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　　芝加哥联合中心，麦迪坐在板凳席上，因为刚刚做完膝盖微创手术，旁边放着他必需的拐杖。一个朋友问了一个简单的问题。

　　“他报废了吗？”

　　当然，他知道麦迪这个赛季已经报废了，我也知道那并不是他想问的。

　　我便和他絮叨起麦迪特殊的情况和手术的详情。麦迪的损伤是在他左膝盖骨下方的一块非承重骨上，医生没必要使太多的血液和骨髓流出以修复软骨，而这是特别能决定一个球员在微创手术后需要多久才能恢复的。麦迪的韧带和其他的软骨都情况良好，医生的术后预测也比发生在很多精英球员身上的微创手术情况要好得多。

　　我这样继续讲了几分钟，我这个在麦迪没出生前就开始非常关注NBA的朋友一直认真地听着，没有打断我的话，显露出真诚的想了解详情的兴趣。之后，他问了一个更难的问题。

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　　“他报废了吗？”

　　我知道他的意思。在这个问题上，我所能做的也只有猜测。我不喜欢猜测，我喜欢已知。然而在这个问题上，没人知道。

　　这是一个直截了当的问题。他不想知道麦迪是否能再次身披战袍重返赛场，他想知道麦迪是否能再次成为T-Mac。

　　我最好的猜测是麦迪将能重回赛场，但他那些整个赛季都在得分榜引领全联盟的日子，在和小牛的季后赛首轮中骑在布拉德利头顶暴扣的日子，作为那个极具天赋的球员的日子，结束了。

　　微创手术能减轻伤痛，它创造出的新的软骨不会让骨头和骨头直接摩擦。它却不能最终让一个球员重回巅峰。

　　麦迪手术后所做的陈述看起来是痴心妄想。

　　麦迪在他的个人网站上写道：“现在，我个人所关注的是盼望着我能以100%的状态重返球场，并仍能成为那个人们所知的我。”

　　他没有同意接受我的采访，所以很难知道他脑子里希望的是成为以前的哪个他。

　　听起来好像他是想成为那个威力最大的，或者说至少接近那个水平的他。

　　是否那是一个太高的期望了，我觉得是，麦迪应该仍能成为一个高效的球员。再一次声明，直到他再次出现在球场上，没有人真正知道答案，但如果麦迪不再受伤痛困扰，他对比赛的感觉和他的技术应该仍是足够用的，即使他不能再成为曾经那个让人顶礼膜拜的球员。

　　然后再说一次，我也曾认为他的潜能在这个赛季依然会大放异彩，我错了。那种麦迪不能或将不会带伤打球的看法是不正确的。他本赛季上场时一直是带伤作战，他职业生涯一直都身负背伤。

　　然而这个赛季他带伤作战没能打得很好。他每次休养归来后应该有所改进，他不能征服篮筐和打出出色的数据，但他应该能打出好状态打出效率。还有，某一特定的动作会让他的膝盖剧烈疼痛，会让他变慢而犹豫，特别在防守上他没有能力控制自己的活动以求保护自己避免疼痛。这让他不愿意或着说不能去防守，最终让其成为一个累赘。

　　没有麦迪，火箭是一个更好的球队。如果火箭能够拥有一个健康的、能量充沛并发挥稳定的麦迪，他们将不会比那样的球队更好。

　　一个更难的问题是，无论下赛季麦迪何时回来，当他回来的时候，火箭是否会变成一支更好的球队。那让我们回到我朋友的问题上吧。

　　“他报废了吗？”

　　我认为没有。我觉得他将不会重回巅峰，但我相信他会比这个赛季更好。他看起来将不会像小斯当年微创手术那样被摆布。即便手术过后，他仍是一个年轻的球员，还能做很多事情令常人难及。他将不会像阿兰-休斯敦和特雷尔-布兰顿那样手术后无法重返赛场。克里斯-韦伯和“便士”哈达威就曾成功归来只是再也没能打出他们的最佳水平。麦迪将可能是那样的某种情况。

　　依麦迪的例子，他可能会比那些人复出后更活跃，但无论如何，我对那个短问题给出的长答案是他不会报废。他同火箭的合同只剩下最后一年，可能将要花费大量的时间设法在球场上找回状态。

　　当他恢复的时候，他将可能是一个比他做手术时更好的球员，即使他从未发挥出最好状态，他仍是一个好球员。（搜狐体育 风华）

　　By Jonathan Feigen

　　As Tracy McGrady took a seat in Chicago’s United Center, placing the crutch he needs since his microfracture surgery carefully at his side, a friend asked a simple question.

　　“Is he done?”

　　He knew, of course, that McGrady was done for the season, and I knew that was not what he was asking.

　　I went on about the details of McGrady’s particular condition and procedure. The lesion on the bone beneath his left kneecap was on a non weight-bearing bone. The surgeon did not have to drain too much blood and bone marrow fluid to replace cartilage, which typically determines how much time a player will need to recover from microfracture surgery. His ligaments and other cartilage were in good shape. The prognosis was much better than for many microfracture patients who also happen to be elite athletes.

　　I went on this way for a few minutes. My friend, who has been closely following the NBA since before McGrady was born, listened without interruption, pretending to be genuinely interested in the details. Then he asked a tougher question.

　　“Is he done?”

　　I knew what he meant. At that point, all I could do is guess. I don’t like to guess. I’d prefer to know. On this, however, no one does.

　　It is a fair question. He didn’t want to know if McGrady would ever again get sweaty in a NBA uniform. He wanted to know if McGrady would ever again be T-Mac.

　　My best guess is that he will be back, but his days as the guy that led the NBA in scoring in consecutive seasons, who flew over Shawn Bradley in that Dallas series, who was such a spectacularly-gifted athlete are over.

　　Microfracture surgery can alleviate pain. It creates new cartilage so that bone does not rub up against bone. It does not send a player back in time.

　　McGrady’s statement following the surgery seemed to be wishful thinking.

　　“My personal focus now,” McGrady said on his website, “is to look forward and dedicate myself 100 percent to returning to the court and returning to be the player I was and know that I still am.”

　　He has not consented to an interview, so it is difficult know just what he had in mind by hoping to be the player he was.

　　It sounded as if he wanted to be the player he was at the height of his powers, or at least something close to that.

　　If that is too much to expect, and I suspect that it is, McGrady could still be a very effective player. Again, no one really knows until he is out on the floor, but if McGrady can be pain free, his feel for the game and his skills should be enough, even if he cannot be the sensational athlete that he was.

　　Then again, I thought that about his potential to be effective this season, too. I was wrong. The notion that McGrady cannot or will not play through pain is not accurate. He played through pain whenever he played this season and has throughout his career when he dealt with his back problems.

　　This season, however, he did not play well with pain. He would improve upon his return from each time away from the court. He would not bend rims and put up huge numbers, but he would look good and he would be effective. Then certain movements would send shots of pain through his knee and he became slow and tentative, especially defensively when he does not have the power for control his movements to protect himself from pain. That left him unwilling or unable to defend and eventually made him a liability.

　　The Rockets are a better team without him. They are not going to be a better team than they could have been if he was healthy and able to play with energy and consistency.

　　The tougher question is whether they will be a better team when he returns, whenever that happens, next season. That returns us to my friend’s question.

　　“Is he done?”

　　I don’t think so. I don’t think he will be what he was at his best, but I think he will be much more than he was this season, either. He likely won’t be the sport of microfracture patient Amar’e Stoudemire has been. He is a young player that even after the procedure can do things athletically few can match. Neither will he be the Allan Houston or Terrell Brandon types who never make it back. Chris Webber and Penny Hardaway came back and never were what they were at their best. McGrady will likely be some version of that.

　　In his case, he might be spryer than they were when they returned, but either way, my long answer to a short question was that he is not done. He has one season left on his contract with the Rockets. He will likely spend the bulk of it just trying to get back on the floor.

　　When he does, he will likely be a better player than he was when he left, even if he is never the player he was at his best.