433. Returned from suspension, rival Little Giant (6500 words added)

Van Horn's joining the Trail Blazers sparked heated discussions and also caused criticism from competitors.

Like Liu Xiu, others also feel that Van Horn is a perfect fit for the Trail Blazers, making the Trail Blazers' interior functions more comprehensive.

Moreover, even if you don't consider the comprehensive internal function, just signing Van Horn with a minimum salary has already made many opponents who want to strengthen the team jealous.

However, although it has aroused heated discussions and attracted people's envy, the fact that Van Horn joined the Trail Blazers itself, apart from the fact that he has a slightly withdrawn and cowardly character, is surprising that he dares to join the Trail Blazers, there are really not many people who choose this option.

I think it's wrong.

McDyess is having a second spring with the Trail Blazers, and Kwame Brown is starting to realize his talent with the Trail Blazers. These two things are very attractive to veteran insiders and young insiders who are frustrated.

And this is why Van Horn chose to meet with the Trail Blazers vice president even though the Trail Blazers had just been suspended for fighting.

In terms of playing style, Van Horn is the type of insider the Trail Blazers lack, and he can definitely bring immediate help to the Trail Blazers, whose current star player is suspended.

However, on March 2, after Van Horn underwent a physical examination and officially signed a contract to join the Trail Blazers, he did not immediately go to the away game to help the team that had just lost.

Yesterday, the night Van Horn officially announced that he was joining the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers lost to the Kings 93-102 in an away game.

Randolph scored 27 points, the Flying Squirrels scored 22 points, and Raheem performed well with 20 points, but Bibby scored 12 points and 10 assists, Peja scored 26 points, Kenny Thomas scored 24 points, and Brad-

Miller's 13 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists were still better.

In the game against the Kings, the Trail Blazers basically failed to show off their team offense.

Payton alone will collapse the starting back line. Derek Anderson can do everything, but his athletic ability is not enough. Fred Jones has enough athletic ability but a single skill. The Flying Squirrel has both, but at 178 centimeters.

height……

The players needed help, but after discussion with the coaching staff, management, and team medical staff, they decided to first help Van Horn reduce the impact of his ankle injury.

Liu Xiu was also called by the vice president and Thomas Carter to ask for his opinion.

He has talked with Thomas Carter about building the team's medical system, and he really appreciates Thomas Carter's theory of "no surgery if it can be done without surgery". To put it simply, if you do a good job in injury prevention and control, Xiao

His injuries and ailments were cured in time, but what Thomas Carter said was rather complicated at the time, and he didn't quite understand it.

Anyway, what he saw was that after Thomas Carter took over the team's medical staff, what he did was almost completely opposite to the original team's medical staff, and he felt that it was right.

So this time he supported Thomas Carter's suggestion.

After spending a long time with a group of teammates who are as thick-skinned as a city wall, Warden feels that Van Horn's joining is a breath of fresh air into their team.

Van Horn is only 29 years old. In theory, his style of play should be able to play for many years, but now he feels like he is dying... Anyway, he is a veteran who voluntarily gave up a large salary and joined with a minimum salary.

, let’s see how good Thomas Carter is, whether he can save Van Horn, and even Hill’s situation. Van Horn is still worth looking forward to.

Liu Xiu specifically asked Thomas Carter about the treatment plan designated for Van Horn, and heard about a treatment plan that will be very familiar to basketball fans in the future - platelet-rich plasma surgery, which is said to be surgery, but to put it simply, it is actually the extraction of injured blood.

The patient's own plasma is processed and injected into the designated location without using a knife.

Liu Xiu asked Thomas Carter's assistant to learn more about this technology. As early as 1987, a joint scientific research team from Germany and the United States had developed a complete treatment method, but hospitals in the United States and Germany were unwilling to use it.

Injured patients did not want to be guinea pigs. Finally, the Japanese sports world took the lead in using this technology. Three years later, in 1990, a baseball player from the Los Angeles Dodgers chose to use this technology to treat knee injuries. It was very

It was only after success that this technology was brought to the American sports world. The first time the NBA used this technology was in 1997.

The Trail Blazers are no strangers to being the first player in the NBA. Detlef Schrempf, one of the heroes of the Trail Blazers reaching the Western Conference Finals in 2000, played in the 1995-1996 and 1996-1997 seasons.

He suffered from ankle injuries for two years. At the age of 34, he considered whether to retire. As a German playing in the United States, a kinesiology expert recommended this technology to him. Compared with other NBA players, he was more interested in this technology.

Other NBA players are more receptive to technologies they haven't used before. If they try it, hey, they really have a second spring!

In the 1997-98 season, Schrempf seemed to be back at his peak, playing 78 games. In the shortened season of 1998-99, Schrempf was full attendance throughout the season and did not miss a game. By 1999, he was already 36 years old

He got a two-year contract with the Trail Blazers and started to challenge for the championship again... Unfortunately, he met the popular OK group.

Schrempf's successful case brought this technology to the NBA, but not so many people use it. Most people are more willing to accept conventional treatment plans. That is to say, Thomas Carter, who upholds the principle of "can't do it without surgery"

This type of surgery is highly recommended by surgeons who perform the surgery.

Of course, this technology is not a panacea, it is more about relieving injuries and assisting in treatment.

Based on Van Horn's injury, Thomas Carter formulated a 15-day injection treatment plan with a total of three injections. The purpose of this treatment was not to cure Van Horn's injury, but to reduce Van Horn's foot injury.

There is a risk of further deterioration, so the treatment period is not particularly long. With a 15-day treatment period plus a few days of preparation time, it is predicted that Van Horn will be able to play around March 20. Follow-up treatment will be carried out after the end of the season. If Van Horn is still alive by then

Stay with the Trail Blazers.

Taking advantage of being suspended, Liu Xiu had a deeper understanding of the situation of his team's medical team, and also had a better understanding of the specific situation of Van Horn, a new teammate. In normal times, like Fred Jones before

When he joined George Lynch, he didn't notice any of this.

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Time passed day by day, Liu Xiu lifted iron every day and carried out strength training tasks.

After training, he took the opportunity to ask Van Horn for advice on shooting.

During the treatment period, Van Horn did not get permission to train and could only practice shooting. However, teaching Liu Xiu some things did not require a large amount of training, and he got the approval of the team doctor.

In Liu Xiu's perception, Van Horn's style of play is weak and he shoots from the outside all day long. Indeed, his mid-range shooting percentage is actually higher than his short-range shooting percentage. His scoring at the basket ranks last among the starting power forwards of each team.

, as a power forward, his shooting percentage at the basket is only 60%, while Lewis has a shooting percentage of 65% at the basket.

But after learning from Van Horn several times, Liu Xiu discovered that the second overall pick in the 1997 class, Van Horn, who bravely grabbed 3 votes from Duncan in the Rookie of the Year voting that year, had very comprehensive skills!

I can't afford the Cardinal's evaluation of 'the most skilled basketball player in the world coming to the NBA' or 'the next big bird', but his skills in all aspects are actually very good. It only depends on his skill in many aspects.

The reason is that many skills are not performed well in NBA games, which is similar to the all-around teacher Derek Anderson.

Since Van Horn couldn't train, Liu Xiu couldn't activate the magician to quickly learn Van Horn's skills, so he just asked for advice on shooting. As a result, Van Horn was able to help him improve his training methods in many aspects!

This made Liu Xiu very excited and he proactively approached Van Horn to learn from him. Van Horn had nothing else to do and was happy to give Liu Xiu some advice.

At this time, Van Horn finally understood what McDyess meant...

There are really players who can learn it by just learning it!

The day before, Van Horn helped Liu Xiu point out several points that could be adjusted in training. By the next day, when Liu Xiu showed the training content, those points had already been adjusted!

Although Van Horn's performance in the NBA was unsatisfactory, as the second overall pick, he had a season where he averaged 20+ per game and played in the Finals. He was neither good nor bad.

But he is very confident in his talent for learning skills. He believes that he can learn skills faster than 99% of NBA players.

Compared with Liu Xiu...

If the place you are most proud of is overshadowed by others, everyone will have strong emotional fluctuations.

The key person, the warden, didn't seem to want to hit him. He had to ask the warden to show him the training content. He wanted to see if the warden had made good adjustments, and wanted to show the demeanor of a senior... This blow was still self-inflicted.

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Liu Xiu had something to learn every day, and he lived a prosperous life during his suspension.

Things are not going easy for the team.

On the 3rd, the Trail Blazers played the Nuggets away from home and lost 99-105. They lost two games in a row and their record dropped to 42 wins and 15 losses.

Anthony was not too happy about winning that day. None of his favorite opponents went to Denver...

On the 5th, in the last game of three consecutive games against the Magic, with Randolph scoring 26 points, Kwame Brown exploded with 9 of 10 shots and 21 points on 3 of 3 free throws. The Trail Blazers beat 102 to 97.

A narrow win over the Magic.

On the 7th and 8th, the returning Trail Blazers had back-to-back home games against the Clippers and Grizzlies. They first narrowly defeated the Clippers 104-99, and then lost to the Grizzlies 66-80.

When we narrowly defeated the Pistons, our teammates came up with the idea: It will be harder to play without Warden, but we can still win.

When the three consecutive games were over, the teammates all said: Warden, I miss you!

Now, the teammates have only one thought: Warden, your ****’s suspension is finally over!

Why are you beating Artest?

Next time you want to hit him and give him a look, let's go and hit him, but don't move!

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Anne Hathaway was taking care of the potted plants in the yard. The breeze blowing by was still a little chilly, but the warm and soft sunshine announced that spring had really come.

After arranging the potted plants in the yard as she likes, Anne Hathaway nodded with satisfaction.

Back at the house, the nanny went to the supermarket to buy groceries, while Jaylen and Anna were still sleeping... Anne Hathaway enjoyed this quiet and relaxing feeling, but she felt a little deserted.

Living with Liu Xiu's parents in the past few months, Anne Hathaway occasionally felt unhappy. It had nothing to do with her upbringing or likes and dislikes, but it was because young people lived with their elders. There were always some inconveniences, and even more

What's more, they are people from two different countries. She knows that when she is accommodating her parents-in-law, her parents-in-law are actually accommodating her, but no matter what, there will always be times when she is unhappy.

But on the 4th, after the two parents returned to China, Anne Hathaway enjoyed two days of excitement, being able to run up and down the stairs "dong dong dong", put the children to sleep at night, turn on the heater and watch without wearing anything.

There were days when you could have a TV and eat ice cream while the heater was on... but as time went by, it really felt quite deserted.

She came to the door of the innermost room on the first floor. This room was larger than the master bedroom upstairs. It was the largest room in the entire house. It was also one of the two rooms with the best sound insulation, the other being the indoor cinema.

She opened the door carefully, got in, closed it, and leaned against the door. This largest room was the gym.

In fact, there is no need to be so cautious. Liu Xiu, who is playing iron in the room, is now very involved. She opens and closes the door normally and enters without affecting Liu Xiu's training.
To be continued...