Put your best defender on him. Put two defenders on him. Why not try putting three? Whatever you do, it doesn’t look like Paul George can be stopped: in the last two games, the seven-time NBA All-Star averaged 37 points, shot over 50 percent from the field and close to 65 percent from beyond the arc.
Just six games into the season, the Palmdale native has already proven that he can be an exceptional first option for his hometown team. Under the highest usage rate of his 11-year career at 32.9 percent, he has done just as well, if not better, than the league’s best (the likes of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant): he is not only averaging a career-high 28.