Should the Rockets rush Yao back if he is less than 100% ?

hell no

 

depends physical wise i would not take him back unless 100% but conditioning wise i would say yes

 

Most definitely not. Until he is ready, Jake can fill in incase Deke needs rest.

 

NO...

 

No we have big Jake.

 

I was just thinking that after seeing us lose tonight.
I think that we shouldn't RUSH him back, but if he returns as planned, there should not be a problem with it.
He will be healthy and stuff, my worry is that i think he will be scared to be agressive.
And for the rest of the season, we only need tracy being healthy.
but the playoffs, we need both our stars.

 

If the doctors and medical experts give yao the green light after his is 100% healed, I m ok with it. I just dont want yao to make his own decision to play without any medical clearance!

 

no. why? we're in the playoffs

 

that is not our goal,the goal is to win the championship. Being in the playoffs is not enough.
maybe for some teams in the east but,definitely not for the city of houston

 

My hunch is they are being overly cautious with him for the pts you brought up(our franchise player...4 nxt 10 yrs). But I just don't know. Certainly, I want the Roxs to be relevant this yr....but w/out him coming back soon and getting into form for the postseason...I am concerned that a first round exit may be in the horizon. After last year, that would be demoralizing for the team and fans alike.

 

it is our goal when we're missing arguably our best player. you don't rush your best player back when you're in the playoffs. now if you're the 8th seed or 10th, then you gotta have Yao back ASAP.

 

Yes, he's pulling a Shaq and taking way too long to return.

Seriously though, wasn't it 6 weeks to heal? If he doesn't return until mid-March, that would be 12 weeks out for a non-displaced fracture or whatever they call it. He's already working out and trying to get back into shape, which means he's healthy and good to go from a health standpoint. That means all that's left for him to do is to get back in playing shape. I would say another week or ten days is sufficient enough to get him ready to go, and then he can condition himself when he plays real NBA basketball.

Deke, Battier and Howard have all considerably slowed down the past few games, and McGrady has done a super job of not letting this ship sink in the two months since Yao got injured, but he can't be expected to do it forever.

If we're going to do anything worthwhile in the playoffs this season, Yao needs to get back soon so this team can learn how to play together in the few weeks left before the playoffs.

Otherwise? Let's just say that it will be another short postseason...

 

but i never said that we should rush him back,check my first comment on this thread.

 

and sorry i didnt mention in the post before,but getting into the playoffs mean you want a championship..not just for the cool fact of being there in the big boy playground.

 

NOoooooooO

 

Amare's condition was much, much more serious than that of Yao's. I don't think you can compare the two at all. Yao had a non-displaced fracture, he's not recovering from an injury and knee surgeries like Amare was.

Furthermore, I think if Yao does get back and he isn't feeling too well he will be pulled back out until next season. I highly doubt the Rockets' brass are taking any chances with Yao. If anything, they're being overly cautious with him, which is fine but we need to get this team rolling before the playoffs get around, and we don't have much time to work with here.

I don't think the Rockets can survive yet another first round exit, the fan base will not accept it, not after this team has been hyped up by everyone as a 'championship contender'.

We don't have too much time to make the Yao/McGrady experiment work, we need to cash in while we still can. We can't waste yet another season because we're concerned that Yao or McGrady are less than 1000% physically. There is a limited window of opportunity here, and I am tired of this team not amounting to much for the better part of a decade.

Let's give Yao another couple of weeks tops and then bring him back, see how it goes and just go from there...

 

absolutely not, we need to make sure Yao is 100% healthy when it comes to playoff