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Let’s be honest. Paul George struggled in his first season with the LA Clippers. Head coach Ty Lue is building a system for the superstar.
A perfect storm of shoulder surgeries, chemistry issues and a now-infamous moment with the side of the backboard perhaps meant that no one NBA player was ridiculed just as viscerally as the six-time All-Star Paul George was in his first year with the LA Clippers.
An underwhelming year for George and his teammates precipitated a summer of introspection and soul-searching for Lawrence Frank, whose front-office ultimately decided to part ways with Doc Rivers and Montrezl Harrell – two Clipper mainstays – in favour of a refreshed coaching staff and a retooled playing personnel.