NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 14: Veterinary Tales

this.
Is it uncertain whether you will return?
Jiang Ming finished the rest of the sandwich in one gulp. Why did it feel like it was tailor-made for him?
There is a great need for talents like me!
This guy really needs to recruit people, this is too lame.

The No. 1 pick who was playing well in the NCAA got injured the instant he arrived in the NBA?

Jiang Ming knew that players who were recognized as the No. 4 pick generally had low injury risk. How could he get injured right after entering the league? He didn't have much playing time. In the first four games, he averaged 28 minutes per game, which was child's play compared to Yao Ming.

In Jiang Ming's opinion, this is obviously insufficient protection, which refers to the full-body checkup after selecting him, targeted warm-up before the game, injury risk assessment, etc.
Sure enough, the comments after the injury report were all insulting:

"It seems that this team's medical team is really not good enough."

"It's not impossible, maybe it's cursed."

"Jensen and Thomas Reese were actually OK before they joined the Trail Blazers, but things changed after they became team doctors."

"Ever since commentator Bill Shonelli said Rip-city, all-right in 1970, the Trail Blazers seem to be cursed, with constant injuries to their main players."

"Roy, danger!!!"

"Aldridge, you are in the inside, run!"

"Aren't you thinking of a solution yet?"

"What do you think? Unless this team changes its name, it's doomed. I suggest we swap Thomas, and let the Thomas from the Rockets or Suns come to the Trail Blazers. Maybe it will be saved."

"Haha, I think even gods can't save us!"

curse?

immortal?

Jiang Ming smiled when he saw these comments.

What is the curse of the Ripped City?
It doesn't exist at all in my place!

Are you kidding? I’ve experienced the baptism of the Oriental Goddess at the foot of the Giant Python Peak, and it seems like just yesterday when I drank with Guan Dasheng after his bones were scraped. Is there any event more magical than these?

"Mr. Zhang Mingji is right. This Trail Blazers team is indeed suitable for me."

Thinking of this, Jiang Ming directly booked the fastest flight to Portland.

He likes this kind of challenging work, and only in such a place can he show his talents!

To be on the safe side, after buying the plane ticket, Jiang Ming went to the Trail Blazers forum to learn about their team medical team as quickly as possible to avoid being clueless during the interview.

Everyone who sees this wants to recruit the Suns' miracle doctor, because stars like Nash, Hill, and Stoudemire, who have been plagued by injuries, have experienced a second spring in their careers after joining the Suns.

The Trail Blazers' team doctor is the complete opposite. Since the team was founded in the last century, the medical level and rehabilitation environment have been complained about by every player who was traded to the Trail Blazers.

The most bizarre thing is that whenever a highly talented player joins the Trail Blazers, there is a high chance that he will be plagued by injuries.

The 70-71 season was the Trail Blazers' first season in the league.

After Trail Blazers guard Jim Barnett hit a long shot against the defending champion Lakers, the on-site commentator Bill Shonelli couldn't help but blurt out: Rip-city, all-right!
What commentator Bill would never have thought was that his casual remark would become the code name for this city for 42 years.

The Torn City has also become an unbreakable curse for the Rose Garden Arena.

People say that the Trail Blazers never lack talent, but the talent here never lacks injuries.

1974 years.

The Trail Blazers, who were founded five years ago, won the first No. 1 pick in team history.

Then they selected the best center in the team's history, the red giant - Bill Walton.

Under his leadership, the Trail Blazers made it to the finals in 1977 and won the championship gold cup, creating a record in team history that could never be matched.

However, Bill Walton, who had just led his team to the championship, sued the Trail Blazers' medical team. The first reason was that the team's medical team was too poor and misjudged his injury, causing him to play less than 30 games per season;
Second, the team forced him to play with the injury during his injury period, which eventually worsened the injury.

So he felt very sorry for meeting such a team of doctors, and his first season was affected by injuries.

In the following season, he suffered from knee and ankle injuries, and his condition declined rapidly.

Indeed, his career was not smooth sailing after winning the championship. Walton's physical condition was getting worse day by day. After staying in Portland for five years, he went to the Clippers and the Celtics.

The legendary center spent the peak four seasons of his career with the Trail Blazers, but because his injuries were not cured, his statistics declined significantly after the transfer, and he eventually retired after playing for 4 years.

Ten years later, the Trail Blazers missed Michael Jordan and used the second pick to select 10-foot-2 center Sam Bowie.

This draft pick was better than Jordan, so Jiang Ming has some impression of him but not much, after all, he was a player from the 80s.

Originally, the Trail Blazers thought they could rely on this No. 1 center to regain their glory days, but they didn't expect that after only one season with the Trail Blazers, he was plagued by injuries and was surrounded by endless fractures and surgeries early on.

After that, he suffered a series of minor injuries, which seriously affected his stats and appearances. He was expected to become a top center, but because of the Trail Blazers' treatment team problems, he became a substitute early on.

The scarred leg accompanied him throughout his career. After that, Bowie's name often appeared in articles mocking the Trail Blazers, and the Trail Blazers' medical team became a laughing stock, with the title of veterinarian.

This is not the end. In 1994, the team's new manager replaced the entire medical team in order to give the Trail Blazers a makeover.

It was in 94 that Jensen and Thomas Reese joined the Trail Blazers.

Both of them were the backbone of internal medicine and surgery in the American medical community at that time.

Jensen, in particular, is good at sports injuries and protection.

What’s strange is that the Trail Blazers immediately faced a wave of injuries after the two joined the team, but the management did not blame the two famous doctors who had just joined the team.

The current management thinks so too.

They believed that the team was seriously aging at the time, and the core players such as Drexler, Kersey, Buck and others were all old, and no matter how good the medical conditions were, they could not overcome the aging of the players.

Without giving it much thought, they have kept the original medical team until now.

In 2000, Jensen's position gradually stabilized and he had a firm foothold in the Trail Blazers. He was also the first to introduce advanced medical equipment. However, there were rumors that he himself did not know how to use it, and only asked his team doctor Robert to learn the latest technology. Then Robert won the title of NBA's best team doctor in 04 and was ridiculed by fans for a long time.

During this period, the Trail Blazers team doctor was criticized the most by fans for his treatment of Sabonis, the roof of the world.

When he entered the NBA in the 1995 season at the age of 31, he was still capable of fighting.

Fans believed that if he had met a good team, he could have played for a few more years, but the Trail Blazers seemed to be really not good enough, which made Sabonis' injuries worse, and he left the NBA after only 7 years.

But these have little impact on the work and team status of the two leading players of the Trail Blazers, because when Sabonis entered the NBA, he had serious injuries and was old. Neutral fans felt that playing for 7 years was already very good.

Last season, rising stars Roy and Aldridge were present in every game and developed very well.

But right now, Jensen and Thomas Reese's team is facing the biggest crisis in their chief careers.

While waiting for the flight, Jiang Ming read the posts about Oden disclosed by the media in detail and found that it was far from as simple as the official website said.

Oden, the No. 1 draft pick who had just joined the Trail Blazers, seemed to have swelling in his knee during the off-season training camp. Jensen didn't think it was a big deal at the time, so he simply drained the water and allowed him to continue training.

As a result, it was diagnosed that he had cartilage damage shortly after the start of the competition. That was the end of him.

The future star, who is only 19 years old, was injured at the start of the game. The blame lies with the team medical team.

The legend of the veterinarian began to circulate again.

Then in fact, the Trail Blazers' medical team had already decided last night to perform surgery on Oden's knee, ending his season and allowing him to recover from his injury before returning.

But obviously their level has caused the management to begin to question it. Trail Blazers general manager Larry Miller did not write that Oden was out for the season as Jensen submitted in the report, but instead wrote that his return date was uncertain.

He also issued a call on his personal Twitter homepage, calling on relevant experts from across the United States and the Trail Blazers team medical team to jointly diagnose Oden!!!
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