Nonsense. Whatever Yao Ming makes, the team makes double in international exposure. They wouldn't low-ball him at the risk of losing revenue he brings in.
Same reason why the Lakers are going to extend Kobe for almost $30 million a year. It's Kobe. If they lose him, they don't have to pay him but lose everything he brings in.
Re: Yao’s injury could be season ending or even career-threatening
There is article in ESPN insider, how Rockets can bounce back after losing yao! any information?.
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“It is not about height or size,” Landry said. “It’s about heart, courage and toughness.”
Shane_Battier: I try to prepare for my opponent as thoroughly as possible. I want to know every angle on the man I am guarding to give me an edge. I read many, many pages and go over strengths and weaknesses many times before a game. Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. That is a motto I like.
Yao Ming: When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now. The young guys in China are new age. They want to show their stuff. But I am old-school. It was a big adjustment when i frist came here to play at a camp. The coaches told me to dunk, but i would lay the ball in. Finally, the coaches made everyone else on my team run laps when I didn't dunk. I didn't want my teammates to be punished because of me. That's how i learned to dunk.
Yao Ming: I felt that I twisted my ankle when I feel down. If it was a regular-season game, I probably would have come out and told the trainer we need to look at it. But it was a playoff game against the Lakers. The first home game. I twisted it again in the third quarter. then again in the fourth. I can't blame myself. No true player would want to leave the court in that situation. This was not about Chinese culture or American culture. It was about the culture of being a competitor.
Chinese Government/National Team: Yao has already been given approval to miss this summer's Asian Basketball Championships in the east Chinese city of Tianjin, but the CBA hopes the centre will be able to play for the national team at next year's World Championships in Turkey.
That's ridiculous if he ever has to play for the Chinese National team again. They're the reason he can't walk right now. He came back early to play for your freaking Beijing Olympics now let him be and rest.
The Rockets shouldn't resign him unless it's under his contract that he can't play for China while he's still in the NBA. It wouldn't make sense for the Rockets to give a max contract with that much risk involved.
Now, after consulting with the Rockets' medical staff and a handful of specialists on the East Coast, a decision has been made to have Yao undergo surgery once more to repair the stress fracture in the tarsal navicular bone of his left foot, according to several sources. What has not yet been determined is the exact method for the repair.
By having the surgery soon, the hope is that Yao will be able to return to the basketball court by the second half of the 2009-10 season and possibly be at full strength for the playoffs.
"What I do is stay positive as much as I can, waiting, waiting for the hope," Yao said. "Right now, just like everything else, my heart is hanging there."
I think that's what most of us were shooting for. We want him to get as much rest as possible. Missing half the season is bad, but we rather him miss the 1st half rather than the 2nd half. We can definitely hold the fort for half the season(we've done it for 3 seasons in a row).
Houston Rockets All-Star center Yao Ming will have to wait up to a week before he knows whether he will need surgery on his broken left foot.
The future of 7-foot-6 (226-centimeter) Yao are in question amid reports from the team doctor that the hairline fracture in his foot could keep him out of all of next season, and potentially end his career.
"It hasn't been decided yet," Yao's agent, Eric Zhang, told The Associated Press on Friday. "He is still in the process of group consultations of doctors holding different opinions and different plans. The result of the consultations is due within a week."
Before that there is no way of telling whether surgery will be performed, Zhang said.
"We are still in the information gathering period," he said.
Re: Source: Yao being recommended season-ending procedure
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Reports yesterday indicated that the Rockets would have to wait another week to find out whether or not Yao Ming will need surgery.
However, a source close to the situation has told me that Yao has been recommended a procedure that would likely cause him to miss the entire upcoming season. This procedure would involve the use of a bone stimulator that would not require tampering with Yao's foot, ultimately allowing Yao to return at a higher playing level. It would also aid in lengthening his career.
The other option would be surgical, in an effort to remove the screws currently in place and re-position the bone. While this could allow Yao to return next season, they would in no way guarantee long-term health.
But again, we'll know what the entire situation is in a week's time.
Re: Source: Yao being recommended season-ending procedure
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Sources close to Rockets center Yao Ming tell Local 2 this afternoon he will announce he is having major surgery on his left foot in the next few days, and that the procedure will keep him out of the upcoming Rockets season.
Update: Yao undergoes successful surgery
but if that ensures that Yao will be healthy or healthier for the season after that I'd probably go for that.
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