BREAKING: Yao has stress fracture in left ankle (related to previous injury)

i dont believe a stress fracture would happen because of that.



im confused though...isnt clutch reporting that it is related to his previous fracture? Of the navicular bone? Yahoo is saying it's not and that it's related to the sprain he suffered against washington, yet clutchfans is their source

 

Well... I like your point you made at number 3.

I was thinking about Dalembert as well but I think Houston has to consider maybe trading Brad Miller as well to a team that needs depth. I can't see us keeping Rick Adelman moving forward.

Either way, Morey must make a decision soon on what he plans on doing. You can't keep all of these large contracts in Scola, Martin, and Lowry unless you have a deal in place to land a 2nd tier star.

I will stand by whatever his does. He has assets to either blow this thing up or to make a move in getting 2nd tier star IMO.

I would love for Houston to target Minny. K-Love would be awesome to add to this team IMO. I know it's a long shot though.

 

Well I least I got to see him play this season in person for the first time. Let the rebuilding begin.

 

Well, when you're as tall as him, everyone else is an ankle-biter.

 

Different sport, different calcuations as to how to build.

From Morey's prior statements (on radio and otherwise), it does not look like he's going to tank right now even given Yao never plays another day. Morey's position seems to be that the Rockets are a "middle class" team (i.e. mid 40s wins) at the moment with enough young guys and good contracts, so that it's better to try and increase the value of the assets at hand than to tank to increase the value of one pick.

This is not to say he'll keep status quo. The franchise has been active in trades ever year. They'll always look to move for higher lotto picks, for superstars, and for high ceiling guys to take a chance on, but I doubt they tank for sake of tanking.

 

That twitter guy is an ass.

It's time for Yao to retire if it's season ending or requires surgery. A great ambassador for the game and the Rockets.

 

He could have been great for us. What could have been... Poor Yao.

 

It sounds to me like this means the surgery was a failure. It's related to his previous foot fracture, but not in the same area. Seems like the new re-aligment transfered the major force impact further up and now the ankle is taking the pounding. Its possible the fracture was causing yao's "ankle weakness" and the team though it was a strengthening issue and when it wasnt getting stronger they decided to do an MRI.

 

Sorry for Yao. I think he's done forever at this point. Time to rebuild. The new NBA is about speed, mobility and athletic ability. Terrence Williams was a good move in that direction. We need to keep pushing that way.

 

Poor guy i feel for him, but yes the Yao Ming Era is over. Im sure he will be in the HOF.

Man to be honest... We could have had Amare Stoudemire, if we had not drafted Yao. Wasn't he the Rockets back up plan if we didnt draft Ming, nor land the #1 pick?

 

Thanks for everything Yao but adios. Time to find reliable pieces to build around.

 

Poor Guy. Hope he's not done for the season but I believe he will be.

 

If we drafted Amare both of his legs would have fallen off by the third season.

 

We don't need to "rebuild" per say. I mean we've already started the rebuilding process with some solid talent. We just need to keep going.

 

pretty much. morey's hands have been tied for awhile now and i don't see that changing. however, i think most chinese would be perfectly fine if we traded yao's expiring.

 

He's done for the season and his career is over.

 

Les Alexander is pissed now. Rockets will get less attention now. Same goes for me. I won't be following Rockets again. Adios!

P.S.
At least Yao was dominant right after the toe infection. And that was before all the freak injuries he had. Yes, he was schooling Shaq and scoring at will on all the other centers.

 

The Great Wall has crumbled due to cracks in the foundation.

Time to move on, obviously. He is too slow for this new young team of runners anyway. So long, Yao.

 

http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustice/archives/2010/12/yao_ming_may_be.html

December 16, 2010
Yao Ming may be gone forever, and is there a hex over our teams or what?

You're not surprised, are you? From the moment Yao Ming went back to the sidelines, it was virtually impossible to think he'd ever play again. There'd just been too many injuries, too much uncertainty.

Some of you will write to say the Rockets should have gotten rid of him last summer. Please don't. He had a contract. He wasn't going anywhere. He took up cap room and a roster spot, and the Rockets really had no choice but to hope and pray he could still be productive.

Now he's gone again with a stress fracture in his left ankle, and there's absolutely no optimism he'll play again. This situation is sad beyond words. First, it's sad for Yao.

He has been a joy to be around. He's smart, funny and understands basketball. He had great court vision and terrific passing skills. He was also an unstoppable presence around the low post.

When he was healthy—and it wasn't nearly enough—he was 20 points and 10 rebounds a night. In other words, he was everything the Rockets hoped he'd be.

Their blueprint was for Yao and Tracy McGrady to lead them to multiple championships. We'll never know if that could have happened since one or both of them was hurt far too often.

I'm guessing the Rockets never thought he was coming back after this last injury, so it's not like they're going to miss him. Daryl Morey's challenge will be to take all the assets he has collected and swing a deal for an impact player.

Labor uncertainty may prevent financially strapped teams from trading their best players because they believe the new deal will offer relief. So Morey's best bet may be landing an impact player in the draft.

Do you get the feeling sports fans in Houston are cursed? At the moment, not a single one of our teams is competitive, and it doesn't appear likely they'll be competitive for awhile.

The Texans are a mess, and if John McClain's instincts are correct, Bob McNair won't be changing coaches or general managers anytime soon. There's some hope. The Texans have a young roster, and it makes sense all those defensive players will get better.

But that's a glass-half-full opinion. The Texans are supposed to be a good offensive team, but a lot of those numbers have been accumulated when they're way behind and forced to play with some urgency.

The Astros? They appear to be on the right track again. They've torn it up and are building it back again. In hindsight, they should have done this a year or two ago, but it's really tough to tell an owner to give up.

Maybe we should have appreciated it more a couple of years ago when the Rockets were winning 22 in a row and routinely going to the playoffs, and the Astros were going to the playoffs six times in nine years. Seems like a long time ago, doesn't it?

Posted by Richard at December 16, 2010 01:56 PM