Injuries are a nightmare for all athletes, especially at the peak of their careers, and a serious injury is likely to ruin a great future. In basketball, there are countless players who have been ruined by injuries, and the 2007 NBA champion Oden is typical, if you give him a healthy body, you may be able to become a star player. In fact, in the Chinese basketball industry, there is no shortage of players who have ruined their career paths due to injuries, and next, Xiaobian will help you take stock.
1. Xu Yong
Born in a basketball family, Xu Yong was once the king of slam dunks in the CBA and received guidance from NBA star Bill Russell during his study in the United States. In the 2006/2007 season, Li Qiuping, then head coach of the Shanghai men's basketball team, promoted Xu Yong, who had returned from the United States, to the first team, allowing him to play alongside Cai Liang, Liu Wei and others. The young Xu Yong lived up to expectations, scoring 8 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on his debut, facing the Henan team, he even contributed a double-double data of 20 +10, at that time in the Shanghai team, Xu Yong was once used as a core to cultivate.
In his second season with the CBA, Xu Yong averaged 18.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game, such a brilliant performance attracted the attention of the national men's basketball head coach Yunas, and at the end of the season, Xu Yong was successfully selected for the Chinese men's basketball training list for the Beijing Olympic Games. Originally, everything was moving in a favorable direction, xu Yong could have become a rising star in the Chinese basketball world, however, just two months before the start of the Beijing Olympic Games, Xu Yong was diagnosed with malignant central osteosarcoma of the spine and had to go to the United States for surgery. Although Xu Yong, who returned after surgery, saved her life, she also had to end her short basketball career early.
2. Ding Jinhui
The strongest men's basketball team in history in 2008 actually has a 13th man, that is, Ding Jinhui, who lost the competition with Yi Jianlian before the Start of the Olympic Games and regrettably withdrew from the Olympic roster. Here's a little story, on the day of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Ding Jinhui drank with three national team teammates at a pub in Beijing, and they were all the subjects of the 12-man roster, when Ding Jinhui drank until late at night, borrowing wine to dispel his sorrows, which shows how eager he is for the Olympic Games. Four years later, at the 2012 London Olympics, Ding Jinhui was able to travel with the team to make up for the regrets of 2008.
Shortly after returning from London, Ding Jinhui was diagnosed with viral myocarditis, which can easily lead to heart failure or sudden death, and under the advice of doctors, Ding Jinhui had to end his basketball career early. I thought that returning from the Olympic journey would be the starting point of my own glory, but I did not expect to become the end of regret, and I chose to retire at the peak age of 27 years old, which is definitely the biggest regret in Ding Jinhui's life.
3. Zhang Bo
In May 2010, when the Chinese men's basketball team was training and preparing for the upcoming World Championships, Zhang Bo, who was supposed to appear in the national team station, was photographed by reporters dating the car model on the evening of May 9, after the matter was widely reported, the situation that Zhang Bo often went out to drink and did not return at night was also disclosed, and Deng Huade, who was the head coach of the national team at the time, was furious and expelled Zhang Bo from the national team. Zhang Bo, who returned to the club, had a bad time, and the Bayi team imposed penalties such as suspension and fines on him, requiring him to reflect on what he had done in the national team.
Many fans said that being expelled from the national team and being banned by Bayi was the key reason for Zhang Bo's retirement, but this was not the case. In his final season in the CBA, Zhang Bo was reimbursed for the season due to a shoulder injury, and it was this injury torture that made it difficult for him to return to the game, and in 2016, Zhang Bo announced his retirement when he was only 27 years old.
4. Chen Jianghua
Old fans will certainly not be unfamiliar with Chen Jianghua, the star of hope of the Guangdong men's basketball team, at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Chen Jianghua, who was only 19 years old, entered the national team roster, against the Dream Eight men's basketball team, he stepped over Kobe Bryant, scored on the basket, and became the highest moment of his career. It was only after the Beijing Olympics that Chen Jianghua's status declined rapidly, and he was laid off by the national team twice in 2009 and 2011.
The reason why Chen Jianghua did not meet the expectations of the outside world was injury. In 2007, he suffered a fracture of the tibia of his right ankle, another wrist fracture in 2008, and in 2010, Chen Jianghua suffered one of the worst injuries of his career, a fracture of the cruciate ligament in his right knee, which almost allowed him to directly announce his retirement. However, Chen Jianghua persevered, he followed the men's basketball team to the London Olympics, and then struggled for two seasons in the CBA, leaving the game in 2017.