If yao plays 29-30 mins a game next year and all 82 games, he may as well retire....... Rockets should really limit him on 20 mins @ 50 games. You want your foot to gradually get back in shape. Anything more would be insane.
We simply can not count on Yao Ming at this point. If he's back and healthy that's great news; otherwise we move on. The Rockets must have a backup plan this summer.
I definitely agree he should play very limited during the regular seasons. I don't know if he needs to sit out a bunch of games, but limited minutes, for sure. 20-25 per game sounds about right. The reason he probably needs to play pretty much every game though is so that the rotations don't keep getting changed up... need to let guys get comfortable with each other.
So I pose the question, you have a max player that has a history of injury and he comes back from a season ending major surgery and he doesn't/can't give you 100% when he comes back and his contract expires along with him wanting another max contract. What's the appropriate business decision, resign him to another max contract, trade him to get some value back for his expiring or let him walk in FA. I smell another TMac debacle for Yao.
Could one of the Capalogists break down Yao's contract and the likelihood of him resigning for less? Thanks!
Heck, I was hoping that Adelman would have started Yao off that way, last season. Hopefully, there will be enough trust within the "new" big men the team has that Adelman will actually considering doing such.
Good. He can take his broken down body somewhere else.The GM is saying we probaly wont know if he can heal from this injury till the end of the 011 season.
I hope people realize that just because Yao is in doesn't mean they are going to succeed... Putting all your hopes in a guy who is coming back from a serious surgery is just plain crazy.. Its going to take time. Lots and Lots of time. Think of this as the Tracy McGrady situation pt.2
If Yao is traded and/or is not re signed with the Rockets I wonder how long into the future will this team look before it will ever come close to a championship again. Looking at the current crop of so called "superstars" one wonders who among them is capable of taking the Rockets to the top, if hypothetically, one even plays for the Rockets. James? He has relatively good players around him, and a lot of help from the media, the officials and apologists by the legions, yet where is his ring? Wade? Since Shaq left Miami where has his team gone? Again he has a lot a relatively good supporting cast, one so much as breathes on him and the officials will call a foul, not call his palming of the ball and he is even allowed to shift his pivot foot as many times as he can. Yet, where is Miami? Bosh? Stoudemire with Nash? The draft may be a good way to start but, historically, the draft itself is a gamble. How many first picks have been busts? Morey may be good at picking the right players but, even that remains to be seen. So far, none of his picks has come close to being an all star. OK he is constrained by picking in the lower end of the drafts, but the result is what matters and our expectations of players do not count in final analysis. All these lead me to Yao. Yes he has a history of health problems, but some of them were freak accidents. The medical specialists, per newspaper reports and statements from the front office, not the fans in this GARM, say that he should be good to go next season. Yao himself, from his statements so far, does not seem to be worried about his recovery from his injury. Now, we all know what the Rockets miss without Yao. The problem is there is no one in the NBA right now, nor in the upcoming drafts, that would be capable of bringing what Yao brings to the table. With Yao, even if limited initially, the Rockets are legitimate contenders next season. Without Yao, even with Bosh or Amare, the Rockets would look like the Raptors or the Suns, exciting but playoffs busts. I would argue therefore that it is worth gambling on Yao. He is still the one and only player, now and in the near future, who can give the Rockets a legitimate chance at the championship. There are various ways to limit the possibility of re injury and the Rockets should consider all that modern, and even ancient medicine, have to offer to prevent further debilitating injury/injuries to Yao again. It may be a 50/50 proposition with Yao, but the alternative is much worse.
