Well, that explains the reported pain injections.
Now that the offseason is in full-swing, Paul George has brought back the return of his show, Podcast P, and it’s just as informative as ever.
In his interview with local celebrity Gillie in which they discuss what Philadelphia sports fans are like and what it’s like to play in front of them, George detailed the several injuries he went through in his first season with the Sixers and how frustrating it was to fight through them.
As he’s said before, the hyperextended knee he suffered in the preseason started the ball rolling and from there it just never stopped. The large brace itself he had to wear bothered him, and he revealed the brace also caused him some issues with his quad.
On top of that, George went into some detail on the groin injury that also played a big part in his season ending prematurely. He revealed the injury — one that took him some time to discover— was a torn adductor.
“Then I had an injury that I didn’t even know, and this was the original [reason] of why I was feeling like something was off,” George said, “come to find out I had a torn adductor.” This clip here has a condensed part of that conversation — they get to those full details around the 56 minute mark.
George was frustrated by the injuries, and said he pushed through them because he didn’t want to leave the fanbase hanging. The poor start the team got off to only added to that motivation.
As the season wore on, it was very clear that George (and several others) were so hurt that their presence on the court was doing more harm than good. A quick Google search shows that it typically takes several months for a torn adductor to heal. George was seemingly trying to play through it with almost no recovery time at all.
There are a lot of lessons the Sixers need to learn from their 2024-25 season. One of the biggest ones is some injuries are not worth playing through.