The Goods Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 BEIJING (AP)—Houston Rockets All-Star center Yao Ming(notes) will have to wait up to a week before he knows whether he will need surgery on his broken left foot. The playing future of the 7-foot-6 Yao is in question amid reports from the team doctor that the hairline fracture in his foot could keep him out 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. Yao sustained a hairline fracture of the tarsal navicular bone late in a May 8 playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Rockets said last week that the injury has not healed and he was out indefinitely. Yao played in 77 regular-season games in 2008-09, his most injury-free year since 2004-05, when he played in 80. Before last season, Yao missed chunks of the previous three seasons with leg and foot injuries. In 2006-07, Yao missed 32 games after breaking his right leg. He sustained a stress fracture in his left foot in 2007-08, underwent surgery and sat out 26 games. Yao is due to make more than $16 million next season, with a player option for 2010-11 that would pay him more than $17 million. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Alx.TATttwP78Aoiz3t60hi8vLYF?slug=ap-rockets-yaoinjured&prov=ap&type=lgns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren2ThaG Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Get well big man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YugoRocketsFan Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 some chinese site says that yao probably will need surgery but all the tissue and blood in his broken leg are fine and could speed up the healing process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 some chinese site says that yao probably will need surgery but all the tissue and blood in his broken leg are fine and could speed up the healing process. He will it be good to go by the start of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren2ThaG Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 He will it be good to go by the start of the season. What about by the end of the season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Do whats best for you big fella. We're tanking this year anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hope he recovers fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 What about by the end of the season Stop saying that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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