[Stop the Idiocy]Playing less minutes has NOTHING to do with fractures

If he plays 5 minutes less per game, that's about 400 minutes over the course of a season. That's 400 minutes where he cannot get injured, REGARDLESS of whether stress fractures occur over time.

 

Yao Ming is probably lactose intolerant. Therefore, he needs a calcium source other than milk (and NOT tofu), and being that tall, he needs a LOT of calcium for his bones.

They should be in the form of quality calcium supplements. It's another year.. but I have put this behind me. I hope that the Rockets athletic trainers, doctors, and Yao Ming himself understand how critical this is.

Get the word out.

 

we want to limit his minutes because he is fatigued by the end of the games, he can't run up and down all night long and be effective, his body just can't handle it

 

Uh... So a stress fracture occurs not because of stress? So I guess um, Yao playing for so much longer this season compared to last proves that the trainer/coach/management's approach to control his minutes and cut down on practice isn't working? Your statement doesn't make sense. This is just a carefully veiled bash Yao thread.

Of course there's something that ultimately breaks "the chair". In this case, it was repeated sprains of the ankle. However, it is everything but drastic. Post All-Star break, his avg. minutes played is 35.9. In the playoffs, except for Game 1 in the Blazers series, in which he played 24 minutes, and foul trouble games, his minutes have all been at or above 40. Obviously, you can't cut practice in the playoffs, either. And Yao is the core of this team right now, offensively or defensively. You're saying that all this wear and tear on a 7'6'' guy doesn't affect his feet? You're saying that having his only legit backup gone doesn't extend the stress?

Well, for all your information, none of the other "franchise players" are 7'6''. Hell, look at Ilgauskas. A 7'3'' guy, and he's had stress fractures in BOTH FEET TWICE EACH!

What's wrong is our approach with Yao. Yao's special. He's dominant force, and if this year's playoffs say something, it's that he's worth building around - he took a bunch of hard working guys past a talented Blazers team and went neck to neck with the mighty Lakers. However, you have to extremely careful - a quality backup, heavily monitored minutes & practices, plus it would be helpful if that other All-Star came back. He's got the entire franchise on his shoulders. No wonder there's so much stress in his ankles.

 

yeah.

i actually eat calcium pills that provide calcium for my body cause i don't drink milk much. not sure what yao takes, but if he doesn't already, he needs to look into supplements to help him out a little.