Indiana Pacers franchise player Paul George can come back from the horrific injury he sustained during Friday night's U.S. national team scrimmage in Las Vegas, according to the team's general manager.
Speaking to Indy Star, Pacers GM Kevin Pritchard said he has learned that the injury that befell George is not career-ending as he initially thought.
"What I've learned through this process is that it's not (career-ending)," the Indy Star quoted Pritchard as saying. "It's actually a good thing. It's bone and bone only. It doesn't look like any soft-tissue damage. We're not trying to project when he's coming back, just trying to get him through this week and then we'll know more, but the biggest risk right now is infection. That looks really good right now. They just changed his dressing and it looks really good."
He sounded optimistic, saying: "I have no fear he'll be back and back in a big way. We're not going to put a timetable on it but I don't think there's any doubt he'll be back."
The 24-year-old George was injured when his leg awkwardly hit the base of the basket stanchion after he tried to swat James Harden's layup attempt.
ESPN.com is also reporting that George has several things going for him as he tries to recover from the injury, like the fact that there was no soft tissue damage to his right leg. It cited the opinion of Dr. James Gladstone of Mount Sinai in New York that if the bone and muscles are fully healed, then George can regain his old form.
George is also in tip-top shape, and nutrition conscious both of which can help hasten the recovery process, according to ESPN.
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