What did Paul George actually supply in 2016-17 for IND?
Paul George's strongest evidenced functions are shooting, event creation, passing; the weakest available areas are rim protection, interior finishing, rebounding. The profile is tied to IND for 2016-17.
High1,707,598 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
13 of 13 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
PHI · 2025-26Small lineup sample433 possessions
Paul George, Joel Embiid, Kelly Oubre Jr., Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe produced 109.7 offense and 115.6 defense over 433 possessions (-2.7 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
PHI · 2025-26Small lineup sample378 possessions
Paul George, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Dominick Barlow, VJ Edgecombe produced 113.5 offense and 113.4 defense over 378 possessions (0.0 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
PHI · 2025-26Small lineup sample207 possessions
Paul George, Andre Drummond, Kelly Oubre Jr., Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe produced 120.3 offense and 109.3 defense over 207 possessions (3.2 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAC · 2023-24Rotation-size lineup sample
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
2Left knee · 1 surgery1Right ankle
Injury
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 24resolved player: trueseason profiles: 13medical episodes: 3lineup rows returned: 20current acquisition signal count: 1current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
65
Rim pressure
59
Shooting*
76
Passing
65
Screening*—
Interior finish
50
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
42
Event creation
69
Rebounding
57
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
+7.8 net per 100
on +1.4 · off -6.4 · 5,152 possessions
RAPM (single season)
+0.6 per 100
10,238 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+2.2 per 100
O +0.7 / D +1.5 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
1,116 possessions
James Harden, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Ivica Zubac, Terance Mann produced 119.7 offense and 109.4 defense over 1116 possessions (7.1 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAC · 2023-24Small lineup sample267 possessions
James Harden, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Mason Plumlee, Terance Mann produced 133.0 offense and 119.4 defense over 267 possessions (4.7 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAC · 2023-24Small lineup sample235 possessions
James Harden, Paul George, Ivica Zubac, Amir Coffey, Terance Mann produced 109.4 offense and 116.9 defense over 235 possessions (-2.4 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAC · 2023-24Small lineup sample205 possessions
James Harden, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Norman Powell, Ivica Zubac produced 122.9 offense and 103.8 defense over 205 possessions (5.6 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAC · 2023-24Small lineup sample166 possessions
James Harden, Paul George, Norman Powell, Ivica Zubac, Terance Mann produced 107.0 offense and 106.0 defense over 166 possessions (0.2 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
showing 8 of 20 lineup rows returned by the route
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2014-15
cap hit
$15.8M
canonical
2015-16
cap hit
$16.9M
canonical
2016-17
cap hit
$18.1M
canonical
2017-18
cap hit
$19.3M
canonical
2018-19
cap hit
$30.6M
provisional
2019-20
cap hit
$33.0M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$35.5M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$39.3M
canonical
2021-22
player salary
$39.3M
provisional
2022-23
cap hit
$42.5M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$45.6M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$49.2M
canonical
2025-26
cap hit
$51.7M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$51.7M
provisional
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left left knee
Dec 3, 2025 → back Dec 7, 2025
+ Injuryright right ankle sprainNov 18, 2025 → back Nov 28, 2025
+ Injuryleft left knee surgery recoverysurgeryOct 21, 2025 → Nov 17, 2025
Marker size and count reflect governed episode volume only; a pulsing ring means an episode is open at this knowledge date. This maps evidence — it is not a durability score.
OKC → LACtradeJul 10, 2019No top-three need match
Role partly appeared after the move · authority: Lawrence Frank
