Yao Ming out for the season

[alleyallen]

CRAP!!!!!

http://www.sports790.com/pages/790breakingnews.html

 

[Steak Snabler]

Not good. Once a big man's feet go, he's done. Ask Bill Walton.

 

[GB-Hack]

Tought break for the Rockets, especially with the 12-game win streak they're on.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

So what?
800 million Chinese don't give a shi....wait a minute.

 

[Steak Snabler]

So what?
800 million Chinese don't give a shi....wait a minute.

Now that's funny.

 

[Oz]

Tought break for the Rockets, especially with the 12-game win streak they're on.

Especially since they now have to rely on Tracy McGrady, who's never seen the second round of the playoffs.

 

[Hammer Pants]

What about the Olympics? Will he be able to play in them? Could he have played through the foot this season and skipped them, but the Chinese said "No way in hell."? I've covered several basketball players who have toughed out a season with a foot stress fracture and just walked around in a boot when they weren't on the court.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Another crappy product imported from China.

 

[alleyallen]

What about the Olympics? Will he be able to play in them? Could he have played through the foot this season and skipped them, but the Chinese said "No way in hell."? I've covered several basketball players who have toughed out a season with a foot stress fracture and just walked around in a boot when they weren't on the court.

On my way home from work early because of the flu .... ugh .... the sports talk guys were actually thinking of it from a different angle. Clearly with a stress fracture in his foot, the season SHOULD be done. But with the Olympics in Beijing in July, is there any way the Chinese let him sit? And how about the Rockets, at that point? What if playing in the Olympics damages him further?

 

[Stoney]

Not good. Once a big man's feet go, he's done. Ask Bill Walton.

A lot of truth to that. Once a 7 footer starts getting stress fractures it's usually a problem that never goes away and tends to get worse. Not sure I'd be buying Yao Ming stock right now.

 

[93Devil]

You know, I have a trade request in my SportsJournalists.com NBA league where a guy wanted to trade me Derron Williams for Yao.

Should I be a real jerk?

Spinted, I know you don't care about my fantasy team.

 

[Hammer Pants]

You know, I have a trade request in my SportsJournalists.com NBA league where a guy wanted to trade me Derron Williams for Yao.

Should I be a real jerk?

Spinted, I know you don't care about my fantasy team.

A move like that will get a man's ass kicked, for sure.

 

[93Devil]

It was pulled. I would not have done it anyway.

Come on Scola!!!!

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Not good. Once a big man's feet go, he's done. Ask Bill Walton.

Or Muresan

 

[Stoney]

Not good. Once a big man's feet go, he's done. Ask Bill Walton.

Or Muresan

Or Rik Smits

 

[Philosopher]

Only counter-example I can think of is Ilgauskas. He appears to have gotten past whatever foot troubles he had.

But I agree that usually the problems are chronic.

 

[hachat11]

Good point on Illgauskas. He had horrible problems for a 2-3 year stretch, but he's barely missed any time over the past 4-5 years. He's been in nearly every game and even the ones he's missed haven't been b/c of foot problems.
But Z could be the exception to the rule with big guys.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Not good. Once a big man's feet go, he's done. Ask Bill Walton.

Yao could always get into broadcasting.

 

[Stoney]

Only counter-example I can think of is Ilgauskas. He appears to have gotten past whatever foot troubles he had.

But I agree that usually the problems are chronic.

That's true, I guess Illgauskas did make a nice comeback from it. Maybe medical treatment has improved.

It does seem that NBA centers are particularly susceptible to foot stress fractures (makes sense, running 2 hrs a night carrying 7 ft 260 plus pounds) and usually they're never quite the same afterward. Kevin McHale and Jeff Ruland are 2 others I can think of that were all-pros until stress fractures, but never again afterward. We'll see how Yao does.

 

[Montezuma's Revenge]

Not good. Once a big man's feet go, he's done. Ask Bill Walton.

Yao could always get into broadcasting.

For some reason, that cracked me up.