SHANE BATTIER

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January 9, 2009

Happy (American) New Year my friends! I hope that 2009 brings you health, happiness, and prosperity!

You may or may not have heard that I recently have been having a problem from my ankle that will require me to miss a few games. While I am not happy about missing games, I believe that this rest period will benefit me and my ankle in the long run and will help me to be healthy at the most important times.......the playoffs. I have been battling a sore ankle all summer from the recovery from my surgery. The original plan was to limit my minutes on the court when I returned to the court. Unfortunately, because of injuries to Tracy McGrady and Ron Artest as well as the number of games that were on the schedule in December, I probably exceeded my minute limits. I am not complaining about this, because I knew how important it was to win the games that we had to win in December. I was willing to sacrifice a week in January to win the games that we won in December.

I must miss a week because I received a cortisone shot in the area where I received surgery last summer. Cortisone is a high powered anti-inflammatory medicine that will make my swollen joint feel better by reducing the swelling. It will not correct the problem entirely, but it will help me feel better and give me a better chance to manage the pain. The problem with the cortisone shot is that I must sit out a week to let the medicine work. So I am missing the current road trip to recover.

I am confident that this will allow me to at least make it to the All-Star break, where the five days off will allow me to rest my ankle again. That is the positive news. After the All-Star break, I will rely on rest and adrenaline to get me through the rest of the season. I think I can do it.

Thank you for all of your well wishes. I am trying to get back on the court as fast as I can to help my team get better and get closer to our ultimate goal......the NBA Championship.

Here are a few pictures from December. My little man's first Christmas with my family, me in Washington DC at the Lincoln Monument and Zeke's first lesson on the guitar.

I hope you enjoy them!

Talk to you soon

Sb

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我的朋友们，大家新年好！希望2009年大家都能健康、幸福、赚钱！

你可能也听说了，我最近脚踝不太好，需要因此休战机场比赛。我相信休息这段时间从长远来说对我的伤情恢复会有帮助，我将为更重要的比赛，比如季后赛做好准备。去年夏天做了脚踝手术之后我就一直在与伤痛斗争，一开始我们的计划是限制我的出场时间。但不幸的是，因为罗恩-阿泰斯特和特雷西-麦克格雷迪的伤病，12月份我可能有点超负荷运转，我倒不是在抱怨，因为我知道12月份很多比赛赢球的关键性，我愿意在一月份牺牲1个星期，如果能帮助球队在12月多赢几场球。

我必须休息一个星期，因为我在去年夏天做手术的位置打了一阵可的松，这是一种高强度的消炎药，能让我的脚踝减轻肿胀和疼痛，虽然不能做到药到病除，但是至少能让我感觉好一点。用这个药的问题在于，我必须静养一个星期让药物作用，所以我错过了球队正在进行的客场之旅。

全明星就快到了，那五天的休息时间对我来说也很宝贵，我能让我的脚踝再获得一些喘息的时间。全明星之后，我可能就能靠意志力和肾上腺素来支撑剩余赛季了，我相信我能做到！

谢谢所有给我祝福的人们，我会尽快回到球场，帮助球队实现夺取总冠军的最终目标！

最后送两张照片，我的小儿子的第一个圣诞节！我带他去华盛顿特区的林肯纪念碑了，Zeke还上了他的第一节吉它课，希望你们喜欢！

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