Chapter 54: Take Action
After a while, everyone arrived at the clinic.
When he arrived, Dr. Carter had already done a detailed examination of Kevin Johnson. As soon as Colangelo arrived, he introduced, "Mr. Colangelo, Kevin has a dislocated shoulder. In my judgment, I am not capable enough to perform a manual reduction. A surgical open reduction is required to maximize the function of the joint."
“That’s terrible!” Colangelo sighed.
He knew Dr. Carter's personality. He would not advocate surgery if it could be avoided. There should be no other way now.
"I'm sorry, I haven't researched that much on the shoulder joint."
Dr. Carter added, "But I can contact a few orthopedic doctors I know remotely. Maybe they can help me with manual reduction."
"Brother, are you okay? I'm really sorry." Barkley walked up and shook Kevin Johnson's hand.
"Don't blame you, bro." Kevin Johnson shook his head.
Wang Tiejun took a look and found that there was no obvious swelling in the joints, so ice compresses were still effective. He asked, "Kevin, does it still hurt?"
"It won't hurt if you don't move." Kevin Johnson smiled.
"Why don't you let me try?" Wang Tiejun couldn't help but ask.
"Old K, are you kidding?" Colangelo asked in surprise.
"Of course not. I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I have seen a lot of dislocations. My master taught me how to reposition them. I have tried it myself and have also done it for others. Let me tell you, the most important thing for a joint dislocation is not repositioning it, but fixation after repositioning. Otherwise, it will dislocate again next time," said Wang Tiejun.
Dr. Carter was surprised and asked, "Old K, do you know how to reduce a dislocation?"
"Yeah, it's nothing special."
Wang Tiejun was not very familiar with Dr. Carter because during the time he had been with the Suns, no one on the team had suffered any serious injuries and Dr. Carter seldom appeared in the team. He had only seen him once or twice and had little contact with him.
"No big deal?"
Dr. Carter was speechless. He specialized in knee joint and cartilage injuries, as well as surgical operations. He had not done much research on shoulder joints or dislocation reduction. However, he knew that manual reduction was not an easy task, and he felt that Wang Tiejun was making it sound too light.
"Have you studied medicine?" he asked.
Lao Wang became a little annoyed. Isn't it just a dislocation reduction?
He suddenly stretched out his hands, grabbed Kevin Johnson's left upper arm with his left hand, pinched his left shoulder with his right hand, and immediately twisted and pushed before others could react.
"Ouch!"
There was a click, and Kevin Johnson covered his left shoulder with his right hand, with a look of pain on his face.
"Old K?"
Everyone exclaimed.
“…”
Dr. Carter was confused. It was the first time he saw such a reckless person.
"This is bad!" Colangelo was dumbfounded.
"Okay, Kevin, raise your hand and try it." Lao Wang shouted without changing his expression.
Kevin Johnson opened his mouth and felt a momentary pain in his left shoulder. When he heard Lao Wang asking him to raise his hand, he moved tentatively.
"Ha, it moves!" he shouted excitedly.
"Oh, it can really move?" Everyone was surprised.
"Raise it higher, above your head." said Lao Wang.
Kevin Johnson did as he was told and had no problems at all. He smiled excitedly and said, "Great, I don't have to have surgery."
"Old K, that's amazing, how did you do it?" Barkley said excitedly.
He was so happy that Kevin Johnson didn't need surgery and he had a chance of winning the championship.
"I said, it's nothing great. I'm just so amazing." Lao Wang said "modestly".
"This is really amazing," Dr. Carter murmured.
He was also a very good doctor, but Old K's performance really shocked him.
Colangelo beside him nodded happily and said to Dr. Carter, "Thomas, you have to check Kevin again."
Dr. Carter nodded and said, "Of course. Even though it has been reset, you still need to rest for at least half a month to ensure that the joint fully recovers."
"Brother, how can I thank you?" Kevin Johnson said happily to Wang Tiejun.
"Well, you can give me your car." Lao Wang rolled his eyes and said with a smile.
"Get lost, my car is worth more than $300,000." Kevin Johnson said unhappily.
"Then how do you thank me? You can't do it for free, right?" Lao Wang said "angrily".
"Haha..." everyone laughed.
"I'll give you a girl."
Kevin Johnson grinned and said, "I'll have my agent find you the most beautiful model who's willing to spend a night with you."
"That's a good idea, count me in," Barkley said with a smile.
"Count me in." Danny Ainge said with a smile.
"Kevin, have your agent tell the female models that Lao K is still a virgin. I believe they will be happy to spend the night with Lao K."
Dan Maarley also joined in the fun.
"You bastards, are you trying to get a share for me?" Lao Wang cursed with a smile.
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On this day, the team rested in the morning and trained in the afternoon. Wang Tiejun conducted systematic function card training at home in the morning.
It starts at 9 o'clock and ends at 11:30, with a half-hour break in between, for a total of two hours of training time.
In addition to local media, sports media in other parts of the United States finally gave him some space and published a photo of him holding a basketball hoop, which brought him some attention.
At this time, the media interviewed O'Neal.
"Shaq, according to media reports, Old K said you are the biggest wimp in the league..." The reporter informed Wang Tiejun of the content of the interview and added fuel to the fire.
O'Neal suddenly became excited and roared at the media interviewing him: "That damn perverted coolie, I will kill him, he actually dared to call me a softie, he actually dared to say that I have no willpower, he will regret it, I will definitely teach him a lesson, in Phoenix's home court, I will smash his backboard and confiscate his basket, the damn perverted coolie, he is only interested in other people's butts..."
"What level of center do you think Lao K is?" the reporter asked with a smile.
"If it's not up to par, what level can it be?" O'Neal said without hesitation.
At this time, at the NBA headquarters in New York, President Stern held a meeting.
He sat on the top chair, looked around at his subordinates and senior executives, and then said, "Gentlemen, the topic of today's meeting is how to purchase basketball stands, backboards, and baskets with better quality assurance."
At this point, he said a little annoyed: "I don't want to see those things being smashed again. It will make our alliance look like garbage."
Everyone looked at each other and nodded quickly.
Stern looked at everyone and nodded. "Okay, that's the first thing. Now let's discuss the second thing, which is zero tolerance for racial discrimination on the court."
"You've already said zero tolerance, what else is there ?" Many people were secretly complaining.
Stern said: "Ever since Chinese player Wang Tiejun entered the league and became a trainer for the Suns, the media and some players in our league have been using various racial discrimination against him, publicly calling him a Chinese coolie and a perverted coolie. These nicknames are wrong, and our league should oppose these attitudes. My suggestion is that if anyone in the league publicly calls him that again, they must be severely punished."
In order to promote NBA to the world, he went to China Central Television in 1989 and stayed outside the door for several hours despite his status as president.
And now, a Chinese player suddenly broke the league and became the main center of the Suns. This was a huge surprise for him.
Perhaps Wang Tiejun's experience did not meet his requirements. After all, he had been in prison and had typical violent tendencies. He was a substandard product. As far as he knew, the environment in China would not accept such a person. Wang Tiejun would not be of much help to him in expanding the Chinese market.
But this is a beginning. With Wang Tiejun's start, perhaps more Chinese players will enter the league in the future, and he will play a huge exemplary role.
However, for some reasons, this Chinese player is currently rejected by most people in the league.
Not to mention the media, he has no control over it. Now is the time for him to ask the media for help, but within the league, he cannot allow such things to happen openly and cannot let China feel that the NBA does not welcome them.
This is also the reason why he held a meeting today.
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