The winged angels on the basketball court: the bright stars torn by injuries

In the basketball world, there are always some names that shine like a meteor, but they fade prematurely due to injuries. When we look through the NBA history album, those talented players who were ruined by injuries still make fans sigh - they could have touched the peak of the times, but passed by glory at the intersection of fate.

Brendan Roy: The Fall of the "Yellow Mamba" in Rose Garden

In Portland in 2006, Roy ignited the hope of the torn city like a glass of liquor. This draft night, underrated No. 6, was selected into the All-Star twice in three years with unsolvable mid-range jump shots and big heart performances. In the 2008-09 season, he averaged 22.6 points per game, and used 0.8 seconds to play the cold-blooded character of "Huang Mamba" in the playoffs against the Rockets.

But the joke of fate came unexpectedly. The repeated tear of the meniscus on the knee made this scorer who is good at changing directions lose his explosive power. In 2011, Roy, 27, wrote a retirement letter at the Players' Forum: "When I felt the pain in my shoelaces, I knew basketball was leaving me." The applause from the Rose Garden had not yet dissipated. The boy who had once fought with Kobe had exhausted his basketball life in the physiotherapy room.

Derek Rose: Withering and Rebirth of the Windy City Rose

At the Chicago United Center in 2011, 22-year-old Rose held up the MVP trophy and became the youngest regular season MVP in NBA history. He split the defense like a red lightning, and the breakthrough of changing direction and not slowing down made the audience in Madison Garden in New York stand up together. The "Rose Law" clause was born because of his birth, and the whole world is looking forward to the arrival of the next Jordan.

However, the crisp sound of the 2012 playoffs became a nightmare for all Bulls fans. Rose, who had a torn cruciate ligament on his left knee, fell on the floor, sweat mixed with tears soaking his jersey. In the following seven seasons, he experienced 10 knee surgeries, from a chasing boy who averaged 25 points per game to a substitute with a basic salary. When he scored 50 points against the Jazz in 2018, Ross cried so hard that he couldn't help himself - the soul who was repeatedly beaten by injuries and never gave up his obsession with basketball.

Greg Oden: The "Glass Man" curse for the No. 2007 draft, the Trail Blazers did not hesitate to win Oden with the No. 1 pick. This inside behemoth, known as the combination of "O'Neal + Duncan", scored 25 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks in a single game in college. His dominance made the scouts exclaim "the next league master."

But the gear of fate was misplaced from the beginning. Before the rookie season started, Oden was reimbursed for minimally invasive knee surgery; in 2009, he just averaged 11.1 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, and suffered a torn patellar tendon; in 2012, he made only 6 games back, and was reimbursed for seasonal reimbursement due to meniscus injury. In his seven-year NBA career, he only played 105 games, with averaging 8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. When Oden completed his last dunk in the CBA Jiangsu team in 2016, fans were shocked to realize that the genius who should have dominated the inside line had been gnawed by injuries and left with only an empty shell.

Other tyrants

-Grant Hill: He was the four All-Stars and two Best Team Teams. He was once the successor appointed by Jordan, but suffered an ankle fracture in 2000. He has been injured for seven consecutive years, and has been reduced from an all-around forward who flew to a floor player.

- Yao Ming: In the 2009 Western Conference Semi-Finals, Yao Ming, who suffered ankle injury, endured severe pain in the player channel and returned to the arena. That scene became the most tragic moment in NBA history. But the continuous stress fractures allowed him to end his career at the age of 30 and failed to prove himself on a higher stage.

- Tracy McGrady: The scoring champion who averaged 32.1 points per game at the peak, lost his explosive power due to lumbar disc herniation and knee injury. He went to many teams at the age of 32. The miracle of 35.13 seconds has become an eternal memory for fans.

When Roy caresses the scar on his knee at the retirement ceremony, when Ross bites his jersey on the bench and suppresses tears, and when Oden moves his footsteps awkwardly during the DPP trial, we suddenly understand: basketball is not only a story of passion and glory, but also an epic of fate and struggle. These geniuses who were hit by injuries, tell us with their careers that what is more precious than the championship is every moment when health stands on the court.

Perhaps one day, when medical advances can keep players away from the nightmare of "cruciate ligament tear", and when sports protection technology can extend career life, those unfinished basketball dreams will no longer end in such a regrettable way.