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

Well, the opposite of what I am saying is already happenning, let's hope it works for our sake!

 

And to think the other poster was surprised when I called them a third-world country w/3rd World capabilities! The picture shows it all

 

Ohhh...Playa Playa!! Look at him workin that chic!!

 

a little off topic but...Yao kinda looks like Chow Yun Fat.

 

Hmmm, here's an article that is saying completely the opposite....

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/2013046

July 26, 2003, 1:14AM


Reports of Yao's injury greatly exaggerated


By JONATHAN FEIGEN
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle

If mixing the words "fracture" and "Yao Ming" in the same sentence kept the Rocket up at night this week, they learned Friday that they could rest easy.

With so little tangible evidence that Yao had broken bones above his left eye, the Rockets really did not believe that Yao was hurt as seriously as news reports out of China on Wednesday indicated. By Friday, the reports changed.

"It's just a cut," said Xu Minfeng, a China Basketball Association spokesman. "The bone was not broken."

The cut required eight stitches to close and will keep the 7-5 center out of about a week of training and games against a team of touring United States professionals.

"I talked to Yao after it happened," John Huizinga, one of Yao's agents, said. "Erik (Zhang, another Yao agent who was in China with Yao) thought it was the funniest thing he ever heard. I read the stories to him and he just said he doesn't have anything broken.

"He's been telling me, `You can't believe what it's like here.' He said as much as (the United States media) wrote about him, it's 100 times more over there. I read him the story and he said, `This is what I was trying to explain to you.' "

Just in case, the Rockets made phone calls to check. That calmed any fears.

"John Huizinga said all along it was just stitches," Rockets vice president and trainer Keith Jones said. "When I called back the next day and read the article to him, John was surprised, but he said I didn't need to worry.

"I just assumed if he had a broken bone in his face, Erik would have called. I guess people see a face bloodied up and assume the worst."

 

By the way, I found this part interesting...


"He's been telling me, `You can't believe what it's like here.' He said as much as (the United States media) wrote about him, it's 100 times more over there. I read him the story and he said, `This is what I was trying to explain to you.' "