Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Paul George's Olympic dream and his NBA career nearly ended in a horrific accident during a 2014 US team intersquad exhibition when he suffered two open fractures in his right leg.
Now he's playing for the Americans in the Rio Olympics, set to finally take the court in a USA uniform in a tournament as he dreamed of as a child. But hopes this isn't the end of the comeback story.
"Really the final step in the chapter of this is coming home with that gold," George said.
"This is like redemption.