Saturday, 11 January 2014

NBA at it's lowest - The return part 2

Well well well, NBA had just begun and the 4 biggest star that everyone was waiting for the return have failed the public's expectation. Star point guard Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook and the legendary Kobe Byrant finally made their way back to the league for a fresh start but it turns out it was the only thing they started was The Return Part 2.

After Derrick Rose took the entire 2012- 2013 season off to recover from his ACL injury that occurred in March 2012, he was ready to show the world what the youngest MVP in the history is capable of. Rose was back on the first day of the pre-season and had a tremendous stat sheet. He lead the Chicago Bulls to number 1 standing in the eastern conference. His 2013-2014 career looked very promising. The regular season later started in November and Rose had marvelous scores... before he injured his knee once again! This time, Rose suffered from a tear in his meniscus in his right knee and has to under go a surgery. A day later his announcement of successful surgery, it was announced that Derrick Rose is out for the rest of the season. Yikes! 

As for Russell Westbrook who returned to the league in mid November, only missing a couple of games of the regular season, recorded his eighth triple-double on Dec 25. Two days after the Christmas game, Westbrook had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to be out through the All-Star Break. The legendary Kobe Bryant who suffered from torn Achilles in late 2013-14 season, returned to the league as well on Dec 8. After less than 2 weeks of participating in the regular season, Kobe Byrant suffered from  lateral tibial plateau fracture in his left knee and is expected to sit out through the All-Star break as well. 

With all these star returning and leaving, the fans could not help but worry for their team's future. Is Miami Heat going to dominate the championship title again? will anyone else have a chance with all these injured players? Even though NBA may be at it's lowest point right now, the fans never forgets to show love for their favorite players. In the second return of All-Star Ballot. Rose comes in 3rd in eastern conference back court, Russell Westbrook is 6th in Western conference back court and Bryant leads the number 1 spot in the Western back court as always. 

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