1. Never The Same Some NBA Players who had the surgery but were not the same players after
2. Tracy McGrady Surgery Feb. 2009 Active with Detroit Pistons Career Point Average- 20.4 Has not averaged over 9 points in a season since surgery Picture from http://www.nba.com/playerfile/tracy_mcgrady/career_stats.html
3. Anfernee Hardaway Surgery 2000 Career point average 15.2 no longer active Did not average above 10 points post surgery Picture from http://www.myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=Hardaway_winhs_US_08_ul
4. Chris Webber Surgery 2003 No longer active Did not play in a full season since surgery Retired at 34 citing loss of lateral movement from surgery Photo by http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/players/1272/
5. Allan Houston Surgery in 2003 No longer active Forced to retire in 2005 from failed surgeries for his knee injury problems Retired at 34 Photo by http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/349/allan-houston
6. Greg Oden Surgery 2007 right knee and 2010 left knee 1st Overall pick in 2007 draft Has not played in a full season since drafted and missed two full seasons Photo byhttp://www.nba.com/playerfile/greg_oden/