Natural disasters or man-made disasters Let s take a look at the sad and awful history of penny Hardawaya s injuries

Injuries are a label that Penny Hardaway cannot get rid of throughout his entire career. In the first three seasons of his career, Hardaway attended two seasons, and in total, Hardaway missed only 5 games in 246 games. However, since his fourth year, injuries frequently came to the goal. In the impression of fans, Hardaway was seriously injured and was reimbursed every season. In just a few seasons, Hardaway, who has become a star in the league, became a popular player.

In the NBA, any serious injury actually brings human disasters, and Hardaway's man-made disasters are the two words "winning" mentioned by Fireworks in the first chapter of the Hardaway series.

1996-1997 season, in the fourth game, the start of the game against the Charlotte Hornets, Hardaway felt a little pain in his left knee, but the team doctor checked and said it was no problem, but it was just a psychological factor. As a result, Hardaway performed very well in that game, with only 4 of 13 shots and scored 14 points. After the game, Hardaway still felt something was wrong. After detailed examination, it was found that it was a soft tissue contusion on the left knee, which required surgery. It is expected to be one month off the season.

Without Hardaway, the Magic's strength has dropped sharply. After 4 wins and 3 wins at the start of the game, there were only 13 wins and 5 wins. Since being defeated by the Nets on February 11, 1997, he has knelt for three more games. At this time, Vice President and General Manager Gabriel could not sit still. This summer, his fancy operations caused the team to lose O'Neal, but Gabriel firmly could not admit that letting O'Neal go was a mistake. The way to prove it was to win. For this reason, he kept urging Hardaway to come back early.

On February 19, 1997, Hardaway returned early and played with injuries after only 20 days of rest. In that game, against the Portland Trail Blazers, Hardaway scored 21 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds on 9 of 17 shots, leading the team to win, and ended the momentum of losing streak. However, at the last moment of the fourth quarter, he left the game again due to an injury to his left knee. After the game, the inflammation in his left knee did not subside due to a good rest, and the fluid was not absorbed by the body. For this reason, Hardaway had to take a standstill for another month due to a water accumulation.

Throughout the season, Hardaway was troubled by a left knee injury, and played only 59 games, averaged 20+5+5 per game and was selected into the third team, and brought the Magic to the playoffs. In the first round, he fought against the Heat, with a three-game two-win game. As soon as the Magic came up, he knelt two games in a row. Hardaway scored 42 points in the third game, led the team to win one game, retaining hope of promotion, and scored 41 points in the fourth game to tie the score! This is the only player in the coaching career of Heat head coach Riley who can hit 40+ back to back in the playoffs against himself. Yes, Michael Jordan has never done it.

Life and Death Battle Riley ordered the players to double-team Hardaway at any time. Even if he didn't get the ball, facing such defensive intensity, Hardaway still scored 33 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, but the Magic Heat defeated and missed the promotion. In this round of the series, Hardaway averaged 31+6+4 per game, and his performance was impeccable!

But this is the last peak left by the 25-year-old Hardaway to the NBA. After playing a few games at the start of the 1997-1998 season, Hardaway still felt pain in his left knee, and it had seriously affected his competitive state. He played seven consecutive games and scored less than 20 points. He asked the management to arrange a team doctor to conduct a detailed examination of his left knee, and what he got was a very ridiculous answer - all this was just the psychological influence of Hardaway, and his left knee was not a problem.

After retiring, Hardaway once recalled this memory. He said that the medical conditions at that time were far less developed than they are now. The team doctor just asked himself a few simple questions, such as whether you heard the sound of a slap when exercising your knees. Hardaway said no, and the team doctor said, "That's OK, no problem."

all sound a bit absurd and incredible now, but at that time, that was it.

13 games in the season, challenging the Grizzlies away. Hardaway felt that the pain from his knee was unbearable. He firmly believed that it was definitely not his psychological reason. So under his strong request, Hardaway flew to Houston and found a person with the most advanced orthopedic surgery at that time. This investigation scared everyone and let out a cold sweat - a second-level meniscus tear on his left knee!

This serious injury was undoubtedly a seasonal reimbursement level serious injury. Even now, it will take at least three months to come back. However, the Magic Management learned that a new therapy called "Knee Minimally Invasive Surgery" has been developed. After athletes undergo minimally invasive knee surgery, it only takes two months to recover. The Magic of that year was still paying for the O'Neal's departure incident. The record pressure was very high. In order to get Hardaway back to the court as soon as possible, the Magic arranged for Hardaway to undergo minimally invasive knee surgery.

Hardaway was the first player in NBA history to undergo minimally invasive knee surgery. Obviously, this therapy was not mature at that time, especially in the postoperative recovery stage, there was no precedent for knee medication, recovery time, postoperative conditioning, etc. There was no systematic and scientific analysis of the destructiveness of the body and the decline in athletic ability. The so-called two-month recovery, in the present opinion, was just a gimmick to promote this new therapy. On December 5, Hardaway underwent minimally invasive knee surgery and was expected to be on hold for two months. During this period, the Magic's continuous kneeling battles were held. The time was January. This period was a critical period for whether the Magic, with 20 wins and 24 losses, could enter the playoffs, and the Magic management began to urge Hardaway to make a comeback.

On January 28, 1998, Hardaway had only been on the court for less than two months, and he rushed to play the Rockets. In that game, Hardaway performed very poorly. He played on the bench and scored 11 points in 18 shots in 31 minutes. In the interview after the game, Hardaway said that he only felt that his left leg was no longer part of his body..

When Hardaway started his 2001-2002 season, the Suns had changed. The person standing next to Hardaway was no longer Jason Kidd, but Stephen Marbury, nicknamed "Lone Wolf", not only did Hardaway's role in offensive end was reduced, but he couldn't even touch the ball. He averaged only 12 points per game. The team did not enter the playoffs during the season. After the end of the season, Hardaway flew to Houston again and underwent a repair surgery to cartilage on his left knee, which was the sixth major operation he suffered on his left knee. In the 2002-2003 season, the team's boss was still Marbury, but he was no longer allowed to dominate the ball. Sean Marion has grown up and averaged nearly 21+10 per game. In addition, the team has also added two talented young men - Amare Stoudemire and Joe Johnson.

Hardaway has played 54 games this season, averaging only 10.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. His offensive role has been further compressed, but he is allowed to hold the ball to organize and support. This is what Hardaway is good at. After the Suns sorted out the normal and reasonable style of play, they won 44 games that season and entered the playoffs as eighth in the West, but were eliminated by the Spurs in the first round. Hardaway averaged 13+6+4 per game, and performed very well. After the season ended, this was the first summer in four years when Hardaway did not need surgery.

There is nothing to say about the subsequent career. In the mid-2003-2004 season, the Suns traded to the Knicks. Hardaway tried to transform into a space shooter and once shot a 38.0% three-point shooting percentage. On February 23, 2006, the Knicks used Ariza and Hardaway to trade Steve Francis of the Magic, and Hardaway returned to Orlando's place where the dream began.

In Orlando, he started his career. In Orlando, he entered the Best Team twice in a row and entered the All-Star for four consecutive years. In Orlando, he became the top card in the league, the idol of countless boys and girls, and the only "Jordan heir" recognized by Jordan. It was also in Orlando that he began to suffer from injuries and his career took a sharp turn.

Penny Hardaway, after retirement, focused on this passage, and said that he was moving, his eyes were even wet. He said that he had dedicated everything to the city and that he deserved to be recognized and respected by Orlando fans. He fantasized that when he appeared at the new energy home court in Orlando, the DJ on the scene dragged the long tail sound and read out Anfenny Hardaway exaggeratedly and noisy. Then the audience stood up and applauded, shouted, and sent blessings to himself. He thought this was the most beautiful scene in his career, but unfortunately, the Magic did not miss the old love at all. He did not let a fight in a game, and he was directly cut off two days later.

This incident had a huge blow to Hardaway, who was thoughtful, introverted and rich in emotions, and directly had the idea of ​​retirement. He did not play in the entire 2006-2007 season, but he played 16 games with the Heat in the 2007-2008 season, and then announced his official retirement.

In fact, if you look closely at Penny Hardaway's career, he played well for three years. In the following 11 years, he spent all his time on his hands and on the operating table. The injury ruined this talented young man, but then again, any injury brings the elements of man-made disasters, and the same is true for Hardaway.

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