[Journal Times]Yao to miss first two months of season?[UPDATE: Rockets deny report]

Thanks for posting this, although we both know that there is a significant group of people here and an enormous group of "fans" elsewhere who have their noses far up Jordan's jock and will ignore the facts.

 

i don't believe holding yao back when the season starts is due to his injury. most likely it is due to his playing shape if he doesn't play in first two months.

as other posters pointed out. it took big Z about 11 months after the sugery to get on court to play real games with limited minutes.

it has already been 12 months since yao's surgery. there are still more than two months to go before the training camp. i fully doubt yao won't play in first two months.

another interesting point is how morey said yao will be fully ready to play when the playoff starts. morey calculated yao's recover completely based on big Z. It took 21 months for big Z to play the starting role, average 30 minutes / per game after his surgery. when the playoff starts on march, 2011, it's about 21 months after yao's surgery.

 

From Jonathan Feigan's blog:

http://blogs.chron.com/nba/2010/07/signed_sealed_and_delirious_sc.html

 

lock it up..

thanks to Feigan for answering my question

 

Spoiler

 

I doubt it was just bull****.

This news has been hitting to NBC, CBS and all over the sports world. Why would anyone make this thing up?

 

1. If he is NOT confident to come back to all star level to earn him a big contract next summer, he'd take that less money but longer extension.

2.) Signing Miller proves that DM thinks Yao'll be back and be the starting center, because Miller is a 34 years old back up center. If DM knows Yao's done don't you think he'd spend the money on someone younger and will be in our future plan??

3.) this rumor?? no comment

 

Anybody with a logistical brain should know this is false.

 

But they are all quoting the same person, Ben W something from Milwaukee. Think he has inside scoop with Yao, personal family friend?

 

i don't know about 2 months...but i support a decision to bring yao back gradually, and have him skip the first few weeks or first month of the season.

 

IT'S NOT MADE UP, but it's still a USELESS report. Listen.

The "news" isn't that Yao is expected to miss up to two months of the season. The only news there, really, is that Rockets officials are optimistic that Yao will be ready to go by the opener. It simply says that they're not going to rush him, and in a scenario where he's not healthy, they could rest him up to two months.

It's the equivalent of me writing a report saying if Aaron Brooks tears his ACL, he'll be out for nine months. To that you'd say well, duh, but it's pointless because he hasn't torn his ACL. It's the EXACT SAME THING here. The writer is saying what could happen IF Yao isn't healthy. He's NOT saying Yao isn't or won't be healthy.

 

Y'all are overreacting to a rumor. Of course the team wants to be careful with his return. He's not done.

 

I have no confidence in today's media but I think the possibility is low that they would want to make themselves a fool by spreading such a rumor from a random blogger.

 

Again, no one can look like a fool because no one is saying Yao will or even is expected to miss time! The writer is saying Yao COULD miss two months of the season IF he isn't healthy. It's impossible to look like a fool because it's a common sense statement to make. No risk for the media.

 

LMAO! Dude, you suck! You made me spit out all of my 7Up on my laptop!

 

nowadays anyone can go on twitter and post some nonsense "shocking" news can't they?

 

They are using old news, which when first published had no foundation to it,as Yao's recovery at that time did not have much going for it JY

 

The Racine, Wisconsin local newspaper = the authoritative insiders on Houston Rockets basketball

 

no need to rush him back

as long as he is ready for the playoffs

 

Yao may not miss two months at the beginning of the season, but don't expect him to be even close to 100% until after the ASG. The Miller signing is necessary and a very good decision.