What I don't understand is why the Rockets are trying so desperately to keep us fans positive? First Friedman with the quick response in the article, now Morey with the tweets. I'm thinking one of two reasons, both really lead to ticket sales: They know what we've been through, and do not want us to panic. This is NOT another here we go again situation. Or It is another here we go again situation, and we will be over the luxury tax. Without Yao, attendance will drop, we won't get any national games, etc. Lots of $$$ at stake. ..just speculation
Jason misstated the point entirely. Assuming (and apparently it's a big assumption) Yao's statement was literally word for word what he said. Then Yao isn't talking about what he'll do if he gets injured again...he's talking still about whether his foot will heal from its current injury. I think that difference is pretty significant, frankly...again, assuming this is what he said. As for newsworthiness...it's only newsworthy because it's Yao's feelings/thoughts on things. When Yao throws out the word retirement and 2011 in the same sentence, people are going to be interested.
I don't see the difference at all. I don't care if doctors say Yao is 100% and as good as new. I don't care if they give him a robotic foot. I will struggle to believe in Yao, and I certainly won't consider him HEALED, until I see him run up and down an NBA court for meaningful minutes multiple times per week. I think most logical fans, and probably even Yao himself, feel the same way. Why on earth would he consider himself healed prior to seeing how it holds up in NBA basketball?
Because it mentions a big name and retirement in the same sentence, and of course that's going to get eyeballs to their site and to their network. Do you not get how ESPN works by now? It's the same reason Chris Broussard has some new massive "scoop" or "list" seemingly every other day.
Hmmm..not sure what to say. I can tell you it makes a difference to me whether or not we're speculating about whether a future injury will happen...or about whether he heals properly from an injury we already know he has.
Speculating what, though - Yao's likelihood of sustaining an injury? Yes, absolutely, it makes a difference. But we already knew the full extent of the situation well before these statements today. We also could have easily deduced that should the foot not heal, of course he'd consider retiring - quite frankly, I think Yao would be an idiot not to. I was worried about Yao's ability to fully recover from his injury yesterday. I'm still worried today. I don't see any reason to be more/less concerned based on his statement that he could retire if he doesn't fully recover. It seems beyond obvious.
Anyone acknowledge Daryl Morey's latest tweets stating that Yao is already participating in on court basketball activities and as far as he is concerned Yao will be ready September 26, first day of training camp?
lie won't help in long run. it's no reason for them to lie just for one year benefit. everyone will know what happen when the coming season ends. you don't want to shoot at your foot at the end of the season.
Wasn't Daryl Morey saying the same thing last summer? I am not saying it is "Here we go again" but last year the Rox were saying Yao's foot was healing normally and then we hear about them applying for a medical exemption because Yao was going to be out all year. I don't necessarily believe anything they say publicly. DD
i am not sure the sequence of all events but i doubt morey or rox said he was healing normally w/o any medical examination supports. bcoz of those examination, they found his foot didn't response so we had he surgery. now he is already on the court. if medical examination doesn't allow, i would highly doubt that on court activities are allowed.
Uh, no. Yao broke his foot in mid-May, and there was very minimal comment until the end of June, when he went in for his follow-up exam, which brought in very unexpected findings. And they communicated those immediately.
I am not sure about that Cat, I seem to recall them saying the bone was healing normally, and then we heard later that he was out for the season. And, I also recall that they had applied for the exemption WHILE they were saying everything was fine. Anyone else recall it this way? DD
yes. they made it seem like yao was going to be fine and kept everything hush hush as to how he really was.
Exactly, and IIRC, it was also Yahoo that broke the news...... Where are the news stories being broken by the Houston press? Everyone is in the orgs pocket...... DD
That is a damn good point. Even If Yao does come back healthy, we need to start thinking about finding a young C to go with our young core. Thabeet, Oden, SOMETHING...
There's a pretty big difference in saying the bone was healing normally over the course of six weeks and over the course of 12 months. When you're talking about how things look in those opening weeks, of course his foot isn't going to look normal. The Rockets said he was fine, based on where he was supposed to be at that particular stage. But when they got to the six-week checkpoint, he wasn't fine. There's a big difference when you're talking about them saying he looks to be healing 2-4 weeks after breaking it (which is inherently speculative, since the injury can't be remotely healed in a timeframe like that), and every month for 12 months.
