Paul George has been almost as unstoppable as Stephen Curry this season

Stephen Curry is off to a historic start, but with his Golden State Warriors putting their undefeated mark to the test in Indianapolis on Tuesday night, Indiana Pacers star Paul George must also get his due for his own terrific shooting and all-around play.

George, who barely suited up last season due to the horrific leg injury suffered with Team USA in 2014, is playing MVP-caliber ball for the surprising 12-7 Pacers, and he’s on a historic pace as well in terms of three-point shooting. No, not peak Curry historic, but it’s unfair to compare anybody to the reigning MVP right now.

George currently ranks third in threes made with 64 and second in three-pointers made per game at 3.4, with Curry’s marks sitting at 116 and 5.3, respectively (Kyle Lowry is second in total threes with 68). While Curry’s on pace to smash his record of 286 three-pointers set last season, George is on pace for 276 threes, which would be the most ever for a player not named Stephen Curry.

Not only is George making a ton of threes, but he’s doing so efficiently. He’s knocking treys down at a 45.4 percent clip, which isn’t too far behind Curry’s 47.2 percent mark. Those two percentages would be the highest in history for players with seven or more three-point attempts per game, per Basketball-Reference.com.

Furthermore, George isn’t just taking advantage of open looks. Yes, 101 of his 141 three-point attempts have been with a defender four or more feet away, per SportVU, but he’s also made 17-of-40 threes that are heavily contested.

George has hit plenty of “Steph” threes, like this flailing trey from his career night against the Utah Jazz:

Or this nasty step-back from the corner:

Or this pull-up three:

As brilliant as George is shooting from three, he’s not scoring nearly 28 points per game just because of that long-range bombing. He’s getting to the free throw line at a career-high rate and he’s also flourishing on long two-point jumpers. Weirdly, his percentages improve the further he moves away from the basket:

George is making more than 43 percent from that outer rim of long two-point jumpers. That number doesn’t look all that impressive by itself, but it’s nearly five percent better than his career mark from there, and he’s taking about a quarter of his shots from those areas.

That may not seem like an ideal distribution in this age of analytics, but George recently told Candace Buckner of The Indy Star that he’s comfortable taking all those mid-range shots:

“I’m not a fan of analytics,” said George, who takes 4.9 shots per game from 15-19 feet, second only to Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin for most in the NBA.

“The greatest player to ever play this game was a midrange jump shooter in Michael Jordan,” George continued. “At that time no one had nothing to say. It’s about what’s best for that player and what’s the skill set of that player. We have a lot of guys who are more than capable at shooting well from the midrange. So I don’t know what to say about analytics. It works for some systems. I’m not a believer of analytics. That’s just how it is.”

That’s all well and good when George is knocking down those types of shots at the rate he is. Better yet, he’s shown the ability to use his dangerous three-point shooting to his advantage to create an easier look from mid-range:

George is also adept at getting separation for himself in isolation situations:

The question is if George can keep up this hot shooting. He got off to a brilliant start in 2013-14 (although it wasn’t THIS good) before his shooting tailed off the second half of the season. The Pacers star must avoid that kind of fade this year, although a slight regression should be expected given his current percentages.

George may not be on Curry’s level, but his greatness shouldn’t be overlooked. When George’s jumper is falling like it is now, he’s just as unguardable as Curry. If this keeps up, George will cement his place as the No. 2 player in the MVP “race.”

George will surely relish the challenge of ending the Warriors’ streak on Tuesday night. We should all be hoping for a George/Curry shootout that features shot after shot like the ones above.

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