PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — Before the LA Clippers began their practice Saturday morning, Paul George was on one end of the gym taking shots with his left hand.
The star guard has been out since Dec. 22 with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right shooting elbow, missing 22 straight games. He will undergo an MRI on Feb. 24 to see how his elbow has responded to the time off, but president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank said it would not be the sole determining factor in whether George is able to play again this season.
“You don’t treat the MRI, you treat the player,” Frank said. “So when the MRI comes in, it’s not a ‘boom’ that all of a sudden is a ‘Eureka’ moment for what we do. I think it’s just part of the process.
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“I think it’s you see how Paul is responding. He’s feeling better each and every day. The MRI is another kind of benchmark. … I think the doctors put it all together and that’s how they come to what the next steps are. My expectation is regardless of…
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