ChosenOne Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Houston Rockets center Yao Ming(notes) underwent surgery on his left ankle Thursday morning in hopes of eventually resuming his NBA career, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. The Rockets announced last month that Yao would miss the remainder of the season because of a stress fracture in his ankle. An official timetable for Yao’s recovery from the surgery has yet to be established, but the Rockets’ team physician has previously said it could take Yao up to 10 months to return to the court if he elected to have the procedure. Yao, 30, weighed whether to retire after his latest injury, but a source close to him says he now intends to try to play next season. “It’s a pretty strong certainty that he doesn’t plan on retiring,” the source said. “He doesn’t want to end his career like that. No doctor has told him he has to do it differently. At the end of the day, what else does he have to do?” Yao is in the last season of his contract, and the Rockets have explored trading his $17.7 million expiring deal before the February deadline to help them better build for the future. League sources said the team currently doesn’t have any significant trade discussions involving Yao. Yahoo! Sports Kind of expected but still good to hear I didn't want to see Yao go out like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Swish* Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 He will when he's going to come back and get injured again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htown11 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Good for him. He's a hard worker that won't go down without a fight. I hope wherever he ends up he is a contributor and sees success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YugoRocketsFan Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 He can keep trying, if he manages to do it he is awesome, but I doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lone Granger Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 The sad thing is, that when he does come back again, he probably is just going to have the same thing happen again. Ming is such a big dude, that when he tries to rush himself back, the weight just re-stress fractures the same kind of thing that he had before. The ankles just don't hold up that well under so much pressure, especially when you have an aging player involved as well. Hopefully he can make a comeback, but I just wouldn't be too optimistic about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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