Chron: Rockets question whether Yaos injury is more than simply a cut

This is damn strange. If I were the Rocks, I'd already have Jones on his way to China with an M.D. to look at x-rays and see just what the hell is up with our francise center.

 

No, i do not think that would be a very wise decision. I mean, if we go over and insist taht we check him out ourselves, we are basically telling Yao Ming and the chinese that we have no trust in them. I do not think this is a major injury, i mean, an injurty to his eye brow should heal quickly. And even if it does not heal completely, it will not affect his playing ability. This injury is much less severe than, say, a knee injury.

 

I disagree. We're building the team around this guy and have gone far out of our way to accomodate the Chinese. The Rocks are foolish if they don't make sure this, or any other injury that occurs when he isn't under our "supervision", is not serious.

 

It is proably a broken bone,the minor one.

The prominent bone over the eye socket is easy to break.
The main concern would be if it effect the eye socket.
If Yao does not even know about it, the broken bone (if infact occurs) is minor.

However, I hope that the doctor will tell the Rocket what really happened though.

 

You Hit the nail Deckard this is gonna be like this every year Yao will be so worn out and beat up he will be not be able to give us 100% ever.

I wanna see how many Chinese will be there if Yao is not playing.

 

if rudy can play after having his whole face crushed, i think yao can survive.

more importantly, is the big man going to get worn down playing all year round?

big men seem to need more rest! without their proper rest their carrers will be shortened.

 

Why is this Yao incident so important all of a sudden this offseason since this will heal when the season starts?

WE should be worried more about what the hell is going to happen to the future of the Rockets!

 

I think being concerned about Yao Mings injury is important to the future of the Rockets.
Big men need more rest and he is not getting it.

 

and how do you know that for sure?
According to the schedule that was posted here a few days back...they dont train that damn hard over there...and it isnt like he has to work that hard against the little guys he is playin against.
The only actual competition he will be involved in will be during the Asian Championships in Oct. and even that will be for only a week or so..

Where is all this tiring work you and a few others around here are insisting he is going thru?

Care to furnish some specifics?

 

Ok, so Yao Ming is our future. True. But who else are we going to put around him when we are giving up our quality players to free agency? Who are we going to get to help out Yao Ming? That's what I'm worried about. Ming got a cut on his eye....that heals up in a couple of months. That's nothing. I'm worried about more on losing Posey and who the Rockets are going to get to replace him.

 

I don't care how hard he works, if it's an injury that can be aggravated even small guys can do that. It doesn't take "tiring work" to aggravate an injury. And bottomline, even if he's playing against "easy" competition, it's still tiring work.

 

The easiest way for the Keith Jones to find out if Yao does have a broken bone above his eye is to ask for an x-ray from teh chinese doctor. I mean they do have the right because they spend millions on Yao. What I think is that the Chinese paper just want to create bogus story and use Yao fame to sell newspaper. They are very good at creating rumors and propaganda.

 

Come on, NBA players are vases. They all have injuries, and they play with that. We shouldn't panic on such a minor injury.

Yao is resting after this injury. If you think he should rest the whole summer, I disagree. He should work out, run, play ball everyday. If he avoids all the exercise, he will come back slow and weak. Playing easy competition is probably quite close to team practice we see in summer camp. As a matter of fact, I would love to see the summer training camp run the whole summer.

 

Isn't that right? Yesterday after the shooting at NYC city hall, all the cable channels kept repeating the "massive manhunt" for hours, while the shooter was already dead on spot. I don't even need to mention the Jessica Lynch show this week.

 

RocksMil...

My answer had nothng to do with his injury...I was referring to the oft-repeated whine about how tired he is supposedly going to be when he gets here in Oct.

Comeon man..I know you better than that..dont read stuff into posts that are not really there.

 

I think this is the first time that I agree whole-heartedly with you.

I dont see a few hours a day of training and practice with a few games against way inferior competition as being overly taxing to a athlete that is in good shape.

the only spurt of real games he has to play since the NBA season ended is coming up in Oct at the ACs..and even then..how many could that be? 4? 5?

no sweat..he will be in fine shape when he gets here for whats left of camp...

 

They should send Francis over there to break some ankles until we get a straight answer.

 

I don't know about the severity of the injury,but,it brings back memories of BillBow's cracking Dreams orbital socket.Either way,I feel he should be here working out.How long must we suffer not having the "center",around which everything revolves or goes through.....until we can cut the umbilical chord?This definitely raises red flags.