How has Paul George improved so much? Has he just been shooting better?
Paul George seems to have gone from a second tier star to a top one.
Paul George was, to put it simply, far longer removed from surgery when he came back to the game. He was injured and had surgery in the summer, then came back in the following spring, looked pretty miserable, but then had all summer to work things out and looked pretty good the following season, a full year plus change removed from surgery.
Gordon was injured and had surgery in early fall, then had surgery again in the following May (of last Spring 2018) and came back to the NBA just a few short months later.
Gordon won't be as far removed from surgery in time as George was when the latter started looking like his old self until this coming summer. Hopefully during some late playoffs ...
Paul George was injured on August 1, 2014, his first game back was April 5, 2015 (he played the last 6 games that season), so he basically missed 8 months, though then had another 6 months off before starting the next season. Hayward basically sat out a full year before returning to actual game action. So he sat out longer initially, but had about 2 less months before the start of the full season.
And Hayward had a second surgery just five months before returning to game action which obviously held back his recovery. While George was using the following summer to work on his game after returning to action, during that similar time in Hayward's recuperation, he was set back months by recovering from a second surgery. So the time frame of recovery is a bit different than what you are painting it as.
That second surgery was not nearly as major as the initial, no worse than Kyries surgery.
and that wasnt a further 5 months.
Too much is placed on the physical with Hayward with its apparent that a vast majority of his shortcomings is purely mental weakness.
Topic: Gordon Hayward: What — if anything — is holding him back? (Read 4086 times)