As he lay on the court writhing in pain, Cleveland Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao didn't know that yet another season would soon be cut short.
After battling for a rebound against the Minnesota Timberwolves just two days before Christmas 2014, Varejao collapsed near the baseline. With him being unable to walk to the locker room under his own power, a capacity crowd of 20,562 fell silent at Quicken Loans Arena.
Not Andy. Not again.
Varejao has missed an average of 42 games the past five seasons, each time going down with a different injury. This time it was a torn Achilles that ended his year prematurely—a nasty tear that's been known to alter or end many a career.
With the talk this summer being the rehab and eventual return of Kyrie Irving (knee surgery), Kevin Love (shoulder surgery), Iman Shumpert (wrist) and Timofey Mozgov (knee) and the free-agent signings of Mo Williams and Richard Jefferson, many have forgotten about Varejao.
The good news? After months of healing, Varejao is back to full-go and has looked like his normal self during the preseason.
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