Rebirth in the ashes! Jeff Green almost retired in 2011 Now he is 38 years old and still fighting for the championship

US media Clutchpoints published an article talking about Rockets veteran Jeff Green, who almost retired due to heart problems in 2011. He was reborn from the ashes after two surgeries. He has been fighting until now and is about to start his 18th season of his career.

In 2011, Jeff Green just signed the biggest contract of his career. But the week that should have been full of joy turned into a nightmare.

Players must undergo a physical examination before each season begins. Green is about to enter his fifth season of his career and is tested as usual. However, instead of receiving the usual permission, he received a news that he had never thought possible. His heart suffered from aortic aneurysm, which not only endangers his basketball career, but also threatens his life.

Doctors said Green could no longer play, and if he insisted on playing, he would put himself in extreme danger. The Celtics revoked his contract, but losing $9 million was the least thing Green cared about, and he was still in shock from the diagnosis, after all, showing no symptoms, missing only 13 of his first 328 games in his career, and at the age of 25.

Green chose to undergo surgery and paid almost the price of his life. In an interview, Green revealed that he had to undergo two surgeries due to internal bleeding. “What I was told was that after the first surgery, I had to do it again because I had internal bleeding,” Green said. “It was something that many people didn’t know.”

For some, just being able to survive the surgery is enough to be grateful, but Green knew that he had more to contribute to the sport he had been in since childhood.

And it was the sport that almost cost him his life, and just one year later, Green was back, and the Celtics chose to sign him again for a four-year, $36 million contract, and he played 81 games that season. Now, he is the NBA champion, with a total career income of more than $100 million and is about to usher in his 18th season. From losing almost everything to winning everything back, Jeff Green is the living spokesperson for the "second chance".

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