As a sophomore, he began the season on the JV team, but was moved up to the varsity after the season started. George attended Knight High School in Palmdale. George played for Pump and Run of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) with future UCLA Bruins Jrue Holiday and Malcolm Lee. He played for the varsity basketball team his last three years of high school under head coach Tom Hegre. He did not play organized basketball until his freshman year at Knight High School.
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George spent most of his free time playing basketball at the park or one-on-one against his older sister Teiosha. George idolized Lakers star Kobe Bryant, and he grew up rooting for the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers. He grew up with two older sisters: Teiosha, who played basketball at Pepperdine, and Portala, who played volleyball at CSU-San Bernardino. George was born in Los Angeles County in Palmdale, California, and is the son of Paul George and Paulette George. He is one of the two NBA Players to be drafted in the 2010 NBA Draft and still be in a team's roster in the league, the other player is Gordon Hayward. He was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2017, and played two seasons for the Thunder before he was traded to the Clippers in 2019. He missed most of the 2014–15 season, but recovered to become an All-Star again in 2016, when he also won an Olympic gold medal. George suffered a broken leg in 2014 while competing for a roster spot on the United States national team for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. He was named the NBA Most Improved Player in 2013, when he also earned his first All-Star selection. He was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 10th overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft, and earned NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors. George played high school basketball for Knight High School before playing two seasons of college basketball for the Fresno State Bulldogs. Nicknamed " PG-13", he is an eight-time NBA All-Star and six-time member of the All-NBA Team, as well as a four-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team.
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Paul Clifton Anthony George (born May 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team ( 2013, 2016).2× NBA All-Defensive First Team ( 2014, 2019).
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