[Reuters] Injury-riddled Yao Ming frets over future in game

Damn it will be hard to see the big fella play some where else, if he has one last shot left in him I hope he plays one year in H-Town if not I wish him the best of luck and health.

 

Dr. Kenneth First went on 610 sports this morning to talk about the Yao Ming foot report.

Link-

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2011/06/09/the-odds-of-yao-ming-playing-again-slim/


-Basically just reports that the 30% number that was thrown out in the Chinese report was taken from a strength test that is a result of severe muscle dystrophy. He said the bone is fine, but its going to take alot of time to build back up the muscles so he doesnt re-injure the foot again. Nothing too groundbreaking here.

-I expect the season to start somewhere around January first due to the lockout. That means that with the lockout, the Rockets might have up until mid December to allow Yao to rehab before making a decision on re-signing him or not. That should be more than enough time to build up muscle strength.

If for some crazy reason the season starts on time, I would expect him to not be ready by the season start and look to start playing around January 1st anyways. I expect both parties know that he is most likely targeting being at full strength around January 1st if his body allows him to rehab aggressively in the fall.

 

The title of the page you quoted is: THE ODDS OF YAO MING PLAYING AGAIN SLIM.

Soooo...did Dr. First say that?? If so, isn't THAT the highlight of the interview.

(edit) i'll try to listen for myself to see....

(edit, again) he didn't say that at all....not sure where they got the title for this page.

 

Or, like any other sane parent, he was less than keen about taking an infant on a plane for 20+ hours.

 

Oh I know.. their title of that podcast was pretty misleading. He really only goes over muscular dystrophy and the rehab process. Nothing that says he cant build muscle in the foot.

 

lol I find this hilarious. I see your reasoning why you would want Yao to leave for a championship contender, but why on Earth would it be to the lakers? I'd say they can only go downhill from here if there really is chemistry issues between Kobe and Pau, Barring some epic trading involved, that is the last situation I'd wish upon Yao.

 

I LOL cause I really dont understand a so called "Rockets Fan" wanting Yao Ming to not be a Rocket, much less joing the freakin Lakers. If Yao Ming is healthy to play for the Rockets even in limited minutes than he makes the team an mid level playoff team to contender if able to play consistently. Your an idiot if you want him to get healthy finally, THEN LEAVE US.

 

i'm a gigantic Rockets fan, and i hope they move on from Yao.

 

So you are saying "hypothetically" you wouldnt want a "healthy" Yao Ming? Healthy being the key here. Im not saying I would gamble on a high dollar contract again, but you catch my drift. Its a hypothetical statement from a fan saying they want Yao Ming to FINALLY get healthy... and then go to another team... All that pain and suffering for us Rockets fans, and then watch him succeed with a different team... no thank you. That would hurt worse to me.

 

Yao should sign with the Lakers for the minimum. They could bring him off the bench, then he has a chance for a ring and we get to start fresh, everyone wins.

 

A healthy Yao Ming is a unicorn. It doesn't exist. I think it's time to move on.

 

Sorry to interject but a "healthy" Yao Ming is never going to happen and when I use "healthy" I mean the 20 and 8 All-Star we had. With that in mind, I wouldn't mind to see Yao going to another team to win a championship as a ROLE player since I think the Rockets and some here believe that his starting days are done despite the fact that our current starting center is shorter than our starting power forward.

 

He's done folks. To bad injuries are taking their tole on him. Big guys his size have historically always had injury problems.

 

Yao doesn't care about championship then let him walk. There's no reason to have him on the roster then.

 

YOF sometimes make me sick

 

I understand that a Healthy Yao is a Unicorn. The question was hypothetical.

-A fan said he wants to see Yao Ming do well with a contending team.
-That implies he is heathy

I just dont see why fans would like to see him healthy, succeeding, and NOT playing for the Rockets. That would be the ultimate blow of bad luck on this franchise.

-Im not sure why nobody here see's my point. I understand he's fragile, and a huge risk to resign to a big contract. Im not saying I would resign him if another team offers anything of significant risk financially.

However, if you are implying that he is contributing ANYTHING to a contending team, that means he is healthy. If he is healthy, I dont understand why fans want him to succeed with another team. The rationale just doesn't make any sense.

 

Will any doctor with balls tell Yao Ming that he should retire? In layman's terms, Yao's body is broken down. I am not an ortho to understand that multiple fractures in the lower extremities leading to muscle atrophy and waste is a recipe for future disaster.

Yao needs to listen to his body rather than his heart. The former is telling him "no mas".

Time to retire before some really serious permanent damage develops.

 

The Thunder with Yao would be unstoppable but I still want Yao back on the Rockets.

 

So, by YOUR definition, what would constitute in a "healthy" Yao "doing well"? Because, from what I've read, it means that you're expecting him to perform close to his career average (lets say 16/6). Other the other hand, doing well could also mean he's playing 60 games next season at 15 minutes per game averaging 8 and 6. After all, he's doing "well" relative to what his production was the past couple of years (since he didn't even play this past season) and he's "healthy" enough to give a team 15 minutes per game. Those kinds of numbers would probably mean more to a contending team than to a rebuilding team that we currently have. Does it make sense now?

I just find the idea that we NEED to keep Yao on the team so that any kind of perceived success he may or may not have in the future would be "collected" by us and not by any other team (despite the fact that both Yao and the Rockets have given each other all that they could have during Yao's career thereby making the relationship pretty much equal) is quite petty. We need to move on from the Yao era and rebuild. Having an oft-injured 7'6" center (whose quickness is probably nothing by now) coming off the bench is not what the Rockets need. If the relationship between Yao and the Rockets ends and he contributes 8 and 6 for the Lakers or Dallas or even Utah, couldn't we just be happy for the guy?