Yao's foot still hurt? Noooooo!!

by grungedave on Jun 25, 2009 8:26 AM CDT in Discussions about Badasses Comment 15 comments

Bad news on the Yao Ming foot injury front...

seems his foot still has not healed. Nor is it responding to the treatment. So much for only being out 8-12 weeks. [insert sad face emoticon here.]

Then again, my optimistic take is that maybe this is just a big ploy to trick the Chinese government and allow Yao Ming to actually rest during the summer for once? And I'm all for pulling a fast one on a government entity so long as it allows Yao to be healthy and kicking ass again in October.

Hey, I'm trying to think positive here. Otherwise this is just horrible news that might ruin my day. Made even worse by the fact that Yao only gets to beat up on the Fat Ass twice a year now that LeBron got a new teammate yesterday. Then again, Shaq will probably be stricken with "Yao-itis" on those two occasions.

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Down, but not out

I have to say it’s tough to be a Rockets fan sometimes, but I guess I’m a sucker for punishment. I hope Yao gets better, and I really hope you’re right Dave. The Wizard is tricky enough to do that. The good thing is, I know we have the most resilient, tough team in the league. This won’t break us. We showed last year that we don’t care about adversity. We shall overcome. Let’s go Rockets, keep on winning.

PS: Re-sigh Artest ASAP

All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader? -Hakeem Olajuwon

by SlatonShuffle on Jun 25, 2009 8:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

how do you say

this f***** blows in chinese?

by jroberts5 on Jun 25, 2009 8:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Well...

What’s the recovery time if it doesn’t respond to treatment? Indefinite?

Would he still be ready when the season begins? It would suck if he was really injured but maybe God is just doing it to keep him off the Chinese team. Or maybe the trainers are deliberately treating it wrong so he can’t play.

I’m just kidding with that last one, but it would be nice to have at least one of our stars healthy throughout the whole year. sigh

Go Rockets.

by Rock Creator on Jun 25, 2009 9:17 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

We have time before NBA season starts..

I’m just being optimistic and looking at all the time we still have before NBA season starts.. We’ll be fine.

After all these trade rumors, I want to see something actually happen!

by hornfan4eva on Jun 25, 2009 9:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Actually good news

Now Yao will DEFINITELY get to rest his big old foot before the season starts. Yes, it sucks that its taking longer than expected, but we’ll see what the doctors decide to do for the Great Wall before things spiral out of hand.

As for trade rumors, so far we’ve gotten the following:
1.) Richard Jefferson is now a Spur
2.) Shaq is now LeBron’s sidekick
3.) Minnesota has a monopoly on the NBA draft
4.) Washington added Randy Foye and Mike Miller to a nucleus of Arenas/Jamison/Butler

And we’re not through yet.

B^2
"LeBron James is just an upgraded version of Ron Artest"
(Artest after Houston pummeled the Cavaliers 93-74)

by Nitroberg on Jun 25, 2009 9:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Would you

trade Mcgrady, Landry & Brooks to the Suns for Stoudemire & Barbosa?

http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm

by tyler2 on Jun 25, 2009 10:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

NO

Stoudemire has a 10 cent head.
Barbosa has regressed.

Brooks and Landry are valuable contributors and T-Mac’s expiring deal is worth MUCH more than two guys who will be UFAs soon.

by grungedave on Jun 25, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am...

…getting seriously close to wanting to just dump Yao and get someone else.

by jasonmicron on Jun 25, 2009 11:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, that sucks

But nobody knows how this will impact next season. We’ll see. No need to panic.

Your friendly neighborhood Dreamshake mod.

by Only_A_Lad on Jun 25, 2009 12:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Here’s some additional news about his foot

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4285514

A bone scan conducted Wednesday night revealed the fracture had not healed. The team now says no timeline is set for Yao’s return to basketball activities, though Clanton said Yao is experiencing no pain in his foot.

“I think I’ve been in harder situations before, much harder than this one,” he said. “I believe that I can get through this one, too.”

Yao returned to China after the playoffs and has spent time participating in charity events. His offseason was also scheduled to include a basketball camp in Beijing from July 30-Aug. 2.

by shoothoop on Jun 25, 2009 2:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs