I said this 2 months ago. He cant blow by his man anymore. He lost a half step. He often dribbles the ball around ends up jacking up a contested shot but because hes tall and he has a nice jumper he gets away with it sometimes. When he plays against elite defense it often times doesnt work. Had a few PG fanbois arguing with me.
@@Grind2Excellence it used to back in okc but if you got no speed to go with a deep bag then it doesn’t rlly work pg is my favourite player and he definitely does chuck up too much threes he needs to drive more and try draw a foul or go for a middie
Paul George is at his best when he can get to the rim consistently and shoot based on his driving threat. It’s that simple, he can’t just shoot contested jumpers all the time. Such a simple thing that you think you wouldn’t have to say but yeah, I’d say it comes down to his explosiveness like you said. Can’t consistently get by people, and can’t jump up at the rim. He might feel as if tough shots are sometimes the only shot he CAN take/make.
@@abtocool6350true be he was a lot younger can clearly see he’s slowing down now and that’s okay. I think he’s got 3 more really good years left which is fine. He’s in year 15 now
thats for on ball but pg is actually a really good catch and shoot guy. he can fly off screens hit jumpers easily over late closeouts because of his height. the main reason they lost is becuase the clippers had no gameplan at all it was just iso spam
@@mikeesteves8427No the main reason they lost is because you will never win a series with harden and Pg as your 1 and 2 option. Two all time playoff chokers that will never get the job done in the playoffs
@@Jayh231_ no. Because pg as useful as kawhi injured and at the end he’s a champion and proven to lead his team. Pg and harden showed another year where they folded and this was there best chance
At this late stage of his career I’m curious as to what George does in free agency. For a lot of the reasons this video points out I think going to a new team would be best for George. I think the three obvious choices for George would be the Sixers, Knicks, and Magic.
Yeah none of this interesting no matter where Paul George goes he’s not going to win anything. Maybe if he is a spot up shooter as a role player but him as a 1st or second option isn’t winning you anything
Paul George is what Kobe described as Accidental Basketball, a lot of structureless drive and kick. Imagine a player of PG's skill set in a structured offense. He has the ability to thrive in the triangle, and running off screens like Rip/ray allen.. he plays a lot of 1on1 or pick and roll and takes a lot of contested shot instead of looking for uncontested shots
I think he needs the right pieces around him which is a solid PG, decent shooters, and a solid big man. He is often ask to play out of position especially guarding a lot of the smaller quicker guards which wears him down over the course of a series. Fatigue is the reason for inconsistency at times.
Ppl were telling me to worry abt Harden but PG after AD is probably the most inconsistent player in the league considering his potential. WIthout Kawhi out there, he should have been taking min 25 shots a game
Dud playoff choker, many ppl diss me for that, but after his pacers day, its always like datt 🤷🏻♂️ he rely too much on his contested shoot and lets just say he had more bad nights than his good shooting day once playoff time come
@@DontAdoreYouyeah after this recent playoff performance people should really wake up and realize those 2 can not be trusted whatsoever no matter if they are a first second or third option
@@Stunt877 Harden literally been doing this since the 2012 finals and pg since IND. They will give you 1-2 good games at best then they check out it’s the same thing every year. These two as your best players in a playoff series is an horrifying sight
I've said this for years that the leg injury zapped his athleticism. For him to be making a living off these shots is impressive but also the reason that, to his own admission, can't be a #1 option.
I think it’s just age. The injury definitely took a good bit of his burst, but he was still an above average athlete. I think it’s just becoming more apparent now that he’s aging.
@@semajtheprodHe still had his best season ever after the injury. Go look up his poster on Giannas. Fact is, he along with harden are all time playoff droppers it’s the same result every year. Unless they transition into role players they won’t win ever
He was inconsistent in okc too did yall forget the elimination games? PG got outplayed by Joe ingles and when I seen let Damian lillard set up that shot I was done. I don’t care what anyone says that’s bad defense I swear everyone knew lillard was shooting that yet Paul George never got physical
As a pacers fan I can say he’s always been super inconsistent. Even before the injury. He can’t carry an offense game to game and sometimes even half to half.
Mavs were physical. They started hounding him and harden more cause really theyre the only ones who can give mavs trouble. Tmann , zubac and powell tried hard to be another weapon but theyre not as impactful as someone like PG, Harden or kawhi if he was healthy
This clippers team was nice.. but when we got rid of Reggie for John wall and then getting rid of Wall for Westbrook after the abysmal two years he had with the lakers was the most brain dead move done by an organization in nba history.. all those bricks and TOs and running back on defense took a toll on Kawhis knee.. my opinion as someone who’s watched every Clipper game since Kawhi joined..
Everyone is going to say I’m a Westbrook hater.. that’s not true he was one of my favorite players.. when he joined the rockets my city team I was happy but he wasn’t the same.. his last great season was in 2019.. but he’s been done idk what happened to him
people jump to conclusions and just claim that he is mentally soft and that’s why he’s inconsistent. honestly i completely lose respect for anyone that says that is NOTHING but immature. It’s all about the kind of offense the Clippers run and the kind of shots he takes. They don’t put him in a good position and neither does he lol
False Paul George is simply a choker ever since his last years in Indiana he does the same sh*t every year. I noticed the patterns ever since that sh*t he pulled in okc. He may have good games here and there but when it matters most he will always lose at the end of the day by disappearing and never taking charge. He isn’t a reliable 1st or second option We got to come to terms with certain players Paul George James harden Joel embiid etc. are not players you can win with no matter what role you give them or what players you pair them with. Year by year they always find a way to sabotage their team. Now Paul George isn’t the worse thing he just been exposed as the fraudulent player he is. But kawhi Leonard should really and I mean really retire.
Hes always been dog poop in the playoffs. That being said, it was clear Kawhi and PG were a bad fit together. They have same play style but both are lousy passers. Clippers traded everything for them and that made it extremely difficult for them to sign elite passers, or a great big man. Anyone who says " well, thats in hindsight" lacked the foresight to see the trade for PG made the team more vulnerable than a pair of testicles.
Because the Clippers trade all their future assets to get Paul George to Clippers. Kawhi is not going to be in Clippers if there is no star players. PG unfortunately just not that guy.
I'm glad he can sometimes maybe make tough shots except in the playoffs. This Clipper team is the most embarrassing sorry excuse of a sports team I have ever seen. Having that many stars on that team they should have never have lost. I don't care if Leonard was out it is absolutely pathetic.
True he takes too many contested shots and can't get by his man. And when he gets to the rim he goes up too soft. Imo I got this from dime dropper I think the reason why PG is so inconsistent is because he takes too many jumpers and keeps chucking threes thats why to me kawhi is consistent and PG is inconsistent as PG keeps jacking tought shots and dances behind the three too much.
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I said this 2 months ago. He cant blow by his man anymore. He lost a half step. He often dribbles the ball around ends up jacking up a contested shot but because hes tall and he has a nice jumper he gets away with it sometimes. When he plays against elite defense it often times doesnt work. Had a few PG fanbois arguing with me.
I agree completely with you bro spot on 💯
Had a clipper fans upset bc I said “Pg Can Rely on his Jumper Too Much”
@@Azariah-Israel hahaha
This is why his handle is so overrated to me… all these instagram “bag” talks yet it takes him nowhere 🤭
@@Grind2Excellence it used to back in okc but if you got no speed to go with a deep bag then it doesn’t rlly work pg is my favourite player and he definitely does chuck up too much threes he needs to drive more and try draw a foul or go for a middie
Good work bro I love pg but he was killing me this series 😭
He just needs to play on a healthy team!
Paul George is at his best when he can get to the rim consistently and shoot based on his driving threat. It’s that simple, he can’t just shoot contested jumpers all the time. Such a simple thing that you think you wouldn’t have to say but yeah, I’d say it comes down to his explosiveness like you said. Can’t consistently get by people, and can’t jump up at the rim. He might feel as if tough shots are sometimes the only shot he CAN take/make.
Agreed, after his injury he stopped driving and dunking merely just utilizing handles to create shots
@@greenmanalishi6963he still had his best season in okc which was after the injury.
@@abtocool6350true be he was a lot younger can clearly see he’s slowing down now and that’s okay. I think he’s got 3 more really good years left which is fine. He’s in year 15 now
thats for on ball but pg is actually a really good catch and shoot guy. he can fly off screens hit jumpers easily over late closeouts because of his height. the main reason they lost is becuase the clippers had no gameplan at all it was just iso spam
@@mikeesteves8427No the main reason they lost is because you will never win a series with harden and Pg as your 1 and 2 option. Two all time playoff chokers that will never get the job done in the playoffs
PG before season starts: Bully ball
PG during actual season: 90% jumpshots
what do u mean by that
Things is he can still get to the rim but avoids contact. Then he has lanes sometimes he also does too many moves
He plays a very difficult shot creator kind of game.. when it works it works when it doesnt it looks terrible.
I love paul georges game, I hope that he can end his career with a championship.
clippers gotta run it back next season i believe they will win it all
@@arthurpereira08we said that this year. Give up pg and harden for some pieces
@@imhimdk1785 you would give up pg but not kawhi?
@@Jayh231_ no. Because pg as useful as kawhi injured and at the end he’s a champion and proven to lead his team. Pg and harden showed another year where they folded and this was there best chance
@@Jayh231_in no world can you compare Leonard to George.. healthy kawhi is better than your favorite player no matter who it is
Really good video loving the growth
At this late stage of his career I’m curious as to what George does in free agency. For a lot of the reasons this video points out I think going to a new team would be best for George. I think the three obvious choices for George would be the Sixers, Knicks, and Magic.
Yeah none of this interesting no matter where Paul George goes he’s not going to win anything. Maybe if he is a spot up shooter as a role player but him as a 1st or second option isn’t winning you anything
The difference between him in 2021 playoffs and in these playoffs is crazy i was watching pg struggle to get by basically everybody this series
great analysis, keep it up
let be real the stars of the 2010s have aged & cant impact the came like they used too because of there bodies breaking down
Paul George is what Kobe described as Accidental Basketball, a lot of structureless drive and kick. Imagine a player of PG's skill set in a structured offense. He has the ability to thrive in the triangle, and running off screens like Rip/ray allen.. he plays a lot of 1on1 or pick and roll and takes a lot of contested shot instead of looking for uncontested shots
Good video. PG should practice floater and getting call move like Luka.
I think he needs the right pieces around him which is a solid PG, decent shooters, and a solid big man. He is often ask to play out of position especially guarding a lot of the smaller quicker guards which wears him down over the course of a series. Fatigue is the reason for inconsistency at times.
Ppl were telling me to worry abt Harden but PG after AD is probably the most inconsistent player in the league considering his potential. WIthout Kawhi out there, he should have been taking min 25 shots a game
look at ad this season and playoffs he’s not inconsistent my boy
@presley.25 bro idc about this season, I'm talking about in total. Also it doesn't matter since the Lakers got gentlemen swept
Davis is very consistent tbh. He avg 26ppg 11rpg in his playoff career. And frequently puts superstar #s in reg season. Hes just injury prone
Dud playoff choker, many ppl diss me for that, but after his pacers day, its always like datt 🤷🏻♂️ he rely too much on his contested shoot and lets just say he had more bad nights than his good shooting day once playoff time come
He and harden are all time playoff chokers. It’s amazing how people fail to see that when they literally underperform every year when it counts
@@DontAdoreYouyeah after this recent playoff performance people should really wake up and realize those 2 can not be trusted whatsoever no matter if they are a first second or third option
@@Stunt877 Harden literally been doing this since the 2012 finals and pg since IND. They will give you 1-2 good games at best then they check out it’s the same thing every year. These two as your best players in a playoff series is an horrifying sight
Exactly! PG and Harden are choke artists
I've said this for years that the leg injury zapped his athleticism. For him to be making a living off these shots is impressive but also the reason that, to his own admission, can't be a #1 option.
I think it’s just age. The injury definitely took a good bit of his burst, but he was still an above average athlete. I think it’s just becoming more apparent now that he’s aging.
Nah, he's always been soft and mentally weak. His recent comments on having nothing to prove only reinforces that.
@@VVVY777Nah that Leg injury definitely took his explosiveness away.
@@semajtheprodHe still had his best season ever after the injury. Go look up his poster on Giannas. Fact is, he along with harden are all time playoff droppers it’s the same result every year. Unless they transition into role players they won’t win ever
At this stage in his career he needs to go in the post
He lost his strength and explosiveness after the injury
I agree
The initial injury?
What injury? Cuz he had his best years in okc after his broken leg
That’s literally not an excuse tho he went on to have his best season after that injury
Nobody’s saying that as an excuse, it’s just things change after an injury like that
He dropped off precipitously after his top 3 MVP season in OKC, he became very inconsistent after that.
russ effect lol
why the hell did you use that word
He was inconsistent in okc too did yall forget the elimination games? PG got outplayed by Joe ingles and when I seen let Damian lillard set up that shot I was done. I don’t care what anyone says that’s bad defense I swear everyone knew lillard was shooting that yet Paul George never got physical
pg is a finesse player once u physical with him it’s raps
Good analysis, PG13 is my GOAT! This is a great video man, great work!
6:15 we gonna act like this ain’t a foul…pg has one of the worst whistles in the league for contact going to the basket
As a pacers fan I can say he’s always been super inconsistent. Even before the injury. He can’t carry an offense game to game and sometimes even half to half.
Mavs were physical. They started hounding him and harden more cause really theyre the only ones who can give mavs trouble. Tmann , zubac and powell tried hard to be another weapon but theyre not as impactful as someone like PG, Harden or kawhi if he was healthy
This is a great video. I feel he’s being used wrong because of coaching as well.
Maybe that’s true, but it’s also tough one of your main guys isn’t 100%
As he lost his ability to lift off.. PG should practice his floater/runner game..
this series he was trying to hard to carry . He at his best when he playing bully ball on mismatches and spotting up .
He’s a Sixer
This clippers team was nice.. but when we got rid of Reggie for John wall and then getting rid of Wall for Westbrook after the abysmal two years he had with the lakers was the most brain dead move done by an organization in nba history.. all those bricks and TOs and running back on defense took a toll on Kawhis knee.. my opinion as someone who’s watched every Clipper game since Kawhi joined..
Everyone is going to say I’m a Westbrook hater.. that’s not true he was one of my favorite players.. when he joined the rockets my city team I was happy but he wasn’t the same.. his last great season was in 2019.. but he’s been done idk what happened to him
He definitely lost some but with That knee injury last year vs okc
I love PG one of my top 5 favorite current players but this has always been his biggest weakness very similar to Tatum
Carmelo Anthony, Paul George, and Jayson Tatum will end up all being the same player great players but not true championship superstars
people jump to conclusions and just claim that he is mentally soft and that’s why he’s inconsistent. honestly i completely lose respect for anyone that says that is NOTHING but immature. It’s all about the kind of offense the Clippers run and the kind of shots he takes. They don’t put him in a good position and neither does he lol
False he’s an all time playoff under/performer has nothing to do with the staff. He’s been doing this his whole career
False Paul George is simply a choker ever since his last years in Indiana he does the same sh*t every year. I noticed the patterns ever since that sh*t he pulled in okc. He may have good games here and there but when it matters most he will always lose at the end of the day by disappearing and never taking charge. He isn’t a reliable 1st or second option We got to come to terms with certain players Paul George James harden Joel embiid etc. are not players you can win with no matter what role you give them or what players you pair them with. Year by year they always find a way to sabotage their team. Now Paul George isn’t the worse thing he just been exposed as the fraudulent player he is. But kawhi Leonard should really and I mean really retire.
Hes always been dog poop in the playoffs.
That being said, it was clear Kawhi and PG were a bad fit together. They have same play style but both are lousy passers.
Clippers traded everything for them and that made it extremely difficult for them to sign elite passers, or a great big man.
Anyone who says " well, thats in hindsight" lacked the foresight to see the trade for PG made the team more vulnerable than a pair of testicles.
Why you all putting all that pressure on Paul...he went there to help Kawhi...not carry the team with little help
Because the Clippers trade all their future assets to get Paul George to Clippers. Kawhi is not going to be in Clippers if there is no star players.
PG unfortunately just not that guy.
@@stump4522 they barely play together....that was the arrangement
pg always plays smaller
Hes 35. What do you expect
I'm glad he can sometimes maybe make tough shots except in the playoffs. This Clipper team is the most embarrassing sorry excuse of a sports team I have ever seen. Having that many stars on that team they should have never have lost. I don't care if Leonard was out it is absolutely pathetic.
He has lost a step, but a lot of this is bad coaching.
Well at least westbrick is consistently bad in playoffs😂
PG is overrated he’s not a superstar he’s a star
I wouldn't even call him a star. A choker scorer on bad teams that doesn't impact winning.
Yes but In the playoffs he’s simply a role player
He shot 18 shots for 18 pts😂, thats a bench player
He had superstar talent but wasn’t able to ascend like lebron / KD/ Steph or even Russell Westbrook
Yes he’s really not that good. Sixers fans are in for a major surprise
True he takes too many contested shots and can't get by his man. And when he gets to the rim he goes up too soft. Imo I got this from dime dropper I think the reason why PG is so inconsistent is because he takes too many jumpers and keeps chucking threes thats why to me kawhi is consistent and PG is inconsistent as PG keeps jacking tought shots and dances behind the three too much.
Playoff P😂🤣🤣
Overrated