Yao to undergo surgery next week

by UofTOrange on Jul 17, 2009 12:38 PM CDT in Player Analysis Comment 26 comments

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Let's get back to this big guy

From the chronicle:

After several weeks spent considering his options, Yao chose a surgery that will include a bone graft and a realignment of the bones in his left foot to alleviate some of the stress in that area that could have led to the hairline fractures in the tarsal navicular bone the past two seasons.

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So, we knew this was coming, but it's no fun to actually see it in print. Yao will be out for the entire year and I would even venture to guess, for safeties sake, some of the next. Personally I'd like to see them just yank those bones out and put in some titanium or something equally or more awesome. Make him like the terminator. Who knows, maybe that is the plan and we won't know because they don't want the league to know. Plus, you wouldn't want the machines to get the message just yet.

So, DreamShakers, are you happy with the choice made? Did you want them to use the more expiremental surgery, or does this make sense to you?

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Well...

I guess if he can come back stronger and last a few more years in the league with this surgery, then I would say that its worth it. We might have to suffer this year, but in the long run we can take bigger strides….no pun intended.

I play real sports...Not try to be the best at exercising.

by wescox10 on Jul 17, 2009 1:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

see ya!!!

like i said we should’ve traded this guy but they didnt n he got hurt just like all the other years n now bc of the front office or Morey for not gettin a center years ago we have a hole in our roster!!!!!!!!! hopefully Andersen can come in n fill that spot in points but he doesnt rebound the ball well is not a good defender either!!!!!!!!!!

by da_H on Jul 17, 2009 1:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You cannot, under any circustances, trade a guy like Yao

That’s beyond ridiculous

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by UofTOrange on Jul 18, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

sorry dudes

I still think Morey makes this a playoff team

signed

a jerky portland fan

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

I will talk about DeJuan Blair no more forever

by jonestr on Jul 17, 2009 1:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

you son of a bitch...

theres nothing i hate more than you sarcastic, trash talking portland fans…you guys make me freakin sick…

dang, i can’t do it.

why are you blazer fans so damn classy. i’m gonna go pick a fight at the laker board just to make sure i stay on top of my game.

—

But I disagree. I think it’ll be hard for this line up to be one of the top 8 in the west. But I’m not gonna say anything until the summers over. It will be fun to watch the possibility of a true Adelman offense with some real high post bigs though.

by flipasta on Jul 17, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have argued this point a bit

on blazersedge, and my thinking is that you guys have had some really impressive win streaks minus Yao and McGrady. Depending on what happens in NO and Utah I think that the resiliency of the Rockets will win out.

Maybe the Dwyer article on why Morey should have been GM of the year, and his ability to get players into situations where they can utilize their talents will make it so I will never doubt a team with Morey at the helm.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

I will talk about DeJuan Blair no more forever

by jonestr on Jul 17, 2009 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

PS.

If we end up moving Battier, I think he would do well in Portland. I’d even go so far as to say he’d be the good enough (and you need his skill set enough) that he’d put you guys into the Lakers/Celtic/Magic/Cavs category (even though none of the talking heads will realize it until halfway through the season).

It would hurt to see him in anything than Rockets Red, but I could handle him as a Blazer.

by flipasta on Jul 17, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He would be nice in Portland

we will see what happens. Perhaps someone like Bayless headed out might do the trick. I am also one of the few Blazers fans who would include Rudy in a deal.

anyhow, I still think you will have a team worth rooting for next year.

good luck

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

I will talk about DeJuan Blair no more forever

by jonestr on Jul 17, 2009 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who's Yao??? We have Andersen!!!

No really kidding aside, we knew this was coming so no big deal. I think Yao will miiss next year, but he’ll be back, no one works harder than him…

I’m really worried about next season, I think were going to stink up the joint!
Brooks
Battier
Ariza
Scola
Andersen
doesn’t inspire much faith…but lets go Rox!

by sarppeva on Jul 17, 2009 2:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That sucks man

Looks like Yao is done in Houston… the Rockets aren’t gonna resign Yao after next year. if it weren’t for the injuries the Rockets could have easily gotten at least 1 championship the past couple of years.

Well at least Dwight Howard won’t have to deal with Yao beating him anymore. Although I bet he is a little disappointed he never got a chance to figure him out

by Souwantmyname on Jul 17, 2009 2:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

this report is actually false

yao and mcgrady are undergoing an experimental procedure in which mcgrady receives yao’s knees and yao gets mcgrady’s feet.

Wafer . . . again. (Marv Albert, HOU v. CLE Feb 2009)
-one of the FEW at Toyota Center who has the Wafer jersey

by olivarezq1 on Jul 17, 2009 2:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

LOL!!

by kmbrly429 on Jul 17, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i agree with this deceision

but im still hoping hes faking it so he can get out of the china national team summer workouts

by houstonrockets1313 on Jul 17, 2009 2:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yao....

HOPE ALL GOES WELL FOR YOU AND THAT YOU HEAL REALLY QUICKLY, YOU HAVE SO MANY GOOD FANS BEHIND YOU AND HERE’S TO WISHING FOR A GOOD PAIR A FEET!!!!

AND TO ALL THE FARE WEATHER FANS STOP TALKING TRASH, YAO WORKS HARDER THAN ANYONE, HE IS DETERMINED AND TRUE TO HIS TEAM, THE ROCKETS! TRUE GENTLEMAN!

THE ROCKETS WILL SURPRISE US, JUST AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS DONE, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE HEART OF A CHAMPION! AND WE DON’T STOP!

by kmbrly429 on Jul 17, 2009 2:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Who is available in the lottery for 2010?

I am optimistic that we can drop deep into the lottery then get Yao back like the Spurs did to get Tim Duncan.

by AWSF on Jul 17, 2009 3:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

John Wall

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

I will talk about DeJuan Blair no more forever

by jonestr on Jul 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It just breaks my heart to see a classy guy go through that

But that’s all been said before. I’m not a doctor, but if this really does repair the mechanics of his foot and prevents a recurrence, than for his sake it needed to be done. Even if he doesn’t get brought back by the Rockets (doubtful that he won’t) I want him to have a long and fruitful career.

I don’t know what the experimental surgery entailed, but I am hopeful that the mechanical modifications to his foot will decrease the overall strain. Between that, having a solid backup center to take his minutes down and no more Chinese summer ball, I think his future prospects for health are pretty good. At least I hope.

If work ethic and will play any part in his recovery, he will come out of this fine.

I’m not worried about next year either. The Rockets aren’t a lost cause, and they aren’t a mismatched band of has-beens. They are a young, exciting ~~-albeit outgunned~~- and classy teams.

Other than health and rings, I don’t know what more I could ask for.

by pj.ibi.est on Jul 17, 2009 3:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Considering this procedure was used with success on Big Z, I’m cautiously optimistic.

Of course, being a Rockets fan, “cautiously optimistic” has been the default mode for a few seasons now… but you get my point.

by DribbleHooper on Jul 17, 2009 3:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yao.....

has played with nothing but heart. yes the injuries are what they are, what are you gonna blame yao for playing hard all the time? let him get the surgery, let him do the rehab and let him come back and see what he can do before everybody starts writing him off. hes got the heart of a champion, doesnt that mean he’s on the right team?

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by kg_2005 on Jul 17, 2009 4:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Resigned.

I think most Houston followers have realized there’s little choice but to be resigned to such things. In any case, he’s choosing not to mortgage his future for the present, as it were, and it’s hard to fault this decision.

A more pleasant way to look at the season we’re staring down the barrel of is that, really, nobody knows what to expect! So, it should be pretty interesting to see what these guys do.

by DUNOTS on Jul 17, 2009 4:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That second paragraph pretty well sums it up.

by DribbleHooper on Jul 17, 2009 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Personally I’d like to see them just yank those bones out and put in some titanium or something equally or more awesome. Make him like the terminator.

Actually, from my understanding of it (and, again, I’m no doctor, just a simple economics and philosophy student), one of the main advantages of this surgery is that it doesn’t do something like that. Apparently the screws that had been inserted into his foot over the years have added extra stress to an already weak structure, so hopefully the realignment surgery works.

It worked for Ilgauskas…

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by Only_A_Lad on Jul 17, 2009 5:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs