Sports Medicine Master System

Teams around the league, especially those playing the Suns on the road, were paying extremely close attention to Chen Yu’s whereabouts.

Upon learning that Chen Yu had returned to Phoenix, the Wolves, who were in town to challenge the Suns, arrived a day early. Then, head coach Philip Saunders brought two of his players to Chen Yu’s clinic.

"Chen, it’s not easy to get a meeting with you."

Philip Saunders started off with a joke.

Chen Yu didn’t let the annoying business with Ma Long affect his mood. He smiled, gave Sanders a hug, and said, "The game hasn’t even started. What brings you to me so soon?"

’Even if it’s for maintenance and physical therapy, you’d usually wait until after the game, right?’

Sanders waved to the two men behind him, and the two unlucky souls walked over.

One of them was on crutches.

"What can I do? Robert can’t fix them, so I had no choice but to ask for your help," Sanders said, frustrated.

Robert was the Wolves’ team doctor.

The two players immediately greeted Chen Yu.

Chen Yu looked at the two of them.

The one still standing was the handsome young man from Spain, Wally Szczerbiak.

As for the one on crutches, Chen Yu was no stranger to him. He had known him back when he was making a name for himself in Orlando.

The former Magic guard, Troy Hudson.

"Did you sprain it again?" Chen Yu asked, looking at his bandaged right foot, speechless.

He had sprained his right foot at the end of last season.

During the preseason at the start of this season, he sprained it again. Chen Yu hadn’t treated it that time. Judging from the X-rays in the injury report submitted by the Wolves, it was a fairly severe sprain, but there were no signs of a fracture.

The Wolves had chosen to treat it themselves.

’They can’t just run to me for every single ailment, can they?’

Chen Yu didn’t know what had happened afterward.

Now, Chen Yu was no longer the head of the player health management department. The league had found another orthopedic specialist to handle the daily review of medical reports, and only the uncertain cases were sent to Chen Yu.

But from the looks of it now, he had clearly sprained it again.

After all, almost two months had passed.

Troy Hudson gave a bitter smile and nodded. "That’s right. I sprained it again last week. It seems pretty serious this time."

Chen Yu’s gaze fell on his right foot, and he frowned slightly.

’It’s not that this time is serious; it’s that it never healed properly in the first place.’

’Otherwise, why would I be seeing loose calcifications in his ankle joint?’

"Come inside first."

Chen Yu sighed and ushered the group inside.

Soon, the procedures were completed.

Chen Yu didn’t waste any time. He got straight to the point with Sanders. "Troy needs surgery. It can be done arthroscopically, but at the absolute earliest, he won’t be able to return until after the All-Star Game, sometime in March."

Sanders let out a sigh, but his face didn’t show too much disappointment.

Last season, Troy Hudson had carried the team on his own.

But this season, the Wolves had traded for the "Alien," Sam Cassell.

Troy Hudson had already been pushed to the bench. If he had to be out, so be it.

"Next up is Wally."

Chen Yu glanced at the handsome young man and couldn’t help but smile. ’What a great kid—good-looking and a good player. The Wolves really got a steal when they drafted him.’

Seeing Chen Yu’s smile, Szczerbiak couldn’t help but shudder.

"He has plantar fasciitis. Since he’s already here, he might as well not leave. Have him stay in Phoenix," Chen Yu said directly.

The kid got injured last year—a dislocated little toe on his left foot that led to a fracture. He missed 30 games in one go. This current injury was clearly the result of an incomplete recovery, which affected how he could push off with his left foot.

So this season, he injured his left foot again. The inflammation spread, triggering the plantar fasciitis.

Szczerbiak shuddered again, and next to him, Sanders’ heart skipped a beat.

"How long?"

Sanders asked urgently.

Although the Wolves had brought in several heavy hitters this season and Szczerbiak had lost his starting spot, he was still an important rotation player for the team.

"Hard to say. It depends on his recovery. Plantar fasciitis is quite troublesome. But don’t worry, his season isn’t over." Once you get plantar fasciitis, it really needs to be treated properly.

Not only is it difficult to treat, but it’s also prone to recurrence and requires a long period of rehabilitation. Otherwise, even if you heal it now, it will quickly flare up again once the game schedule gets heavy.

This cycle of recurrence can ultimately deal a devastating blow to a professional athlete’s athletic capabilities.

The kid is still young. If it’s not treated thoroughly now, it will affect his entire career.

Sanders breathed a sigh of relief.

’As long as his season isn’t over, it’s fine.’

’They have the "Madman" Sprewell for the small forward position, after all.’

Chen Yu didn’t hesitate. He called a nurse to take the two players to handle their admission.

Sanders didn’t leave right away. He pulled Chen Yu aside and asked secretively, "Chen, are you guys planning to buy out Ma Long?"

Chen Yu was instantly on guard.

The media was in an uproar over Ma Long breaking Daniels’s ribs.

But Chen Yu had only just reached an agreement with Old Kolangelo yesterday. ’The media shouldn’t know about it yet, right?’

Sanders gave a sheepish smile and said, "Chen, he made such a huge mistake. I’m sure you guys won’t keep him."

If Ma Long had only harassed that female intern, the Suns might have protected him for the sake of their championship run.

After all, he only harassed her. He wanted to do something bad but didn’t succeed, so there were no tangible consequences.

But he assaulted a teammate and even broke his ribs. That’s just too vicious.

If the Suns continued to protect him, what would their rookies think?

Rookies are already expected to serve the veterans and get hazed by them. But this guy gets sent to the hospital for no reason, and Ma Long gets away with it? How could the rookies not be bothered by that?