The Way of the Center

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"An Jie chose to undergo meniscus repair surgery, and his comeback date has been postponed indefinitely."

"Another meteor? The fatal damage of the meniscus to Anjie."

"The Sorrow of Chinese Basketball: Injuries."

"Yao Ming and An Jie both fell, why are the Chinese not suitable for the NBA level?"

The news of Anjie's upcoming playoff comeback spread quickly, but the news of his delayed comeback spread even faster! An Jie, who originally had a bright future in the eyes of the world, is now sentenced to death by the outside world unanimously.

Not to mention what will happen to Anjie's recovery from his injury, let's say that he can't play for a consecutive season. Even if he comes back, can he get back to his previous state? The pessimism of Anjie and the fans is not a painless moan.

Chinese fans found themselves as if they had a dream, a dream of the rise of Chinese basketball.

Yao Ming's status in the NBA gradually rose, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue joined the NBA, and after that, An Jie made a big splash in the NBA. Back then, even Barkley said that there would definitely be more and more Chinese in the NBA in the future, and this league would also be dominated by the Chinese.

But after that? Yao Ming was injured, Yi Jianlian was depressed after a short-lived flash in the pan, Sun Yue couldn't even stay in the first team, and An Jie, who had high hopes, also disappeared from the game due to the damage of the meniscus. The dream of the Chinese fans has woken up, and what greets them is the cruel reality.

On New Year's Day in 2011, An Jie's parents made many delicious meals and brought them to the hospital. But An Jie only took a few mouthfuls before putting down his chopsticks.

Now An Jie is not in the mood to enjoy delicious food. Looking at the indefinite comeback date and uncertain future, An Jie is confused.

In the Thunder's first away game in 2011, the Thunder met the Warriors again. At the beginning of the game, Morris and David Lee were full of gunpowder.

The last time Morris punched David Lee in the face, he was immediately suspended by the league for one game the next day. But even so, Morris has no intention of stopping today.

Whenever Morris and David Lee confront each other, the actions of the two must be great. During the game, the two sides knocked each other down more than once and used dark elbows to each other. But in general, Morris took more advantage.

Morris is using this method to defend An Jie. but honestly,

This has no effect on An Jie's recovery.

After hearing that Anjie's comeback date would be postponed, Meslav came to the United States again under the pressure of complicated things. Everyone was affected by An Jie's injury, and everyone's hearts fluctuated with the boy's injury.

In addition to fans and players, the managers of each team also had different reactions to Anjie's injury. Looking at this increasingly mature Thunder team, Presti was actually shaken by Anjie's position in the team.

Putting it before, Anjie is definitely an indispensable pillar for the Thunder. But now, Westbrook and Durant's performance is completely superstar level, and Ibaka and Morris are not bad. Of course, don't forget, there is a Bledsoe waiting for the ball on the bench. If another Anjie comes in, Presti is really worried that the Thunder will not have enough points. Besides, it is still unknown how An Jie will be after his comeback.

Anjie's support and low-post singles ability must be played by holding the ball. Now it is very difficult for Durant and Westbrook to share the ball. Adding Anjie would be a mess. And Anjie will definitely not be willing to be a blue-collar for Durant and Westbrook like Morris and Ibaka, to be a machine that can only defend, pick-and-roll and rebound. In the past, the three were all rookies, and there was no problem together, but now that the three are all stars, the situation is quite different from before. Looking at what happened to Bosh next to James and Wade, it was definitely not the ending Anjie wanted.

Now, Presti is starting to look back at those trade proposals. He didn't want to give up Anjie, after all, he had personally traded Anjie, and Anjie had done a very good job during his two years in the Thunder. But the fact is that the Thunder now need a better and more reasonable lineup in order to exert greater power. From the current point of view, without Anjie, the Thunder team is still playing very smoothly, and can even raise the offensive rhythm. Moreover, when thinking of Anjie being reimbursed for the season, Presti would unconsciously think of Yao Ming. The injuries of Chinese players are always a ticking time bomb. It would be too risky to continue to put the treasure on An Jie.

Of course, An Jie was completely ignorant of these things, and he was still living in a daze, living in pain all day long.

Moslav knew that if An Jie continued like this, even if his body recovered, his heart would have completely collapsed long ago. Out of that strong sense of mission, Moslav felt that he couldn't just watch Anjie sink. He had to do something to restore the confidence of his young client.

So in the next few days, Angie would always see the games of Wade, Duncan, Kobe and others on TV. In fact, this is what Moslav deliberately showed to An Jie. The reason is very simple. These guys are real warriors, and they are great existences who have defeated injuries. Moslav hopes that Anjie can find resonance with them and find the courage to persevere.

At the beginning, Anjie hadn't discovered Muslav's good intentions. Anyway, he doesn't want to talk to others now, so he can watch whatever they give him.

Until one day, he saw Kobe's tenacity after his finger injury, and his courage to end the game after playing with an injury. Until one day, he saw Duncan, who was no longer young and could not fully straighten one leg, and the young Warriors fight bloody to the final determination. It wasn't until one day that An Jie watched a talk show that he realized that Wade, who was as fast as lightning, actually had his meniscus removed as early as in college, but he still came to the NBA to make a brave attempt to kill the Quartet.

What these great guys did made An Jie feel a lot in his heart. It's also an injury, people are still fighting, and I have not had surgery yet, and I started to complain about others, it's really shameful! These guys' matches imperceptibly stimulated An Jie's heart.

In this regard, An Jie has never been humble. They are men, and so am I! They can take it, so can I! He didn't forget that he once threatened to beat Kobe in the playoffs last season, and his desire to win was comparable to Kobe's. He didn't forget the excitement when he surpassed Duncan and came to the best second team. Could it be that Anjie couldn't do what a person ranked behind him could do?

Leave tomorrow unreservedly to the present, without thinking about what the future holds. As long as you work hard now, even if you really can't play or can't play well in the future, you won't regret it, right? At this moment, An Jie chose to be strong.

After that, An Jie cooperated more and more with the doctor's treatment, and gradually talked more. An Jie knows that his operation may not be successful, but now he has to give it a go and face it bravely, so that he has a chance of comeback. Rather than being greedy for life and fearing death here, it is better to go out and fight to the death!

An Jie, who was inspired by Wade, Kobe and Duncan, became better and better mentally, and his mood changed from despair to perseverance. It wasn't until February 2, 2011, when the NBA All-Star Weekend kicked off, that An Jie was finally officially put on the operating table.

On that day, Van Gundy finally had the opportunity to come to the hospital and watched over An Jie to complete the entire operation. The NBA originally arranged for Van Gundy to be the coach of this year's Western Conference Star Team, but those things are not important to Van Gundy at the moment. An Jie's injury was what he was always concerned about. So he rejected the NBA's official invitation and came to Oklahoma alone.

The operation took a long time, about 8 hours or so. But the people who were waiting for An Jie outside had been engrossed during this period of time, not daring to relax in the slightest. This is an operation that will determine An Jie's career, and the group of people who care about him are naturally very nervous.

An Jie himself, who could undergo surgery, was very relaxed, because no matter what the outcome was, he decided to fight this damn injury to the end!

An Jie is such a guy, maybe he will be temporarily confused and weak when he is young. But in essence, An Jie is a guy who dares to fight and is not afraid of hardships and difficulties. From practicing alone until midnight in college, and then relying on strong will to prevent the opponent's star scorer time and time again in the NBA. All of these have shown An Jie's strong will all the time. Since Anjie came to the United States to play basketball, the words persistence and strength have always run through it.

Now he is encouraged by Moslav's method, and he is not afraid of these. Gritting your teeth, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome. He will definitely do his best to drive away the damn injury. No matter how painful the process was, An Jie was fearless.

In such a benign mood, An Jie was finally pushed out of the operating room after undergoing 8 hours of major surgery. Now, An Jie has officially become one of the professional athletes who have used a knife on his body.

"How about the doctor?" Moslav and Van Gundy were the first to get up, while Anjie's parents sat aside, not daring to hear the result of the operation. Because if the operation fails and An Jie has to remove the meniscus, then An Jie's NBA career will almost come to an end.

"Ann's meniscus repair is considered successful. Now, it depends on the effect of further repair surgery." The doctor was sweating profusely, remembering the operation experience just now, it was really a close call.

"God, thank you!" Van Gundy breathed out, as if he had won an important game. And Moslav covered his face, and there was finally a result. The injury that made him worry about it for so many months finally had a result.

As for An Jie's mother, she lay on his father's shoulder and cried. What kind of mother can bear this kind of torture for her son. Now, everything is about to pass.

An Jie's career, which seemed to be on the verge of being reimbursed, has once again ignited new hope. An Jie is still sleeping deeply with his eyes closed under the effect of the anesthetic, but everyone present knows that the child has been fighting hard in his heart.

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After the cold winter from November to March, on the morning of April, the sun once again appeared in Anjie's window. This time, when the window was opened, it was no longer the cool wind blowing in, but bunches of warm sunshine. These beams of sunlight made the ward and the owner of the ward seem to be full of life and hope again.

"Are you awake Ann?" An Jie just stuck his head out of the window when he heard Catherine calling himself behind him. The girl gave up the most important Paris Fashion Week show in her career, and resolutely put down everything to take care of An Jie. Now, it is the third month that Catherine has been with Anjie in Oklahoma. It was almost the second day after An Jie's operation that Catherine came to the hospital until now.

"I'm in good spirits today. Let's go, Catherine, let's go to the garden." It has been three full months since I was injured in December. During this period, An Jie's mood also experienced ups and downs, from low at the beginning to positive now. He felt that this serious injury seemed to make his heart stronger and more mature.

"The doctor said you can't walk on this foot yet." Catherine said and lay on An Jie's back. Even though the man is currently in a relatively weak stage, An Jie's back is still so strong that it can give people enough safety feel.

"You support me, I use a walking stick, let's walk slowly." An Jie took a breath of the spring air, this cold winter, he was going to be moldy in the ward. But now, the winter is finally over.

Through a path, Anjie and Catherine came to the huge artificial lake of the hospital. Although the treatment is not over yet, An Jie feels that he is getting better day by day. Although he was injured and hospitalized, Anjie was concerned about the progress of the Thunder's season all the time.

The regular season of this season will be over in one and a half months. The Thunder have performed well and are now ranked third in the Western Conference. For the current Thunder team, the playoffs can no longer be regarded as a goal, but a minimum standard that must be achieved.

The team's excellent performance is both a good thing and a bad thing for Anjie. As for the bad aspect, it is that the Thunder without Anjie still get good results, which will make the fans forget Anjie more quickly.

When Anjie was injured, countless Thunder fans felt that the sky was falling. But now that the Thunder are so good, fans only occasionally think: Oh, yes, we seem to have a super center who can't play.

But who cares? As long as the team can win, it doesn't make any difference who has more or less.

Durant and Westbrook have established the cornerstone of the Thunder, Morris and Ibaka have become the backbone of the Thunder's defense, and Bledsoe is considered to be part of the new Thunder three. As for An Jie, it has rarely been mentioned.

Now An Jie seems to be outside the Thunder's system. No, not maybe, it's a fact.

The major injury that was reimbursed for one season has already caused Anjie to miss too much. However, coming back is destined to be a difficult and long process. An Jie still remembers that when he played last time, this season has just begun. But now, the 10-11 season is drawing to a close.

This season, Anjie did nothing and received treatment all day long. He didn't know what else he could do when he stepped onto the basketball court again.

But Anjie is not afraid, just like the sunshine in April. An Jie's heart was also full of hope. He doesn't care what kind of difficulties stand in front of him, he only knows that he must succeed and has no choice.

The Thunder team has begun to prepare for the impact of the championship, and An Jie, who can move freely, has also taken the first step of his comeback.

In a corner where no one is paying attention, An Jie, the butcher of the Eastern High Tower and Oklahoma City, has already begun to prepare for a comeback.