managed to consolidate the following indicators:

• Number of games - 373;
• Hit on the opponent's ring from the game - 42.5%;
• The effectiveness of the penalty - 83.8%;
• The average number of points scored for the team per game - 16.9;
• The number of assists per match - an average of 3.0;
• Rebounds - an average of 6.2 per game.

Career in the national team

At the international level Paul was first claimed for the national team of the United States in the 2013/2014 season. George was in the preliminary list of players that were allowed to participate in the World Basketball Championship. Preparation for the international tournament was held in Las Vegas, where Paul George was invited. Trauma, however, did not allow the player to demonstrate his talents in the main team. During the bilateral match between the players of the national team, the defender got an open fracture of the small and large tibia. Thus, the talented basketball player had to miss not only the World Cup, but also the season 2014/2015 in the NBA. Currently, Paul George successfully recovered from injury and continues to play for Indiana Pacers.