For Paul George, winning an Olympic Gold Medal is the greatest achievement of his ascendant basketball career.
@Yg_Trece on gold medal, two years after suffering that awful broken leg in @usabasketball exhibition: "this is my championship right here."
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) August 21, 2016
More @Yg_Trece: “I don’t know what that (championship) feeling is like yet. But as of now, this is my championship”…
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) August 21, 2016
The NBA All-Star spoke Sunday after helping lead Team USA to a 96-66 win over Serbia for their third consecutive Gold.
George, 26, says his comeback from a horrific leg injury three summers ago is now complete.
Per the Indy Star:
“I just finalized this whole story, put it to rest,” the Indiana Pacers forward said. “I’m officially back.”
The United States won its third consecutive gold medal Sunday, beating Serbia 96-66 in what was nearly the biggest gold-medal blowout since basketball was introduced at the Olympics in 1936. […] In 22 minutes, George had nine points and three steals. The Americans were plus-37 with him on the floor.
George said he was indifferent to his sixth man role. […] “In spite of what people said about this group, being less talented, not blowing teams out, not putting people away … I thought we did a good job of being mindful of that, kind of bottling that all up and unleashing all that tonight on Serbia,” George said.
