[Yahoo] Rockets could lose Yao for season—or longer

...... So, is that not hard at all or is my sarcasm meter betraying me?...

 

exactly!

in addition, people have been saying for years that given his body type, his NBA career wasn't likely to be a super-long one. that injuries would be a concern.

 

True, but my point is this vague "league source" that this guy based his story on.

I'm not saying anything in the article is untrue, only that until I hear it from the Rockets, I'm skeptical.

 

A fitting end to the failed Yao-Tmac experiment that looked Oh So Good on paper, but never came to fruition.

I feel bad for Yao though, Lord knows he gave his heart and soul to this franchise.

 

Maybe this is our David Robinson season...

Say Yao takes the year off.. resigns and comes back next year. We get someone really good with the Tmac money...

Then we go to the lotto this season, pick a stud, like Duncan for the aforementioned Spurs scenario, and then next season we are in the running for a chip?

What do ya think?

Okay I am just rationalizing, but dang I'm sort of bummed right now.. I need good thoughts.

 

Thanks for the recap.

 

S-s-s-s-teriods?

 

good thoughts: you have an excellent GM, an excellent owner, a profitable franchise, and an excellent NBA city.

thats a recipe for happiness as a basketball fan in the long run

 

You speak the truth once again but I think if Yao is out of basketball then McGrady doesn't even think about resigning here. I think he would be more of a ring chaser than wanting to stay here. Also I agree with you about letting McGrady, Scola, and the rest play out the season but I don't think Lowry and McGrady fit together in the back-court because Lowry can't really shoot that well. Aaron Brooks yeah but not Lowry.

Throughout his whole career McGrady really never had a good point guard who dominates the ball but when he had Armstrong by his side handling the ball he did ok playing offball. I believe its way to early to determine if the guy's career is over or not. Its not breaking news on ESPN. Funny how Yahoo sports and RealGM are the only ones that have it.

 

Seems to me this premature. It does make sense in a certain light, but you would think they would have gone after Amare more than a Rubio. Amare you would need now, Rubio not as much, but maybe they just gave up on that b/c Phoenix wanted too much.

The only part that really makes sense is Battier being included in a trade discussion. That does point to rebuilding around youth, which I dont think would include Amare.

 

Billy Mays was an icon and will be missed more than michael jackson.

 

The only time I felt like how I feel now was when I heard that Hakeem was traded to Toronto. You sort of knew the end was coming, but you hoped it was not true, and it was extremely sad to see the guy go.

 

Of course, that's fair. It's just I'm not surprised and had similar thoughts when it was first announced that his foot had not healed properly. This only seems to confirm my fears and suspicions. I'm guessing many people on heres experience's are similar.

 

this just in: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/6503064.html

Rockets center Yao Ming’s left foot injury could be severe enough to be season ending or even career-threatening depending on the success of potential treatments chosen, Rockets team physician Tom Clanton said Monday.


"At this point, the injury has the potential for him missing this next season and could be career threatening," Clanton said. "One of the things we are trying to get is a consensus opinion on that, to make certain there is no option we are overlooking that would provide an earlier return or would be an option for treatment that he would prefer rather than doing additional surgery."


Clanton, responding to a story on Yahoo Sports that reported that the Rockets and Yao representatives are concerned Yao will never play again, said that Yao could choose to try again to immobilize the foot in the hopes that the hairline fracture of the tarsal navicular bone would heal on its own, as several of his previous bone injuries have and doctors expected this time.


"We are not going to comment," Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said, "until we have all the facts."


Yao is scheduled to meet with several specialists to consider a wide variety of options. Clanton declined to say what option he expects to recommend.


Because Yao is entirely asymptomatic, there remains a hope that additional time in a boot or cast could allow the bone to heal on its own.


"I don’t think that is necessarily a longshot," Clanton said. "It takes a lot of time.

It may be best to take more time (immobilizing the foot). Sometimes that is the best option."


The surgical treatment options could include placing a pin inside the foot, a bone graft or even realigning the foot to operate differently. Cleveland Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas underwent similar procedures, reducing his high arch to a flatter foot position, an option that could be considered for Yao, Clanton said, though his arch is not as high as Ilgauskas’ was.


"It’s more that’s what we’re hoping to avoid, but that is certainly a realistic situation given his injury and the way the bone looked on the CT scan," Clanton said. "The fact he is having no symptoms gives us reason for optimism."


Yao had a pin inserted in the foot in February 2006 and was ready to play in the Olympics in less than six months, and in 77 regular-season games last season. Clanton, however, said there is concern that a more extreme procedure might be warranted, even though his current injury is considered less severe.


Clanton expected the hairline fracture that ended Yao’s season, his fourth bone injury in the past four seasons, to have healed when Yao returned from China for a CT scan last week.


Instead, it not only healed, but Clanton said it grew worse. He said doctors will also try to determine whether Yao has suffered a loss of blood supply in the area, causing the injury to heal more slowly.


"The hairline fracture that is present in the previous x-rays shows evidence it has not healed and has extended across the bone," Clanton said.


"At this stage he is having no symptoms or physical signs. He has no tenderness, no swelling, no redness. When he came back in, he was feeling like everything was perfect, and he would start rehabilitation and get ready to play. The findings on the CT were shocking for him and for us.


"Sometimes the findings on an x-ray or CT don’t necessarily mean that is exactly what you treat. You don’t treat a CT scan; you treat a patient. We are looking for every reason to teat this on clinical findings, but don’t want to put him at risk for a greater fracture.


"What we are looking at is a discrepancy in the clinical findings on him and what he tells us, and the findings on the diagnostic imaging studies that tell us what the bone looks like."

 

They made it out the 2nd round after years of going 1 and done.

 

The problem is that the rest of the team is so good at stepping up without the stars that it's unlikely we get a high lottery pick next draft.

 

lol way to post early to throw your precautionary tale... now the whole forum believes in you

 

Don't even start. It's called being 7'6 and weighing over 300 pounds. You can weigh a 100 pounds less and be a foot shorter and still have foot problems.

 

Until I hear from Rocket's management, Morey, or any doctor dealing with Yao personally, I do not believe these Yahoo website rumors. As of now, no other website has this information and if this was true, NBA.com and ESPN would have this all over their front page. Rumor get out that Morey may or may not wanted Rubio for 2 of our starting players and these writers jump to conclusions that we want to blow our team up. Until I hear from the Rockets themselves, I won't believe this crap!!!!

 

I still don't believe it. I haven't heard from Homestar Runner yet. Until he says it, I don't buy it.