Philadelphia 76ers star ahead Paul George has been upgraded to questionable for Monday night time’s residence sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Clippers, in keeping with Kyle Neubeck of PHLY Sports activities.
Paul George Slated To Return From Offseason Knee Surgical procedure
George has missed the Sixers’ first 12 video games as he seems to lastly make his return from offseason knee surgical procedure. This marks the primary time he has been listed as questionable on the damage report.
Neubeck additionally famous that George was a full participant in Philadelphia’s apply on Sunday.
George, who is about to enter his sixteenth NBA season, joined the 76ers final summer time on a four-year, $212 million contract. His deal features a $56.58 million participant possibility for 2027-28 and a 15% commerce bonus.
The 35-year-old is coming off his least productive season since 2011-12 with the Indiana Pacers. With Philadelphia final season, he averaged simply 16.2 factors, 5.3 rebounds, and 4.3 assists in solely 41 video games.
Paul George has been upgraded to QUESTIONABLE for tomorrow’s sport.
Joel Embiid, Adem Bona and Kelly Oubre Jr are out. pic.twitter.com/6d7tQXr62D
— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) November 16, 2025
The 76ers signed George in the course of the 2024 offseason to type a Huge Three alongside Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey. Embiid, nonetheless, performed in simply 19 video games because of a left knee damage, whereas Maxey missed 30 video games because of hamstring, hand, and finger accidents.
In complete, the Huge Three missed 134 mixed video games. Embiid, Maxey, and George performed 14 video games (they had been 7-7) collectively and 11.2% of complete possessions.
Because of this, coach Nick Nurse rolled out a league-high 55 totally different beginning lineups. To make issues worse, the 76ers dedicated $800 million to their famous person trio.
76ers Want George To Take Stress Off Tyrese Maxey
Extra importantly, the 76ers want George again as quickly as potential as a result of Maxey is having an All-NBA begin to the season. They can not afford one other damage. He’s averaging profession highs of 32 factors, 5.1 rebounds, 7.8 assists, and a whopping 40.3 minutes per contest.
The Sixers solely want George to be a secondary scorer at this stage of his profession.
Philadelphia is also with out Kelly Oubre Jr. for an prolonged interval. He suffered an LCL damage in his left knee in Friday night time’s loss to the Detroit Pistons and has been dominated out for Monday’s sport.
In different information, Trendon Watford was a restricted participant in Sunday’s apply, and the fifth-year wing is among the many gamers who has crammed in for George.
Watford has began the previous 4 video games and is averaging 9.0 factors, 4.8 rebounds, and three.7 assists per outing.
The Sixers have gone 7-5 this season with out George.
