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Paul George Is Back To Being The Eastern Conference's Second-Best Player

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In his first full season since breaking both bones in his right leg, Paul George is making the NBA pay for forgetting him.

It’s not fair.

It’s not fair that basketball fans were deprived of Paul George, who was sidelined for nearly the entire 2014-15 season after suffering one of the more gruesome leg injuries of the decade.

It’s not fair that simply landing on his foot in the wrong manner caused a compound fracture in his right leg, simultaneously shattering the Pacers’ playoff hopes for the season, as Indiana stumbled to a 38-44 record.