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now this is ed-up. The result of Yao being injured has a mutual cause from both the Chinese National team and the Houston Rockets. Both teams tried to get the best of Yao by forcing him to play extra minutes and not resting him well enough
China media blames Yao injuries on long season
China's state media Tuesday blamed the rigours of the NBA for a career-threatening injury to star centre Yao Ming, calling on the world's top basketball league to shorten its playing season.
The Houston Rockets centre, seen in China as a national hero, said last week he would have surgery on his broken left foot in the coming days and would probably miss all of the next National Basketball Association season.
A commentary in the Communist Party-run People's Daily dismissed the widely-held view in the United States that Yao's repeated injuries stemmed from training with China's national team during the NBA off-season.
"It can only be said that the NBA game has worn Yao Ming out," the paper fired back.
"The physical beating taken by every player due to the long season, the high level of match play and the endless travel cannot be overlooked.
"The NBA should consider changing its match scheduling from the standpoint of safeguarding players."
The iconic centre broke his foot during the Rockets playoff run in May.
The Rockets said Friday they had no timetable for the return of the seven-time All-Star but he was "expected to be available" for the team's training camp in October 2010.
The commentary analysed Yao's recent injuries and said they all occurred during the NBA season, including a break in the same left foot six months ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Yao led China to an eighth-place finish in the Games.
"With the world's most advanced sports medicine and treatment the NBA has been unable to resolve the continued problems with Yao Ming's health," the commentary said.
"So this problem might actually not be decided by his body or the conditions of his medical treatment, but is a basic issue related to the games themselves."
Yao recently bought his former Chinese team, the financially embattled Shanghai Sharks. But he said this week that was not a sign that he was considering retirement.
now this is ed-up. The result of Yao being injured has a mutual cause from both the Chinese National team and the Houston Rockets. Both teams tried to get the best of Yao by forcing him to play extra minutes and not resting him well enough
I don't know what to say to this...
China can have a big cup of STFU!!
ing hypocrites
how is 33 mpg "extra minutes" for a top tier starter? he only plays 2/3's of the game.
china gets half of his paycheck and still give him ?
how about surrounding him with good players instead of the thats on the team.
Too many minutes/games? How about that he's a giant trying to support a 7'6" frame?!?!? Forget running up and down a hardwood floor...just walking has to be difficult on Yao. I'd be extremely surprised if he ever plays a full season again (assuming that his foot heals).
Yeah...that's why he's 28 or 29 or whatever and his body is breaking down yet Shaq is 38 and still playing.
Going to have to agree - the NBA season has too many games especially for teams that go deep into the playoffs.
Duncan, Ginobili, David Robinson, etc are all Spurs whose performance is shortened because of this.
I do admit the season is pretty damn long and brutal, but I'll have to agree and serve China a big cup of STFU. That's what the bench is for...
Ratings are also pretty ty for regular season NBA games.
As long as most of the seats sell, I don't think that matters much.
I think they could create a better product with a shorter regular season so more players are healthly for the post season, regular season games would also mean more. We could also handle the contraction of a few teams, think the games would be more entertaining.
The NBA has witnessed that, for whatever reason, major physical problems are aggravated quite exponentially once people/players get past the 7'2" to 7'3" height. For whatever reason, that's when basketball players become super prone to injuries, particularly feet, knees, and back. There have been a lot of 7'0" and 7'1" players in the history of the game to have had long and relatively healthy careers. But, if you start drawing up a list of all players over 7'2", the ones that actually had long and relatively healthy careers is pretty short. Think of the Ralph Sampsons and Shawn Bradleys and Gheorge Muresons. Kareem and Dikembe are the only two that immediately come to mind that go against that. Obviously, being over 7'2" is rare in itself, and being that tall and good at basketball makes it even a shorter sample. But, the ones who were, they were often injury riddled.Yeah...that's why he's 28 or 29 or whatever and his body is breaking down yet Shaq is 38 and still playing.
Yea...And it's NASA's fault that Red Rocket can't do !
Maybe the Chinese government should have done more research on how long the NBA season was before they let Yao come over. It's not like the number of games in a season has recently been increased to 82.
And what are they whining about? Yao never played deep in the playoffs either.
It's like they sat down and tried to figure out what they could say to confirm every preconceived notion that people have about what the Chinese government and media machine does with its athletes. The problem can't be that a 7'6 frame is simply not designed for a lot of running and jumping, much less trying to do it almost year round. No sir, it's that damned NBA's fault!
i agree that the NBA plays way too many games but this is dumb.
ROFL
yeah nothing to do with being 7'6", it must be the league. By the way he wanted to come over and play in this league knowing the length of the season so as someone said earlier.....China STFU and feed your people
They are not getting any of his paycheck. He had an expensive buyout with his old team and that was it.
the Chinese Media.
I dont have the means to research this, but I'm fairly certain NBA players suffer more injuries than FIBA ones. the fact that the games are 8 minutes longer and that the season is 2x - 3x longer has to be the primary reason.
of course in Yao's case his height and weight are also a huge factor. but I dont get why people discount the toll of the 82 game season. its not like Yao and players that play on their NT are the only NBA players with injury problems.
of course someone will come with the "they get paid millions to play a game, what whiners" argument. and yes, they knew the rules before signing their contracts. but I think it would improve the league's product to either shorten the games or the season.
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