[Yahoo] Rockets could lose Yao for season—or longer

Maybe Morey was trying to get Rubio cause he knew the Tmac/Yao era is almost over.

 

exactly as disappointed as I am for the team I feel the same sort of sadness/regret/disappointment for Yao as a person.

not many players make you feel that way.

 

not sure what to think so far.....definitely not good news. i want June to end....so much bad news left and right. heal up yao!!!!!!!!!! please!!!!!! Good luck DM! surprise us!

 

Hopefully this will be a blessing in disguise and we can get healthy for one season out of 10. This injury hex is getting really old and we just need to move on and have a new team spirit that is healthy, mentally and physically.

 

What about Mehmet Okur??? He opted out

 

You know Yao feels worse about this than anyone else...

but this ****ING SUCKS.

 

I would've been inclined to believe this if it wasn't for the rumors of trading away Morey's fav. Battier, going after Rubio, buying 3 2nd rounders and rostering 2. I hope I'm wrong, but everything points to rebuilding. A big indicator will be if we make a serious attempt at signing Ron. If we don't, it'll be pretty much confirmation the injury is worse than they're letting on.

 

Doesn't help the cap though, just the cash flow.

DD

 

One thing is certain, L.A has nothing on us when it comes to drama. The plot unfolds.....

 

Go sign Kaman or someone fast

 

Maybe Houston deals Yao for Big Z if the Chinese investors still want him?

That puts them with major cap space for next summer.

 

Why would the Rockets say this it just hurts their chace of getting any players to come to Houston. Artest won't resign now and who wants to come to Houston where your two superstars are out for the season ? The Rockets should have just been quite about this and claimed the insurance money and got a one year rental til Yao came back or if he ever came back

 

Yao had already said that he wouldn't play for the CNT when he was in China,and the Chinese basketball authorities didn't refute what he said.

 

*weeps*

Poor Yao,Poor Rockets,Poor all of us.

 

I don't know.
From reading the article, it could have been one speculation that leads to more speculations.

See how it could happen:
The exec (let's call him Joe) happens to talk to Rockets exec, and asks: How is Yao's foot?
Rocket's exec: Can't say, still going through tests. He is seeing some specialists
Joe: what kind of specialists?
Rockets' exec: one an expert on fracture healing, one an expert on stress-related fracture, one a foot specialist for athletes. We want to cover all basis.
Joe: He had been injured a lot the last 3 years, and all big centers had problems with their feet anyway. Aren't you concern that this is a big deal, might cause him to lose many games next season?
Rocket's exec: yeah, we certainly have the concern

Then Joe talked to Adrian:
Adrian: How was your discussion with Rockets?
Joe: No progress on the trade front. But I'll tell you what, if I were them, I would be planning for Yao being out for a long time. He is visiting at least 3 specialists.
Adrian: 3 specialists? Long time?
Joe: yeah, many games, maybe most of the season
Adrian: Hmm, yeah, most really big guys had problems with their feet. This could be ongoing in his career. Walton and others had their career cut short by foot problems.
Joe: yeah, possible. They didn't say that though, but I could see them worrying about him missing much of the season.
Adrian: Yeah, reading between the line here, I say could be longer than that.

Then Adrian woke up this morning and decided to make a name for himself. He did, as I didn't know about him until today.

 

DAMN MAN THIS SUCKS

 

This is correct.

 

I bet we could get Iverson, plenty of shots out there to be taken. But of course we dont want him

 

I just cannot imagine Yao and Deke retired in the same season.

 

So DD what does that mean ? Does it mean that we can't sign a one year rental superstar with that money ? I mean theres got to be something the Rockets can do ...ughhhhhhhhhhhhh