Chapter 1402 1401. Three New Recruits

To use an ancient Chinese saying to describe Kobe's current psychological activity - if you don't take revenge, you are not a gentleman.

On February 20, Kobe came to Atlanta from Las Vegas to join the team. In this city where the team where he suffered two final defeats is located, coupled with a series of events that happened the day before yesterday and yesterday, Kobe's anger is burning.

Yao Ming looked at Kobe, who was full of fighting spirit, and saw Gasol, Odom, Fisher, Wang Zhizhi, Barnes, Maurice Elvis, Radmanovich, Shammond Williams, Solomon Jones, Speedy Claxton... and other teammates. He had long forgotten the words "Houston will always be my home" when he left the Rockets.

Yao Ming felt that he was right to forcibly leave the Rockets regardless of his reputation. He was so happy here that he didn't want to rest...

After the Lakers arrived in Atlanta, they came to the visiting team training ground at the Phillips Arena. Tomorrow, which is the 21st, it is time for them to play against the Hawks for the second time this season.

Sweep!

This is the slogan of the Lakers when they came to Atlanta.

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On the other side of the home team training ground, looking at the three new players, Coach Kruger felt incredible.

Grant Hill, less than three weeks later, 18 or 19 days later, passed Thomas Carter's physical examination yesterday and can play in the game!

"Thomas, is this true? Grant can already play?" Price, the owner who just returned to Atlanta, asked in surprise.

The team doctor team led by Thomas Carter gave a specific recovery time of at least four weeks, and at most six weeks before Hill can play, and he has to undergo long-term restorative treatment and protective treatment. It's only been three weeks and he's already recovered.

"Coach, boss, I can guarantee with my reputation that Grant can already play as a main player." Thomas Carter looked very calm, with a "master" posture.

In fact, Thomas Carter was very excited. He had never expected that Grant Hill's recovery would be so good. He recovered more than a week faster than expected. To be honest, Thomas Carter thought that Grant Hill would need six weeks to recover to the current level through platelet-rich surgery and restorative physical therapy. Unexpectedly, it took less than three weeks!

Yesterday, Thomas Carter repeatedly checked Grant Hill several times and confirmed that Grant Hill had recovered to the point where he could play without restrictions.

In fact, since the 2004-05 season, Grant Hill can play in limited games, not back-to-back, and his playing time cannot exceed 30 minutes. The Magic has used him in this way for the past two seasons, and he has maintained a good attendance rate, at least compared with the previous four seasons, it is already very good.

In the past two years, Grant Hill's recovery has been good. What the Magic cannot deal with is Grant Hill's repeated injuries of ankle pain and muscle soreness, which are various sequelae of previous serious injuries.

Once Grant Hill is overly fatigued, these injuries are likely to worsen and he may be reimbursed again.

The Hawks just got Grant Hill, and they could have let him play directly. Grant Hill himself wanted to play immediately, but the coaching staff asked Thomas Carter to examine him for safety reasons. After getting the results, they communicated with Grant Hill and asked him to receive treatment.

These injuries obviously cannot be completely cured, but they can be relieved by restorative and protective treatments, so that he does not have to worry about being seriously injured again because of these sequelae.

If the treatment effect is as expected, some problems can also be avoided. For example, some games of the Hawks require Grant Hill to play for a long time, or even overtime. If it was Grant Hill in the Magic period, he would definitely not be able to play, but if the treatment effect is as expected, then there is no need to worry about his playing time.

Grant Hill was actually unwilling to undergo surgery at the time. The word surgery has become his nightmare.

But I heard that there was no need for surgery, and Thomas Carter has been very popular in the sports medicine community in recent years. The Hawks have almost no major injuries, which gave Grant Hill great confidence. Thomas Carter's medical philosophy is to avoid surgery as long as it can be avoided. This season, he helped O'Neal get rid of some long-term accumulated injuries. This played a very positive role in Grant Hill's heart, who always pays attention to medical news, and he finally accepted it.

But Grant Hill didn't expect that he would recover so quickly!

Is this a turn of events?

Although it was a little late, Grant Hill cried for a long time last night. Finally, he can play on the court like a normal player!

Now listening to Thomas Carter's reputation as a guarantee, Grant Hill wants to cry again. When he was in the Magic team before, whenever the team doctor and management discussed his injuries, the team doctor had a dead father expression and dared not make any promises, but this famous doctor dared to guarantee his reputation, and Grant Hill's confidence doubled!

Seeing Thomas Carter's response, Coach Kruger was very excited!

The addition of Grant Hill, Mark Jackson and Swift has significantly improved their bench lineup!

After Thomas Carter left and the three new players went to the training ground under the leadership of the boss to get to know their new teammates again, Coach Kruger excitedly said to Stockton: "John, we now have a 15-man roster. Do you think we can do that?"

"That?" Stockton was puzzled for a moment, and then he reacted immediately and was a little speechless.

How can a head coach think about rest all day long!

That's right... Coach Kruger now wants to do something that the Hawks have been criticized for in the past few years... rest!

But of course not now, playing against the Lakers, it is impossible for all three new players to get a chance to play.

After being excited for a while, Coach Kruger tried to adjust his mood and said: "John, we will discuss the rest later. Do you have any suggestions for tomorrow's game?"

After being speechless, Stockton also became serious and said: "We lost Tayshaun, and it is difficult to defend Kobe. The tactics we discussed before now need to make some changes with Grant. We must make good use of this."

Coach Kruger felt that Stockton was right. The tactics planned during the All-Star Weekend needed to be adjusted.

Before, I only thought that there were two new players in the inside line, but I didn’t expect that the strong players on the outside line could also play in the game!