Sportscenter reports Yao's injury has been exaggerated!

this really isn't that bipolar.

no one with the rockets or in the chronicle said yao's career was over....they said this is possibly a career-ending injury. and bucher is saying the same. because it is.

whether it's career-ending or not, it's going to freak up next season at the very least....and we know this guy is extremely injury-prone to begin with. we know he's had problems with his feet. and we know that means he's likely to be injured again down the line.

now if you're the guy whose job is on the line....and doctors are giving you all this information...and you have the experience of watching this guy go out year after year. what do you do? do you hitch your wagon to that?

i don't.

 

You know, Morey does have marching orders. I don't know how much latitude he has, but I wonder if keeping McGrady is more of a Les Alexander thing. Les was constantly on TMac's jock, and no wonder; injured or healthy, Tmac sold jerseys and tickets. When healthy (both games), he's a hell of a player, but not worth the fuss. I swear I'm not blindly loyal, but Morey must have seen this. Maybe he toed the line too hard, thinking Tmac + Yao = Possible Championship, but McGrady was wearing out his welcome here, too.

 

Feels like we dodged a bullet

 

where are you getting that??

 

Concern is not panic. Planning for contingencies is just prudence.

This "situation" is undefined, the outcome in doubt so you try to anticipate the possibilities and their timelines to determine your decision making process ie.

"if this by this date, then do that by that date".

Get information, develop alternatives, anticipate their effects, make your best decision, review the reality after the fact, revise your plan to better effect. This is how life works. You won't always get it right but you are a lot less likely to make big mistakes.

But I say, try to heal him up till about January, then shoot him up and boot him up and let's play ball. We can look at getting a bionic titanium metatarsal next summer. Don't trade Tmac unless a really good deal comes along because if this is the end for Yao we might get a medical exemption and we can jump in the Bosch free agency. Sign Ron for entertainment purposes, we fans need someone to watch and he is at least compelling entertainment. Prepare to play an uptempo game, with Brooks, and playing our existing and possibly new, undersized and athletic Centers. We will try to be a Rick Adelman "system" team where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The zen of life, and basketball is the process, not necessarily the results. This will be interesting.

 

I am very happy that Yao's career is not over, but this is going to continue happening year after year and I'm tired of it. No matter how well the team does, there will be the thought that Yao may go down at any point. There doesn't have to be a warning sign. You can wake up one day and Yao is done for another season after just putting up 20 and 10 the previous night.

Yao is a great, hardworking person and player, but how far are we willing to take this. Are they going to give Yao a max contract now? Interesting questions that will be answered soon enough.

 

That's the problem. Even if he comes back healthly, it is pretty sure his foot will give up again and again. It is just a matter of time. Maybe he is just too big, I don't know.

As for the extension, there is no way Yao will get max and he understands that. And that's probably the worst thing. He controls all those things he can control and it is still not enough... pretty sad.

 

Has Dr. Clanton or any other physicians said anything to the effect that Yao's injury is exaggerated ?

 

No but some feel confident in ESPNs and Ric Bucher's reporting. I wouldnt say it was exaggerated because the guy still has the injury and even if he does heal, hes liable to go down again at any point in time during the season.

 

Yao just put on too much weight....When he first came into the league he was real skinny, I guess that was the right size for him

 

i dont get it. ric bucher is not a doctor. why are some of yall relieved?

 

and by the way, bucher's article doesn't say that it's exaggerated...just a tweet....unless i'm misreading that.

but yes, espn writers know more about injuries and their serverity than the team doctors...right???

 

Everyone just wait until the facts come out. There is no definitive news other than Yaos foot hasnt healed and he's out indefinitley.

 

oh, and that the injury has actually gotten worse...and that doctors are worried it will keep him out this season and possibly be career-ending....and that he's had a history of injuries with this foot.

but other than that, we really don't know much.

 

a DOCTOR saying it has gotten worse and may be career ending isnt facts enough? seems like everyone wants Yao to go see Doctor Nick and tell him everything will be fine.

 

ESPN trying to counter a yahoo story? Nah, not likely

i think espn is just trying to get some internet hits...

 

Preach my brother.

 

Hope for the best, expect the worst. They are not exclusive tacts.

Why would it be impossible to play on a cracked foot bone. The limiting factor would be the pain and Yao says it doesn't hurt. If the break wouldn't get worse you could just numb the foot on game day.

 

Yao apparently has a nonunion fracture, which is every bit as bad as the news made it seem yesterday. Here's the cliff notes: if Yao had a new break in his other foot rather than the discovery that his current break (which was really a rebreak) is nonunion, it would have been better news by far.

The surgery for this is going to be (a) almost a dead lock necessary, (b) very messy with a very long healing process, and (c) offers only a fair chance that the bone ends up mostly as strong as it originally was.

Brace for the worst and pray for the best.

 

apparently the break has gotten worse even with him NOT playing on it.

i don't know what it would do to his long-term health to continue to play on it...but i'm guessing he's going to need his feet after his basketball career is over.