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Jeff Green, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, had heart surgery in 2011.
Cleveland forward Jeff Green has come a long way since 2011.
Green, then 25 and in the prime of his career in Boston, was preparing to sign a one-year, $9 million contract with the Celtics.
But during a routine physical prior to the contract being finalized, a doctor found an issue with his heart – an aortic aneurysm.
Suddenly everything changed.
Green underwent open-heart surgery in January 2012 and missed the rest of the 2011-2012 season while recovering and rehabbing.
Now, six years after the life-saving surgery, Green is a key player for the Cavaliers as they attempt to win the NBA Championship against the Golden State Warriors.
"I mean, I almost lost it all, and now to sit here in front of you guys, to talk about the NBA Finals and playing in it, I mean, I've been truly blessed to be able to step foot on this court, to play this game," Green told reporters at a press conference two days before Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
Here's what you need to know about Jeff Green's heart surgery:.
Most People With Aortic Aneurysms Only Find Out They Have One When the Aorta Ruptures, Which Is Usually Fatal.
The one-year contract Jeff Green with the Boston Celtics in December 2011 was voided.
But that failed deal saved his life.
Most people who have aortic aneurysms, like doctors found Green had, only find out when the aorta ruptures, which is typically fatal.
The aortic aneurysm is described as a bulge in the critical vessel.
"An aortic aneurysm is a condition where the abdominal aorta, which is the largest blood vessel in the body, has a dilation, meaning the wall of the blood vessel thins and then balloons out," Dr.
Michael Kaplan told ESPN.
"It's more typical in older individuals with some sort of blood vessel disease, but we see it occasionally with people as young as Jeff, usually from other conditions.".
Kaplan told ESPN the condition could be congenital, or the result of another disease process such as Marfan syndrome.
Green told the NBA Players' Association what it was like to learn he had a heart problem:.
I remember everything about what happened.
I went up to Boston on Dec.
9, I did the physical and then I went through two days of doctors examining the images from the stress test.
And then on Dec.
11 or 12, that's when the doctors told me that I needed the surgery.
I'll never forget—my best friend, Willie Jennings, was at every doctor's appointment with me.
And when I got the news, it was just a shock.
Once I found out I did have the aortic root aneurysm and played with it for several years, I definitely thought, Damn, what if something happened at that time? While I had been playing well in my first few years in the NBA, I definitely had my ups and downs—body fatigue, body shock.
You could ask the Boston head strength and conditioning coach, Bryan Doo.
During the 2010-11 season, I definitely had to take a couple of weeks off from doing any lifting or extra work on the court because my body was at a point where it was at shock.
I was in major fatigue during the season.
My first question to the doctors when I heard the news was, "Will I ever be able to play again?" And they said that I had to have the surgery to play again, and I said, "If I don't get it, what could happen?" I could play with it like I had done for the last couple of years, and nothing could happen, or I could play with it and possibly die on the court, like Reggie Lewis who played in Boston.
Or I could die in any strenuous activity.
The tissue could rupture and that could be it.
So it was no question that I definitely had to get the surgery.
Green's Heart Was Stopped for at Least an Hour During Life-Saving Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic & He Says the City Is Where He Was Given a 'New Life'.
Jeff Green had his surgery at the Cleveland Clinic on January 9, 2012.
One of the top heart surgeons in the world, Dr.
Lars Svensson, performed his surgery.
"Fortunately we operated on him before that (tear) happened," Svensson told WOIO-TV in February.
"When that does happen, saving patients is really difficult.".
During the procedure, Green's heart was stopped for about an hour.
It took five hours for the surgery to be completed.
"To even say 'his heart had to stop', it's surreal," Green said with a laugh when Svensson told him that during an interview together earlier this year.
Green and Svensson have a special relationship.
In 2013, Green dedicated a game-winning shot to his surgeon.
The game was in Cleveland and Svensson was on the sideline.
He went over and embraced him after the game.
"Just a year ago and a couple months, I was under that bright light with him working on me," he told reporters.
"It's a blessing to be here.
That was for him.".
When he signed with Cleveland during this off-season, he talked about how the city was the place where his life was saved, so it was fitting for him to play there.
"When you think about it, it's a place that gave me new life and hopefully this year it can give me a refresher on my career," Green told Cleveland.com.
"So I guess Cleveland is a city for me that brings a lot of newness to my life.
We'll see at the end of this year — in June — what that turns out to be.".
Kevin Durant Dedicated His 2011-12 Season to Green While He Spent the Year Away From Basketball Rehabbing & Completing His Degree at Georgetown.
One of Green's opponents in the NBA Finals, the Warriors' Kevin Durant, had been his teammate in Seattle and Oklahoma City for several years.
When Green's 2011-2012 season was shut down because of the surgery, Durant dedicated his season to his friend.
"He's like my brother.
We came in together.
We were drafted together.
Me and Jeff [have] been through a lot.
It hurt me for a while that he wasn't there with us every single day," Durant said at the time.
"I dedicate the season to him," Durant said.
"I talk to him all the time.
He supports me. I support him.
Green, meanwhile, spent some time back in class, completing his degree at Georgetown University, where he had played college basketball.
" I was going back every summer to Georgetown prior to the surgery, and I had another two courses to finish that year.
I was in the classrooms, I was doing the lectures two hours a day, and I was able to graduate in May with a degree in English and minor in theology.
I walked, had the cap and gown, and my family was able to come, so it was a big moment," he told the NBPA.
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