Thomas Jr. is known to have a hip injury at the moment, and at the press conference he joined, the Cavaliers remained secretive about his injury.
"To be fair to Thomas Jr., we're not going to talk about anything about his hip injury." At the beginning of the press conference, Cavaliers general manager Altman said, "Again, we will not give him a specific comeback date, all in all, we don't want to rush this matter." ”
But a reporter in the middle of the press conference still broke his ring, he asked Thomas Jr., when did you feel the severity of the injury last season?
This embarrassed Thomas, who smiled when he heard the question, then shook his head, not thinking for a moment about how to answer.
Altman saved the field, saying: "To reiterate, this is not a press conference about his hip injury, so out of respect for him, we will stop this problem. He's an All-Star who averaged 29 points per game last season and is the leader of the team, so let's talk more about his performances rather than his hip injury. ”
There are rumors that Thomas will recover at the beginning of the new season, and there are views that his injury will cause him to miss most of the season. The truth is clear only to Knight and Thomas himself.
According to Cavaliers head coach Tyrone Lue, Thomas Jr. will miss the start of the new season, which means that Thomas Jr. will have more than a month to recover. Altman said that during this period, the Cavaliers will be controlled by Rose and Calderon.
Thomas Jr. said that now that he is receiving recovery treatment for his hip injury every day, "we have put in place a plan to get me back 100% as quickly as possible." ”
Next summer, Thomas Jr. will be a full free agent, and he's not worried about the hip injury affecting his market. "I'm not stressed." Thomas Jr. said, "I've been so obsessed with training that I don't have time to think about the pressure. When I come back, I will naturally play at the level, and then everything will have an answer. ”
At present, public information shows that Thomas Jr.'s injury is a tear in the buttocks and labia, in layman's terms, this injury will make the thigh bone (spherical) and acetabular (socket) can not be normally run-in, while the normal thigh bone socket is stable and can change positions in different directions.
It is worth mentioning that many players in the league have been plagued by this injury, and public opinion generally believes that after this injury, the sooner they choose surgery, the more conducive to recovery, and Thomas Jr. chose conservative treatment for the sake of large contract considerations.
According to US media statistics, not all players can fully recover after this operation (see attached table). Aldridge was lucky, in the 2004-05 season he was still a freshman, he had left hip repair surgery, in April 2012 he did a right hip repair surgery, after an offseason, he successfully made a comeback, is still a league first-line player, and some players after this surgery, the state is not as good as before, some even left the NBA field.
Injured players
Age of surgery
Postoperative conditions
Jonny Flynn
21 years old
Comeback after 4.5 months after surgery
Gerald Henderson
24 years old
Comeback 7.5 months after surgery
Wilson Chandler
Comeback 9 months after surgery
Aldridge
27 years old
Comeback 5 months after surgery
Jordan Hill
25 years old
Comeback 6 months after surgery
Comeback 4 months after surgery
28 years old
Comeback 10 months after surgery
Martel Webster
There was no comeback after surgery
McAvoy
Comeback 3 months after surgery
29 years old