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

Actually, as I recall some of that money goes back to the Shangha...

Oh, wait Yao, I see what you did!

Seriously, the 17m contract is beer money next to what they guy pulls down in endorsements, etc.

 

DD come one now.....

Yes, they could have waited and let it heal on it's own. They actually did, but it wasnt progressing like it should. They had two options, you fix the fracture and also do the re-aligment, hope its successful like with big Z and you save his career. Or, you just let the fracture heal or fix it with surgery and leave his arch alone, then risk him going 70 games into every following season and then suffering another season ending fracture. Do we really want to roll the dice and end up with that same ending every year? It still happened yes, but i think that just shows the team is damned either way, not that leaving the fracture alone would have worked it better. The surgery option made the most sense to save his career.

 

The problem is that when you realign one thing you may screw up something else.

I just don't always think surgery is the best option or works all the time.

I thought at the time, Yao should just let it heal, and I still feel that way.

Either way...it is what it is.....

DD

 

does it ever get tough second guessing everyone elses decisions and thinking that you are smarter than god?

to read your posts you are beyond macbeth status.

you are better at being a gm than morey.

you are better at being a coach than adelman.

you are better at being a doctor than clanton.

being critical is easy. admitting you just don't have enough knowledge to make an informed decision or opinion is also easy. you should try it sometimes.

 

I agree with that first statement, but like i said, it seems like the team is damned either way. At least there's proof that the realignment has worked before, so i cant balme them for picking that route. I just don't understand why so much blame is placed on the medical staff. 90% of the injury problems revolve(d) around two guys. One had a curved spine that guarantees he'll never have completely proper posture/aligment, which sets him up for some kind of body failure at almost any given time. The other was a giant who moved like Robocop wearing a 1 ton weighted vest. That's also going to set him up for body failure, especially at his lower base, almost at any given time. The problem isn't the staff, it's the individual players. Humans weren't made or evolved with basketball in mind. You can't always make it work.

 

Clearly I am not a doctor, and am venting my frustration here on the message board.

So ****ing what.

DD

 

Too soon to know where to go or what direction to head? This is the what, 6th consecutive year with an injury or 6th consecutive year with a season ending injury? That should tell you. Love Yao for everything he has done on and off the court for the city of Houston and Houston Rockets but at some point, you gotta move on.

So...sometime between April-June before fracture heals and July-October where weight can be put on? Again, no disrespect to Yao and everything he has done but let him walk or trade him if you even can. Sorry(imo), no vet minimum as some have suggested. Time to move on altogether.

 

clearly? but you obviously know the best course of action!

you have taken a message board created for fans to share a common interest and turned it into a circus for DD to give his every take on every subject in every digital form possible. gets old dude.

as per the subject. the man is a 7'6" 300+ lb basketball player. if you couldn't see this coming from a mile away you were blind. the yao ming era is over let's move on. there is really nothing to debate about the injury without uneducated ignorant posters creating a conflict over a diagnosis that they don't have anywhere near the information to comment on intelligently.

 

It's sad and hopefully Yao will get better. I think his Rockets career if not playing career is indeed over based on what I am hearing but one never knows what goes on in Yao's head. You don't get to the NBA by giving up easily still, no one would blame Yao for calling it quits at this point.

I wish him well.

It's clearly time to rebuild.

We should move Battier, and probably Scola who is already 30 and probably at his peak value. We're going to need high level picks and that means moving veteran good players so we can tank. If we can trade those for high draft picks and players like an Anthony Randolph type i think that's the wise direction to go.

 

Why so sensitive? I am just a guy posting on an internet message board about the team.

Do I post a lot, sure.....so what? That is what this board is for....if you don't like it, put me on ignore. I really don't care.

Of course, his body is breaking down, and basketball is just too much for it to handle......

Hopefully he does not try another surgery...

DD

 

You're the one that pulled the Amare card, not me. They have one of the most respected medical and training staff for a reason.

 

But you're the one that brought up the Phoenix staff. I agree they have a great reputation, but they've never dealt with anything similar to yao or tmac and have also had their share of mistakes or failures, so i'm not ready to declare them capable of solving everything this team can't. Not just to pick on you, but there's a ton of fans who feel this way. I think they do a good job of keeping those guys healthy, but all of their guys are fairly mobile already. They're a running team who doesn't go after stiff guys. It's likely a lot of their success is due to the type of players they have. It's also due to the influence Nash has on his teammates, as he's very dedicated to his fitness and nutrition. they "fixed" hill, but hill was fixable. How do you fix tmac's spine? How do you fix Yao's heavy landings? Those things result from their natural body structure, not how they train or not train.

 

well, we all new it would happen sooner or later. it just sucks that sooner has to be right now.
having said that, i can't help but feel like this is a blessing in disguise.

 

I feel terrible for the big guy. Hopefully he gets to play again whether it be here or somewhere else.

 

This. This! This! This!

 

Not so. You said at the time that the surgery was a brilliant idea because it re-shaped his foot, etc, and pointed to Big Z's having the same surgery and recovering, etc. You didn't say he should just sit out and let it heal. Don't bullsh-it us now.

You were wrong. Deal with it.

 

It's not the posting a lot that gets on people's nerves. It's the annoying, cloying, I'm-always-right-and-you're-stupid-if-you-disagree attitude that gets old.

Old, man. Just old.

 

Tried to tell you this in October (many of us did), but you wouldn't listen. Sure, it was conjecture on our part (based on the solid evidence of Yao's medical history, no doubt) but you insisted you were right, that Yao would be fine, that we should all look at Big Z's surgery and recovery for proof of how Yao would progress.

Jesus, do you never learn?

"I'm starting with the man in the mirror... ooh! I'm askin' him to change his wayiiheys... ooh! And no message could have been any clearer...."

 

What are you like 12 years old? These are opinions on an internet message board.

Are you that menally weak that someone's opinion bugs you that much.

I mean who cares what I think or say, it is just one guys opinion.....and you just posted like 4 times in a row.

And allegedly you have only been here 1 year.....my guess is that you got banned before, came back with a vendetta.

Honestly....I don't care that you don't like my posts....and I am wrong a lot....as much as anyone else...

Again....so ****ing what ! Grow up......no one cares that you don't like me...I certainly don't.

And if you said Yao will break down...congratulations...you were right.

Feel better now?..

Sheesh.....

DD

 

Blow it up.

Bye Yao
Bye Scola
Bye Battier
Bye Martin

By anybody over the age of 25