yup, the man was averaging 25 pts, 12 rbs a game and was a top 5 candidate for the MVP.... sigh what could've been.
Yao Ming is one of the most influential players to ever play for the Rockets. He will be missed. And yes his number should be retired despite of his shorter than expected career. Good luck big fella. We will miss you.
The team should hire Yao as assistant coach in charge of the individual workout schedules. If you're not willing to devote the necessary Yao-hours to improve your game, you get shipped out to the Clips or the Kings. Then hire Dream as official big-man coach, and Moses as conditioning coach.
At this point, all you can do is just hang your head when you hear this type of news.. The Rockets and all of us were hoping on Yao's return and him making us a contendor, but that's not gonna happen.. So depressing.
If this latest injury is the end, then it's a truly disappointing way for a guy of Yao's caliber to finish his career. I'm happy Yao got to show something in his final playoff run. His perfect shooting and utter domination in that first game, when Joel Przybilla and the Blazers foolishly thought they could get away with single-coverage on him. Helping Houston to its first playoff series victory in years. That epic moment when he came back out of tunnel and overcame his injuries to beat the Lakers in the 4th quarter. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6jRXhj1PpFU?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6jRXhj1PpFU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> If only the legend did continue...
The Yao Ming Era... one more playoff win than the Steve Francis Era. Appreciate it. Hopefully the hype over substance era of Rockets basketball is behind us and we can get on with the business of acquiring a true franchise player to lead this team back to the prominence that Rockets fans deserve. This franchise has been almost irrelevant for 10+ years now, disgusting.
This franchise was "irrelevant" for even longer before we landed Hakeem, if winning a championship was that easy..
H was a good center, but you'r making out to be like he was Olajuwon, Wilt, Kareem,Ewing or Robinson type Center.
Being relevant is having a team that goes deep into the playoffs, that can compete for a title. The Rockets went to the Finals twice in the 80's, twice in the 90's, and zero times the last 10 years. Figure it out.
You're right. The Yao Ming era is the biggest disaster in 30 years of Rockets basketball. How's that? Better?
oh fark .... i knew this will come someday but didn't expect it to be so soon. poor yao! he's as done as christmas lightings in feburary. I can understand both Yao and Houston fans would be disappointed, but for different reasons. Yao didn't realize his full potential, fans didn't get their championship. but at least there is one person that shouldn't feel disappointment nor desperation. that person is les. His rockets has been adopted by the 1.3 billlon chinese and become their default NBA to root for. And the marketvalue has doubled and tripled since Yao joined the team. I just hope Rockets and Yao part their ways amicably and fans accept the outcome.
Yea that is more like it, like I said, the Rockets were irrelevant for decades before they landed Hakeem in a coin toss and will continue to be. Championships are hard to win, get it into your head.
