I didn't know Yao did not play full-court. This whole time I thought I saw him running back and forth.
R.I.P the basketball Yao. I wish him a wonderful future after he has to leave the basketball court. Maybe he could be a big man coach in an NBA team or could become an influential basketball official in China.
u telling me u actually feel sorry for les? u kidding me? he done milk as much money as he could out of Yao by now.
you sound like he dying or something. There is life after basketball too you know. and I aint feelin sorry for him. He still made millions. He'll be chillin at tropical island somewhere rest of his life.
You chose to interpret that as sympathy. That was not my intention. I've actually criticized Les over the years for meddling too much in basketball-related decisions (while making the assumption that he has done that without absolute evidence). I certainly don't feel sorry for him in any way. It was merely a thought given all the "cash cow" debates that have gone down in here over the years.
truth is you can't blame anyone for this. Yao gave it all he got when he's able to play. Les willing to spend the money to win. It's just an H-town curse that's all.
It isn't an "H-Town curse." 1. There are obvious, inherent risks in drafting a 7'6, 300+ lb basketball player. No real shocker to hear the latest news. 2. As far as McGrady, the dude has scoliosis. He was predicted to be injury-prone early in his career and was already symptomatic (knees and back) at the time we traded for him. Really not a shocker to see how things turned out in his case, either. 3. Those two players formed the foundation of our team for the last several years and have represented the bulk of our injury problems or "curse," if you are so inclined to call it that. All players in this league battle injuries to some extent but we built around two guys that had a greater likelihood of getting more serious and repetitive injuries. 4. I'm not sure about this but I believe the rest of our roster during the Yao/McGrady era has probably been injured at a normal rate, and maybe even a lesser rate, compared to the rest of the league. The statistics to support/refute this claim are out there somewhere.
That was hilarious! Thanks I needed that. Love me some animal house. Hate to say it but I think it is over
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i'm glad it's over. 2 of the most brittle players in history. jesus. we all know yao will get injured every year. and tracy just gets worse with his body every year also. finally the day has come.
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I am ready for the spurs era to be over. There is only so much bragging i can take from spurs fans, and there is only so many times i can reference hakeem man-handling robinson in 95. LOL. Somebody please stop the insanity.
With T-Mac at 29, and Yao at 27-28 years old It's almost safe to say this partnership is over. I guess in retrospect it wasn't the greatest of partnerships anyway with the team not once making it past the first round while both of them were playing. It's a sad time, but the team has proven they can play solid basketball without both of them, I don't know what the team can do from here..... I pose a question...Do we count our losses and ship them both off, or do the supportive thing and keep them in a Rockets uniform?
