Paul George undergoes successful knee surgery, confirming that I am in purgatory

Ryan Conway
July 14, 2025
Sixers
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News broke today that 76ers player (if you can call him that) Paul George underwent a successful arthroscopic procedure on his knee. It was done to treat an injury he sustained during a recent workout that, of course, Sixers fans knew absolutely nothing about.

Paul George had his procedure done by the same doctor that did Joel Embiid’s surgery… I have no idea if that’s good or bad:

Here we go again. Sixers star Paul George underwent arthroscopic knee surgery today after he got injured during a recent workout. He will start rehab and be reevaluated before training camp. Paul had surgery with the same Doctor Who did Joel Embiid‘s surgery. pic.twitter.com/yzx118hiVB
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) July 14, 2025

The Sixers are going to kill me, I can feel it. Right when I get somewhat comfortable with what’s going on they sucker punch me with injury news. The nonsense is just never ending.

VJ Edgecombe’s mystery thumb injury already took whatever wind was remaining from my sails. Now, after seeing Paul George go under the knife in July, I genuinely think I’m already dead.

That has to be it. I died in 2021 at some point during the Atlanta Hawks series and this is my purgatory. I have to say, bang up job from the Creator to create the perfect pre-torment before I’m eventually banished to the depths of hell.

I now know how Tantalus feels. I stoop down to drink from the refreshing pool of young talent, and it recedes due to injury. I reach high to the branches of the top of our depth chart looking for sustenance in the form of consistent production from our highest-paid players, only to have it all ripped away.

I know nothing but pain. It doesn’t even hurt anymore.

Sure, some might say that realizing that I’m in purgatory is actually a positive thing. I mean, it’s proof of the afterlife after all, shouldn’t I be celebrating?

Sadly, that’s not the way I see it. If being subjected to this Sixers team is truly what the afterlife entails, I’d honestly be happier if it all just… stopped.

But am I really meant to be happy? The consensus seems to be no.

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