Are they all interrelated or just fluke accidents? I know he's had some elbow problems and some toe problems... seems like the injuries are all independent occurrences(?) Is he just the unluckiest guy in the NBA or these injuries have something to do with being 7'6" and 300+ lbs?
Well obviously the "stress fracture" would not have happened had he not been lugging around that 300+ frame all the time playing year round.
I think they are all related to his size except for his broken leg. That one was because a guy fell right into him as he came down (though the 300 pounds probably didn't help things).
When I got my navicular tarsal stress fracture I was running over 100 miles a week. It's a pretty common overuse injury. He probably wouldn't have gotten it if he played fewer minutes or had enough time to recover. When the body is run down and overused, that's when injuries happen.
He has been logging in heavy minutes this season. I think the rox management should take note and make sure he averages at least 30mins next season.
Could we possibly work on slimming him down to a little closer to his size when he came into the league? Give up a little power to gain agility and stability.
What? No complaints? I could only imagine the amount of threads bashing tmac if he was the one out for the rest of the year? Yao is more injury prone than him as far as I could see. Let him heal and play his olympic games, that's all he cares about anyway.
you are right. yao is injury prone and he still played. the difference is tmac knows how to protect him. is it the answer you need?
no, i don't care for bashing yao. i just think this forum is full of dumbasses who keeps bashing on tmac for everything, but always giving yao so much credit. i already figured out a long time ago that neither of them are gonna be able to carry a team. i believe in the team's unselfishness, and that's why losing yao will bring out the best of our young players.
if tmac could work hard like yao, he could never be criticized. i agree they can't carry the team by either of them. but before yao's curtain call, the team gave me a feel they are able to beat any teams and they can. tmac relocated himeself and other role players reloaded. everything was perfect.
