Yao Ming to have microfracture surgery, his shoes may be partial cause of the injury

Another thing could be technique in jumping, running and landing. I have a feeling Yao who isn't athletic and he is running, jumping and landing in bad form. Others more athletic athletes with better form can usually avoid from putting alot of pressure on the sore of their feet.

 

Your logic here just doesn't check out and repeating something that is not accurate doesn't make it truth. First of all, Rocket is a for-profit organization and EVERY DECISION is a business decision. If you doesn't make so much money for the owner, why does the owner want to keep him so badly? The fact that Les is scared of the luxury tax is not because he doesn't have that kind of money. A shrewd business man doesn't spend money that he deems unnecessary. If he is stupid enough to spend the money the way rox fans want him to spend, he would not have been this rich in the first place.

Back to your argument on international money, it may be partial true but it can not be the whole story. Think: if the international players makes less money for the owners than otherwise equivalent domestic players, why would the owners want to have international player in the first place?

NBA is a business and EVERYTHING is about money....

 

I'm not going to get into a pissing contest, so i'll be brief and to the point.

The nba just like football has revenue sharing. Every jersey,key chain or basketball associated with nba is put into this huge pot and divided equally among all 32 teams. Every ticket sold for the nba is also split. All tv revenue local or internationally, league pass subscription on sat. tv and radio are all split. The only money the team owners get to keep for themselves are parking,luxury boxes, and concessions. That why teams want as many luxury suites as possible. That's why even whe the bulls sucked, they made a lot of money because of 200 lux boxes at 100k per yr.

Having yao makes the rox more visible, but the international money goes into the money pot. If the money wasn't equally shared, just think the advantage the jordan led bulls would have had on everyone else.

If u don't believe me, look up the nba revenue sharing in the nba. The plan along with the cap allows teams like spurs,pacer,bucks, and utah the chance to compete on a level playing field.

 

Yao didn't have the proper insole. That's not Reebok's fault. That's no one's fault. Not everyone understands how much energy the new soles take off people's feet. It's literally like walking on springs.

 

oh lord, dont get the wrong idea. reeboks are not radioactive waste uranium. it's not like everyone who touches a pair of reeboks are destined to die in 3 days time with bone spurs exploding out of their feet. shoes dont matter? I think anyone who's played any level of competitive sport will argue with you on that one. shoes do matter, just as much as other sport equipment... sub par gear hurts performance.

reeboks started as gym/aerobics shoes and they make good cleats but their basketball shoes suck.

personally I've never had any issues with shoes except for a period wearing reeboks mandated by my coach in college. id never had any issues with arches or insoles before that point, but the reeboks definitely made my ankles sore and the illfitting and overly stiff tops were extremely uncomfortable and wore my skin down to a point where it was bleeding. I've heard stories like that from many many dudes over the years.

mileage may vary. there are dudes who eat nothing but Big Macs for years and they're fine. does that mean people who are prone to high blood pressure and weight game can eat all the Big Macs they like? IMO it's very possible that a guy prone to foot problems like Yao had his situation exacerbated by illfitting/sub par equipment on his feet AKA reeboks

 

I've gotten a couple of emails about insoles - to address this first I have to say I'm not an expert. I only know through personal experience and experimentation as some who weighs 250 lbs and battled through various ailments playing basketball - including foot pain, shin splints and knee pain.

I have found out that anything with polyurethane foam or a viscoelastic solid as the absorbing part of the insole works for me.

I think poron, sorbathane, sof gel - all are trade names for these kinds of products. You want to get the ones that are meant for jumping (they have to be durable and more stablizing, and you have to make sure it fits properly - get them too big and you can usually just cut them down to fit your shoe.

And you have to change them frequently because they do eventually lose their elasticity.

That being said, this will help when things are more annoyances - shin splints, foot pain, soreness, etc. Anything more severe and you should see a doctor. But for me, this has worked out well and i'm happy with the difference it made.

 

damn reebok!

yao... SWITCH TO JORDAN BRAND!

 

Sweet Lou- That's a good point. If ur feet are unique, flat or high arches, insole help a lot. In college we wore addidas and there were cool even for the 7ft 270 lbs guy we had. When I used to hoop every day, reeboks worked for me.

Another thing is yao's running. My wife ran track in college and at a rox game she thought yao runs terrible. As a former sprinter I asked her what she meant. She says he runs on his heels insteads of on his toes. I started to watch him closer and shes right. I think yao needs to learn to run. I remember hakeem worked with a track guy to improve his running. Maybe team yao might look into it.

 

Exactly what I was thinking. Yao is running and probably landing flat on his heels. But I have a sad feeling Yao feet isn't strong enough to let him constantly run on his toes due to his enormous size. I don't think it's even strong enough to let him raise himself on his toes. Maybe Yao should try training on wearing high heels shoe.

 

Yao needs to be more American and sue Reebok! Frivilous lawsuits FTW!

I used to wear Payless and Kmart shoes. My feet are fine!

 

clanton is a foot specialist

 

Players of the caliber of yao all have custom shoes. They can request any special customizations they want on the shoe and the company will do it. In terms of insoles, that has nothing to do with the shoe company. Players have their own insoles that they use. They take the insoles that come with the shoe out. The only shoe that has a built in custom insole that players still wear is the Adidas Bounce (KG wears them as well as a few other players). He even wears an insole on top of that sometimes. Reebok may have been slow in shipping him shoes (and that's on them) but in terms of insoles and shoes the player has control of that. Yao is an extremley nice guy and maybe wasn't forceful enough but that's the truth