Kawhi Leonard says the NBA hiatus 'really helped' Paul George

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00:00 Paul George looks like a whole new player now that he's in the bubble.

00:05 It's a small sample size, but George has been on quite a tear in two games so far.

00:10 He's averaging 29 points on over, you know, 50% shooting and 60% from three.

00:15 Granted, he did the same thing in the regular season when he first came, but then things

00:21 kind of calmed down a little bit.

00:23 There is a good chance that's what's going to happen again with George, but just his

00:26 play looks more smooth, everything looks more fluid, he looks more confident.

00:31 And he had mentioned at the start of the season that he was a little scared of taking contact

00:35 because of his shoulder.

00:37 And he had mentioned during the hiatus that he was able to rehab his shoulder fully and

00:41 he doesn't have to do any more rehab on his shoulders at all.

00:43 And it was the first time all season.

00:46 Kawhi Leonard addressed it post game against the Pelicans when he mentioned that George

00:51 just looks better.

00:53 It looks like the hiatus benefited him the most.

00:56 And that's something I think most people could agree upon when they watch him play that.

01:00 This guy doesn't look like the same Paul George.

01:03 The Clippers needed Paul George to be Paul George.

01:05 They needed him to be the guy who was third in MVP voting for the OKC Thunder.

01:08 Instead, they've had a guy who is a borderline All-Star who didn't even make the All-Star

01:13 team this year.

01:14 And so if they can get that OKC Paul George, the Clippers are going to be very dangerous.