Oklahoma City Thunder: 2018-19 player grades for Paul George

Weaknesses

George had the best season of his career but towards the end of the campaign, the Thunder did not have much success. This was not solely because of him, as he was still scoring and scoring during the bad times. Unfortunately, he was less than efficient once the shoulder injury kicked in.

After the All-Star break, PG’s shooting splits plummeted to .400/.336/844. On the year, his field goal percentage (43.8 percent) wound up dropping because of that final 21-game stretch, but he was also not 100 percent and was only one of two main options for the Thunder on offense.

The one they call Playoff P showed up in the playoffs, as he scored 26 in Game 1, 27 in Game 2, 22 in Game 3, 32 in Game 4 and 36 in Game 5. This was even after suffering the aforementioned shoulder injury that was so bad he said he couldn’t even lift at one point.

To say George had any weaknesses this season would be nitpicking, but if you did want to say anything, he will have to be more efficient and stay healthy moving forward.