“I remember as I’m falling back, trying to take a stand on my leg. There was nothing to stand on.”
“The only thing I can remember is seeing the bone and my leg facing the direction my body was.”
If statements like that from NBC’s feature on Paul George aren’t enough of an explanation why a gold medal matters so much to him, I’m not sure what else I can really add. But I’ll do my best.
After these Olympics and the previous NBA season, it is easy to forget what the last two years have been like for Paul George.