The end of Yao Ming playing in NBA?
Looks like Yao Ming could be out for a long time.
You read it, because there are rumors that claim that this latest injury hitting the seven-foot Chinese giant coming to the 2009 NBA basketball season is so severe that they’re calling it career-threatening.
Apparently, Yao Ming hasn’t fully recovered yet from the broken foot he suffered from during the NBA playoffs. And while the brand new season is still a few months away, Yao’s recovery is so behind schedule that they are already ruling the big guy out for the entire season, or worse, his NBA career.
‘’At this point, the injury has the potential for him missing this next season and could be career threatening,’’ team physician Tom Clanton said.
‘’One of the things we are trying to get is a consensus opinion on that, to make certain there is no option we are overlooking that would provide an earlier return or would be an option for treatment that he would prefer rather than doing additional surgery.’’
Yao Ming suffered a hairline fracture of the tarsal navicular bone of his left foot when his Houston Rockets were playing the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the NBA playoffs. The team initially ruled Yao to be out for eight to 12 weeks but they found out that he could be missing a lot more time after a bone scan revealed that the fracture is not healing properly.
This leaves the Houston Rockets with no choice but to try to salvage their campaign with what they have left for the fourth straight year. However, this time, they’ll do the salvaging even before their campaign officially begins.
Yao Ming missed 21 games back in the 2005-06 season because of an infection in his left big toe. Then he missed 32 games in the 2006-07 season because of a broken leg. During the 2007-08 season, Yao hit the injury list yet again with a stress fracture in his left foot before injuring the same foot again in last season’s playoffs.
To make matters worse, the Rockets have already ruled Tracy McGrady out for at least the first half of the 2009 season after the star had microfracture surgery on his left knee.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Ron Artest gets in another brawl because of utter disappointment with all this shit.
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