Clippers player-by-player report cards for the 2021-22 season

Key stats: 24.3 factors, 6.9 rebounds, a career-high 5.7 assists and career-high-tying 2.2 steals. Missed 53 video games, largely due to a torn ligament in his proper elbow. Shot 46% on two-pointers and 35% from three, his lowest accuracy since his rookie season in 2010-11.

Contract standing: Three years remaining, the final a participant possibility; owed $42.4 million subsequent season.

The expectation on Oct. 21: In Leonard’s absence, to reprise his function from Indiana because the do-everything chief of a roster with one All-Star.

The fact on April 16: George fulfilled expectations — when out there. After coming into the most-valuable-player dialogue by means of the season’s first six weeks, the elbow damage derailed his subsequent three-plus months. The Clippers’ offense ranked first as soon as he returned late within the season, however he couldn’t push them into playoffs after lacking the season-ending loss whereas in well being and security protocols.

The longer term: As with Leonard, George stays a foundational piece of the group’s plans to chase a championship. And as with Leonard, these goals will likely be doable provided that George, 32 subsequent season, stays wholesome.