Injuries.

Remember how Penny Hardaway flies everywhere? Dishing out dimes and catching those Oops. T-mac ferocious 3 pointers just had every team in the league hate him except the Rockets. Do y'all still know how Grant Hill dunks like His Airness back in Pistons? Where are they now? What happen to them?

Okay, cut the crap, those 3 guys suffer from injuries which led them to their fall. Grant Hill still doing good in Suns, but T-mac and Penny just fall like a shooting star.

I'm not a professional baller, but I'm that kind of baller that play the game with passion and love. And, of course I get myself some injuries on the court.

My 1st ever injury on the blacktop is ankle sprain. It's quite a common thing as you can easily lose balance of your ankle. As the result, no more ballin' for weeks. Ankle spraining is quite troublesome as it affects your mobility. You can't walk like a normal guy and you have to rest until your ankle is completely heals. I can still remember before the day I enter University, I got my ankle sprain while ballin' with my homies and it's a tough period. I have to massage my ankle every night before bed to ensure the swelling goes off.

My knee, have some problems too. Back in secondary schools, I have problem in squatting. When I squat, I have difficulties in standing up again. I can't feel my left knee after standing up from a squat and i have stand with my right leg. This really makes me worry but when I went for gym and work on my calf muscles, my knees get to improve. I no more have pain in knees while standing up from a squat.

Fingers are the most important thing to a shooter and a ball handler. And my fingers, well, it's serious. First is the small finger which a ball hit it directly straight on it. The pain and the instant swelling really shocked me that time. I apply ointment and rub to make the swelling off but, it swells till now. My fourth finger too, face the same case and I went to a Chinese Sifu, and luckily, he saved my finger from swelling like the other. Although it's still a little bigger than the fourth finger on the left. My right thumb was sprained for four times. And I hurt it during its recovery period. Yesterday, I hurt it again. I really don't know this time when it gonna heal. I have practice in these few days and, I have to play with my injured thumb. I'm really afraid it might literally break.

Elbow. My worst nightmare. In my secondary school days, I got my elbow hurt by tripping on the floor and, I landed on it almost every time. The feelings of numb, pain, and burning sensation wasn't really a matter, what really matter is the fear of breaking my hand. I had a sick fall last week where I jump for a pump fake and that guy bang me while I'm in mid-air. I fell horizontally and landed on my elbow, again. But thank god, it's not broken, yet. That fall is sick and my elbow is still hurting now.

With a body of injuries, my friends call me Plastic Guy, because I'm the one who always got myself hurt during pick up games. But who cares? I just play for the love of the game. Haha. I should now take injuries seriously now as I don't wanna be like Penny Hardaway who ends his career at a young age. I still want to play the greatest game ever created, basketball.

Penny Hardaway reverse dunk.