Should the Rockets rush Yao back if he is less than 100% ?

my bad. i assumed you wanted to rush him back so we can get a higher playoff seed. i think its more important to have a 100% yao while we're the 6th seed than have a 70% yao while being the 3rd seed. sure we have a better chance of advancing, but i dont think we can take the chance of his health becoming better as the playoffs roll along...the playoffs are more physical. he might actually get worse

 

If and when he is healed, Yao will get himself back on the court, he is that dedicated.

I don't think we are going to win this year anyway...make sure Yao is healthy.....TOTALLY healthy.

DD

 

I don't think its fair to compare Yao's injury to Amare's.

Amare went down for surgery to repair a joint surface defect, we all saw what happened when he was rushed back, true, that was a bad decesion on the sun's part.

But Yao's injury was prety much a tibial crack, im not trying to downplay the injury or anything. But the fact is that his injury will heal on its own! Once its healed its healed!

There isnt much to worry about in the future with his current injury if he is healed 100%.
I say let him rest, and condition him in our last 10 games (give him limited playing time). And then unleash him in the playoffs.

Also i wasnted to ask an opinion on something. The positive side of Yao's injury. With todays game, much emphasis is placed on scouting and scouting reports, we can all agree on that.
If we bring Yao back in the playoffs full force... then what will our opponents use to scout the rockets?
TMAC and YAO have played limited games together over the past 2 years... and neither were at their full potential (Yao was still learning the ropes and TMAC had his back problems)
will our oponents go back 3 years and look at tapes of the rockets???
Advantage us dont you think!?

 

NO!!!

 

START HIM RIGHT NOW! OUR TEAM IS SO BAD! etc.

Seriously though, get Yao back to 100% and 100% back on his game for the playoffs. No need to rush him back, we've been playing well generally, and unless we completely start to crumble (no real indication we will) we can let Yao. I don't think our big men look any slower really... I mean if you wanna base it on 3 games (one bad one, one good one, and a T-mac less one) that's fine but its really not indicative of where our team really is.

I'd love Yao back soon but get him heatlhy where we know he'll be able to be 100% and there for us in the playoffs where we'll really need him.

 

As Yao Ming said it before, there is NOT such a thing called 100% back to his competitive shape and form.

When he rehabs to around 80 or 85%, then it is time for him to play contact basketball during team practice, play limited minutes in real-action games, and reclimatized to 100%.

But as he told Wang Meng in his latest interview, he is still far from 80%. He said he is only around 30% to 40%.

So IMHO, there is little he can do but to follow the doctors' instruction: 10 days before playing contact basketball in team practice, then another 10 days before playing limited minutes in real action games. That means.....mid to late March return to court. 15 to 20 games in late March/April should be okay to reclimatize him back to 100%, and ready for the playoffs.

 

I'm sure if you asked Skip Bayless this question he would suggest we cut Yao or arrange for him to be executed or something crazy.

 

uh na

 

I'd rather finish in the 8th seed with a healthy Yao then the 5th seed without him. This team's ultimate success is based around the health and play of Yao. No sense in putting him back on the floor until he's 100% not only physically, but also mentally. If he's uncomfortable with the knee, then he needs to take the time to get back to full strength.

 

YES! TMAC is enough for leading the team to the playoff, but a healthy YAO is the key to further, at least 2nd round

 

I think he should come back with atleast 15 games remaining in the regular season. He can slowly work his way into basketball shape for the first 10 games and then pick up the minutes for the final 5 games. This gives him an oppurtunity to get his confidence back for the playoffs.

 

Absolutely not. I want the Rockets to be very cautious about bringing Yao back. And as they re-introduce him slowly into the line up they should constantly be checking to make sure he is not developing a different injury because of the change in his gait, caused by the initial injury and his brace.

In playing Ultimate Frisbee, I've personally experienced injuries that seemed to travel a circuit from ankle to calf to knee to groin (not necessarily in that order) as my body tried to compensate for the injury and my natural gait was altered. I can only imagine how much more of a problem this is for a professional athlete, especially one of Yao's size.

 

That 6 Week time frame always seemed like wishful thinking.

 

Well healing is one thing.

To be able to start active rehab is another thing.

If IIRC, and if we reviewed what were posted in the Dedicated Thread of Yao Ming's Rehabilitation, it really took Yao Ming 6 weeks to have the fractured bone healed, and that was when the intensity of his active rehab stepped up.

I guess as Yao Ming said it himself, it is extremely tough to have to work from Ground Zero to be back into top competitive shape and form.

Of course, the current drawback of the brace supporter further slowed down his comeback.

 

Another first round exit SHOULD bring about a major shakeup. Otherwise, it would only reinforce my belief that the owner is not willing to go all out to win a championship as he has frequently asserted.

 

I was watching sportscenter at the gym last night and caught the tail end of a thing about yao and his recovery and that the numbers previously released were not long enough. They said he does not look good right now and needs more time to heal. Did anyone else catch that?

 

Definitely Not. They need to bring him back only when they are 100% sure.

I had rather have an 70-80% Yao come playoff than risking a long term injury that could affect this franchise for a long time.

Sometime, short term solutions are nice, but thinking long term usually pay off in the end.

 

Don't trouble yourselves about this point. The Rockets don't have a say in the matter!!! The Specialist Doctor is in charge of Yao Ming and so far Yao Ming is listening to him and taking direction from him.

 

Well, remember, it was 6-8 weeks before he could even start thinking about basketball again....then from there, he has to start conditioning and rehabing for game-time action, so Mid to late March was pretty much always the timetable they were giving. Some people were saying late February, but I think that was always a little too lofty