Due to the league's suspension, Deng Fang and the Warriors got a lot of rest time.
This is very lucky for the defending champion!
It is very difficult to win three consecutive championships, and one of the most important reasons is the impact of injuries.
Even if you want to win a championship, you have to avoid injuries!
Small injuries are okay, but serious injuries are not!
Role players can have problems, but the main players can't!
Especially the leader of the family!
However, when entering the playoffs, the intensity of the game will become much greater, injuries are common, and the head of the family will be the focus of the opponent's care!
In this case, if you want to avoid injuries, you can only pray for luck!
So injuries are also part of the game!
Everyone wants an injury-free season, but that's impossible!
Although Deng Fang has systematic help, he can only try his best and cannot eliminate all injuries.
Ability values are limited, and priority must be ensured to be used by Warriors members. If used too much, it will easily lead to suspicion. Abuse will also cause the strength and history of each team to be different...
Therefore, except for the injured players of the Warriors, if players of other teams are injured and want to contact Deng Fang, they can only do so in the playoffs.
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The league's suspension has caused headaches for team owners and players, but Deng Fang doesn't care.
First of all, Deng Fang made enough money, which was enough for him to use for a long time.
Secondly, Deng Fang knew that the shutdown would not last long!
Team owners want to make money, and players even more want to make money playing games!
Although there are conflicts between these two parties, they are internal conflicts and they only share the spoils unevenly!
It’s a fight between billionaires and multi-millionaires!
The team owner can't stand it all the time, and the players can't stand it even more!
The team owner invested a lot of money into it!
Venues, staff salaries, these things all cost money, and they all cost a lot!
Therefore, team owners cannot afford a long layoff.
Players even more so!
Although player salaries are high, many NBA players spend whatever they earn, so many players go bankrupt after retiring!
Even very disciplined players can’t stand it!
For players, playing basketball is a life of youth. No matter how lucky you are, it only lasts for more than ten years, and some only last for a few years!
Those who can play for twenty years are all old fairies, and there are only a few in the entire history of the NBA!
Don’t fight when you can, and regret it when you can’t!
So this shutdown cannot last long!
This is also true in history.
So Deng Fang was not worried.
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The suspension of the league is a big deal, but Deng Fang still has something to do.
That is to find Yao Ming.
Yao Ming announced his retirement!
Why?
Retired due to injury!
Deng Fang wanted to cure Yao Ming's illness and then let him join the Warriors!
The Warriors roster now has 13 people, and there are still two spots left. If Yao Ming can be persuaded to join, that would be perfect!
The problem is that Yao Ming announced his retirement!
On July 20, Beijing time, at the Kerry Hotel in Pudong, Shanghai, Yao Ming personally announced the end of his sports career and official retirement at a press conference.
In early July, a Yahoo Sports reporter revealed that Yao Ming had decided to retire.
During the ten days, people who cared about Yao Ming had various speculations and concerns. When Yao Ming stood in front of everyone, all the questions had a clear answer with Yao Ming's words: Today I want to announce a personal announcement.
I have decided that as a basketball player, I will end my sports career and officially retire.
Yao Ming won the BA with the Shanghai team and reached the second round of the playoffs. It took 9 years? Yao Ming made his own sky in the NBA? Completed the entire process of advancement from player to star.
Yao Ming played 486 regular season games in his NBA career, scoring 9,247 points, 4,494 rebounds, 769 assists, 189 steals, and 920 blocks, with a career shooting percentage of 52.4%.
In the season that just ended, Yao Ming only played 5 games for the Rockets, averaging 10.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game.
On November 11, 2010, Yao Ming was injured and left the game after playing only 6 minutes in the Rockets' game against the Wizards. This became the last game of Yao Ming's NBA career.
Injuries are the most direct reason for Yao Ming's retirement.
Left foot injury is a lingering pain in Yao Ming's career, but is this injury not unique to the NBA? As early as 1997? Yao Ming, who was only 17 years old, suffered a fracture of his left ankle while participating in an invitational tournament.
At that time, Yao Ming did not choose surgery but conservative treatment.
Two years later, Yao Ming's left ankle was injured again, and this time the injury was in the same position? Unfortunately, it still didn't attract attention.
This also laid hidden dangers for Yao Ming's subsequent repeated injuries to his left foot.
After entering the NBA, Yao Ming underwent a total of 6 surgeries on his left foot. Three of them were performed between the 2005 offseason and the end of 2006. They were surgery to remove bone spurs from his left ankle and a fractured metatarsal bone in his left foot.
Surgery and surgery for a fractured tibia in the left leg.
These three surgeries caused Yao Ming to miss a lot of games. Fortunately, after each injury, Yao Ming was able to maintain his own level. These few years have also been Yao Ming's golden period.
Yao Ming's ankles are so prone to injuries mainly because of his weight gain.
Weight is a basis for inside players to dominate the inside. For example, O'Neal, despite having the power of the gods, chose to gain weight. O'Neal gained a lot of weight during the Lakers period than the young shark during the Magic period. The result is that his lethality is higher than that of the Magic.
The period was much larger, and Yao Ming was convinced by the examples of his predecessors and followed them.
Although gaining weight has brought very good effects to Yao Ming's lower body, Yao Ming has also lost the flexibility he had when he was young.
Gaining weight is a misunderstanding for players. Not everyone is suitable for gaining weight. Gaining weight brought unbearable weight to Yao Ming's ankles.
After Jeff Van Gundy took over the Rockets, he asked Yao Ming to gain weight to increase his inside dominance. This change indeed allowed Yao Ming to grow into the league's top inside line, and can even be said to be the number one center. However, the increased weight also affected Yao Ming's left foot.
It's a big burden.
Taking data as an example, in the first three years of his career, Yao Ming missed a total of 2 games. His average data per game was around "18+8". In the next three years, Yao Ming's data increased to "22+10", but
He missed a full 96 games - so there are pros and cons to gaining weight.
In the 2007-08 season, the Rockets hired Adelman as their new coach. Adelman was different from Van Gundy in that he used Yao Ming excessively.
During the Van Gundy era, Yao Ming's average playing time never exceeded 34.2 minutes per game. After Adelman took office, he increased Yao Ming's playing time to 37.2 minutes, which is fatal for a heavy center.
We also know what happened later. Yao Ming suffered a stress fracture in his left foot after the 10th game of his 22-game winning streak and missed all the remaining games. This was also Yao Ming's fourth surgery on his left foot.
Yao Ming's fifth left foot surgery came in the 2009 playoffs. It was also the first time in his career that Yao Ming broke through the first round of the playoffs. He even staged the "Return of the King" in the first game of the series. Unfortunately, he did not succeed in the end.
Can successfully cross the Lakers.
It is worth mentioning that Yao Ming suffered a fracture in his left ankle in the third game of the series. During the following offseason, he had been waiting for the fracture to heal. Later, he discovered that the fracture was getting worse and he had to undergo surgery. This
This resulted in him missing the entire 2009-10 season.
Yao Ming's sixth surgery was also a stress fracture in his left foot. This injury also became the main culprit for Yao Ming's eventual departure from the NBA.
In addition, Yao Ming also suffered certain injuries to his right knee and other parts.
Apart from weight gain, Dayao's heavy responsibility in the national team was also the trigger for his repeated injuries.
Since entering the national team, Yao Ming has been the number one player of the national team.
As long as it is a national team game, Yao Yao is almost required to attend.
For example, in 2006, Yao Ming suffered a tibial fracture in his right knee before the playoffs. However, just two months after the operation, Yao Ming played in the 2006 World Championships in Japan with the injury.
The same was true in 2008. Yao Ming suffered a stress fracture in his left foot in February and was expected to miss at least half a year. However, Yao Ming chose implant surgery just to catch up with the Beijing Olympics at home.
Yao Ming said this at the time: "If I can't play in the Olympics at home, it will be the biggest regret of my career."
In short, Yao Ming was overwhelmed by constant injuries and finally chose to retire.
Yao Ming once said that injuries not only hurt him physically, but also put a lot of mental pressure on him: "When you wake up every morning, you need to do more than two hours of rehabilitation, and then do other training.
It's really painful, and you have to worry about not getting injured. It might be fine once or twice, but being injured so many times will really make you lose confidence. In addition to worrying about not being able to perform at the same level as before, I'm also worried about my future life.
, I don’t want to spend the rest of my days in a wheelchair.”
Coach Li Qiuping said that based on Yao Ming's ability, he could still play for another 5-6 years, but injuries took away the possibility of Yao Ming reaching new heights.
Yao Ming was reluctant to give up, but he said it was time to close one door and open a new one.
Yao Ming's retirement is a great loss to Chinese basketball and Chinese basketball fans!
For Deng Fang, his basketball world started with Yao Ming!
Watching the Rockets game in the cafeteria is a fond memory of many people’s student days!
Why are there so many Rockets fans in China?
It's because of Yao Ming!
Yao Ming is not the first Chinese to enter the NBA, nor will he be the last, but so far, Yao Ming is the most successful, and it will be difficult to find a Chinese player as good as Yao Ming in the foreseeable future!
Deng Fang still remembers that morning when he turned on his computer and saw the news that Yao Ming was out for the season due to injury. At that time, Deng Fang's head suddenly went blank!
Is the season just like that?
At first, Deng Fang still harbored fantasies about whether Yao Ming's injury would heal and the king would return.
Who would have thought that Yao Ming would never return to the court again!
If Yao Ming retired so early due to injury, Deng Fang would really be unwilling to do so.
Now there is only one person who can make Yao Ming return to the court, and that is Deng Fang!
Deng Fang would not treat players from other teams during the regular season, so Deng Fang did not go to Yao Ming before.
Because Yao Ming still has a contract, he is still a Rockets player!
Now that Yao Ming has announced his retirement and is a free agent, he is no longer subject to these constraints!
The only question is whether Yao Ming has the desire to come back!
Deng Fang immediately returned to China and found Yao Ming.
After explaining his intention, Yao Ming was very surprised.
I have heard of Deng Fang’s famous name Yao Ming for a long time, and I also saw Deng Fang at the Rockets’ home court.
Yao Ming knew how powerful Deng Fang was and had approached Deng Fang before, hoping that Deng Fang would treat his illness.
However, Deng Fang rejected Yao Ming's request.
As long as you are not a Warriors player, you will not be treated during the regular season!
This is the principle!
Deng Fang refused, and Yao Ming had no choice.
Unable to completely cure his injuries, Yao Ming chose to retire.
Who would have thought that Deng Fang would come to our door now!
Yao Ming was a little confused.
Deng Fang did not tell Yao Ming the real reason. He just put forward a condition: the treatment is allowed and the money is not required, but Yao Ming must join the Warriors!
As long as he agrees to join the Warriors, Deng Fang can treat Yao Ming without charging a penny!
Yao Ming couldn't believe his ears!
Just such a simple request?
Joining the Warriors is what every player wants to do!
Can this be considered a requirement?
After confirming again, Yao Ming agreed to Deng Fang's request without hesitation.
Even if he doesn't play in the NBA anymore, as long as Deng Fang is willing to cure Yao Ming's illness, Yao Ming will agree to it no matter how much money he has!
Yao Ming is not short of money, what he is short of is health!
Agreeing to Deng Fang's request will not only completely cure his injuries, but also allow him to continue his dream and chase the championship. Who would not agree to this?
Staying in the Rockets is because of a relationship, going to the Warriors is the real pursuit of the championship!
For so many years, the Rockets boss has been known for being stingy. If you stay in the Rockets, you will basically have no chance of winning the championship!
As for the Warriors, it can be said that it is the closest place to the championship!
Yao Ming agreed to Deng Fang's request without any hesitation.
Deng Fang did not hesitate and immediately treated Yao Ming.
After a few minutes, Yao Ming's left foot returned to its original state!
In fact, Yao Ming's left foot has almost recovered.
After all, Yao Ming has been resting for almost a whole year!
Deng Fang just gave Yao Ming a rehabilitation physiotherapy session, which restored all parts of his body to their peak condition!
Now Yao Ming doesn’t have any injuries!
As a professional player, Yao Ming has a very keen sense.
Although the left foot was fine before, it was still a little different from the right foot.
Although I didn't have any major problems before, I still had a lot of minor problems.
Now Yao Ming knows that there is nothing wrong with his body!
I can continue to play in the NBA!
Not only can you play ball, but you can also win a championship!
Yao Ming was so excited that he hugged Deng Fang!
The rest was much simpler. Another press conference was held and Yao Ming announced his comeback!
There are also players who come back again after retirement. Jordan retired three times and came back twice!
As long as someone wants it, it's no problem to come back several times!
With Yao Ming's current state, there will definitely be a lot of teams vying for him!
But Yao Ming refused them all because he would only go to the Warriors!