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

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Time to go after Tyson Chandler in a trade? Or we could bring Mutombo out of retirement if we paid him enough...maybe.

 

I thought it was a hairline fracture? Did it grow? I call b.s., as in baseless speculation.

 

I don't know if this has been posted by anyone familier with this situation
(somewhat), but I was talking to a friend with some Rockets relations and this seems to be true indeed.
The news, the hair line fracture on his foot not only has not improved, but also extended.
They are also considering to have (possibly) an operation to kinda flaten the arc on Yao's foot (Yao has high arcs), like it was done on Big Z's foot.

None knows how that might go and either way a STRONG chance he is out next year.

 

We're screwed.


For those saying we should blow the team up and trade anyone of value, including Scola, I'll respond with a big **** NO! We need to keep Luis, in my opinion, for my sanity if for no other reason. I want us to keep at least one smart vet who never takes a play off and seems bullet proof (I just knocked on wood). The kids are all well and good, but you need a good veteran to root for. Hayes is one, but he can't score to save his life, or anyone else's. So if the team needs to be blown up, at least keep Luis Scola. Thank you for your kind attention.


We're screwed.

 

yao is DONE for his career. now the rubio thing makes sense.

 

...so if it's career ending, when are we off the hook for the money owed him? When does the insurance kick in? Any chance we have Yao AND Tmac's contract money to play with in 2010?

 

how crappy is dr. clanton? how can an injury get WORSE over 6 weeks of treatment?

 

it did grow and got worse according to Clanton the team Dr. read the houston chronicle article by Feigen. It's a lot more detail with acutal quotes from Clanton. Doesnt look good. He is most likely out for all of next year at the minimum. This suxs

 

...on ESPN's site now. Looks official.

..of course Houston's doctor's also said Tmac didn't need microfracture surgery so you can't trust much coming from the Houston medical team. Maybe I'm mistaken but doesn't Houston(the city) have some top flight medical personnel there - any chance we could "upgrade" our medical staff in Houston? They can't be blamed for every injury, but it seems suspect that so many players appears to be misdiagnosed by the team doctors.

 

Don't we now have a medical exception we will be eligible for.

 

He is probably no longer getting adequate blood supply to that foot. That foots been though hell.

 

i guess if we can trade TMAC for a star then we don't have to rebuild...but ARRRG ****K!!!!

 

I keep thinking of J.R. Richard and Dickie Thon...

 

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this again confirms the ineptitude of the medical staff.

 

If this is true, THIS PROVES ONLY ONE THING...

Morey knew what he was doing all along. You'd see it pre-draft when you have all these aggresive offers to get Rubio. Then you see that we were willingly to trade Battier as well. This is signs of rebuilding.

What can Morey do when the foundation of the team is faulty. Rebuild.

Sorry Yao...

 

Updated: June 29, 2009, 7:02 PM ET


The Houston Rockets already said that Yao Ming's recovery from a broken foot was behind schedule, but that setback might now cost him all of next season or worse.


"At this point, the injury has the potential for him missing this next season and could be career threatening," team physician Tom Clanton said, according to the Houston Chronicle. "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."

Yahoo! Sports first reported that Yao could miss next season.

The team is weighing different options. Yao suffered a hairline fracture of the tarsal navicular bone of his left foot in the Rockets' second-round playoff loss to the Lakers on May 8. The team initially said Yao would miss eight to 12 weeks, but a bone scan last week revealed that the fracture is not healing properly.

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

While Yao could face surgery to insert a pin in the foot, a bone graft or even realignment of the foot, but the team is trying immobilization for right now. They are hoping that the fracture heals on its own.

"I don't think that is necessarily a longshot," Clanton said, according to the newspaper. "It takes a lot of time. It may be best to take more time. Sometimes that is the best option."

The Rockets are encouraged because Yao is not feeling any symptoms of the fracture.

"He has no tenderness, no swelling, no redness," Clanton said, according to the Chronicle. "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."

Yao missed 21 games in 2005-06 because of an infection in his left big toe, then broke a bone in his left foot in April. He broke his right leg in the 2006-07 season and sat out 32 games, then suffered a stress fracture in his left foot in 2007-08 and missed the playoffs.

He played in 77 games last season before injuring the same troublesome foot again in Game 3 against the Lakers.

Yao averaged 19.7 points and 9.9 rebounds per game last season and 17.1 and 10.9 in the playoffs before he went down.

Yao is due to make over $16 million next season with a player option for 2010-11 that would pay him over $17 million. He was the top overall pick by the Rockets in the 2002 draft.

The Rockets already expect Tracy McGrady to miss at least the first half of next season after microfracture surgery on his left knee.


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Do the surgery ASAP. 6 Month recovery puts Yao back on court in Jan,2010.
Dr.Claton, makes up your mind ASAP.

 

surgery or whatever, the thing is his foot problems are becoming annual and worse every year. even if he can play again, it's only inevitable another injury will pop up.

it's time yao has to start thinking about his own health.