From the moment Paul George slammed the ball over Birdman and LeBron James returned fire with a 3-pointer in the playoffs — and then to two dapped — you knew there was something special going on.
But then The Injury happened. What should have been another year of the two going head to head got taken away, and George really needed most of last season to get back to being himself.
Even now, there are reasons to wonder if PG is ever going to be the player he once was. For what it is worth, George has fewer dunks in the last two seasons combined than he did in either of the two seasons before the injury according to Basketball-Reference.