Re: [哀慟] Yao out for season with stress fracture

[barkleyc (嘎抓 \⊙▽⊙/)]

http://www.clutchfans.net/news/1460/yao_ming_out_for_the_season/

Yao Ming out for the season
Rockets center done until 2008-09 after stress fracture revealed in foot
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008   12:26 PM CST

By Clutch
Copyright 2008 ClutchFans.net

Of all the random, snake bite injuries the Houston Rockets have had the past
3 seasons, this one may hurt the most.

Rockets center Yao Ming is done for the year after an MRI revealed a stress
fracture in his left foot. There is no hope for a return in the postseason.

Rockets physician Dr. Tom Clanton will be discussing the injury at a press
conference this afternoon.

The Rockets (36-20) are currently riding a 12-game winning streak as they
prepare to face the Wizards tonight. They were largely ignored by pundits for
much of the season but just recently were picking up buzz on being legitimate
contenders. The only loss the Rockets have suffered in the past 17 games is
one in which Yao sat out due to the flu.

Now? The continued talk will be about how neither Yao nor Tracy McGrady can
stay healthy for a full season. When Yao and T-Mac play and finish the game
unharmed, they are 28-10 this year.

There is no good news in this at all, but let's highlight a couple of things
that fortunately didn't make it ten times worse.

1. The Rockets did not go "All In" on this season
      With all the West contenders making big acquisitions for the here and
now, I previously thought the Rockets should have heavily pursued Ron Artest
or Mike Miller, sacrificing a future piece to get there. Losing Luis Scola,
Carl Landry or Aaron Brooks could look like a big mistake right about now.

2. The Bobby Jackson trade looks much better
      The Jackson trade was always going to be beneficial to the Rockets
after this season, but looked like one where the Rockets lost on talent for
this year. Does it really matter now if the Rockets have Bonzi Wells or not?
Rockets GM Daryl Morey has more flexibility to work with this offseason and
up to the trading deadline next year.

3. The Rockets still have their first round pick
      I certainly don't believe the Rockets are a contender without Yao, and
that is what this roster was supposed to be built for. I wouldn't throw in
the towel on the playoffs with how well they've been playing, but it's
probably safer to say today than it was yesterday that the Rockets could be
owners of a lottery pick this offseason. It's a very good thing that they
didn't cough up their first rounder.

Right now this is just a sick feeling as you were really starting to get that
vibe that something special was happening with this team -- that sound
thrashing that the Rockets gave the Hornets opened some eyes.

You feel bad for Yao, his teammates and the fans who have had hopes dashed by
more than one of these season-crippling injuries.

Still, the games must be played and we'll see how the team responds and who
picks up the slack. The Rockets will be clearly in the market for a big and
as their recent luck would have it, Jamaal Magloirre just signed with the 
Dallas Mavericks.


....Orz




--
    █    █     ███ 
     █ █         █   ████    ████   ████    ████ 
      █          █   █    █    █    █   █    █    █    █ 
     █ █       █   █    █    ████   █    █    █    █ 
   █    █   ██   █████  █         █████  █    █ 
  █  Ｘ Japan  THE LAST LIVE  ▉▊▋▌▍▎▏             ~嘎 抓~    --

--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) 
◆ From: 220.133.25.171
推 Devilarea:連中鋒也沒得補了嗎，希望姚明加油好好養傷吧
→ PrinceKevin:Cato人呢?還能打嗎?Ola呢?還在休士頓嗎? (找人找瘋了)
推 frankmaki:別這樣啦~~我們還好Scola..要相信他啊~他的實力一向不差
→ frankmaki:Sorry..打錯了..還"好"==>還"有"
推 wadeGergebye:不是不相信他..是真的沒有人能取代姚在禁區的威脅性
→ wadeGergebye:姚明只要站在場上..就算打不好..也讓對手很害怕
→ wadeGergebye:因為有姚明..戰術才能執行這麼順暢..大家才有空檔
推 DDMO:看看明天狀況吧,去年T-mac一人也撐過了,打到哪算到哪吧
→ barkleyc:姚明和小法作伴了orz
→ DDMO:應該是今天,本季姚明不在時攻擊速度很快的,可以就改打小球
→ barkleyc:我相信少了姚明的火箭還是很有競爭力的  rockets go! /-\
推 wadeGergebye:去年姚明會回來...今年.....
→ DDMO:我們補進了Bobby,現在只剩下變成跑轟球隊一途了,GG上場吧!!!!
→ DDMO:我是說光T-mac在的時候戰績也不錯啦,不是完全不能打
推 frankmaki:我們要大喊Scola加油~~不能這麼放棄啊~沒了姚明就不是火
→ frankmaki:箭了嗎!要給大家信心啊!何況我們還是連勝時期耶姚明不在
推 wadeGergebye:我不爽..我要去玩nbalive了..我用火箭隊都拿n次冠軍
→ ZespriX:也許我們會止於西區第一輪第二輪甚至冠軍戰 到時一定
→ frankmaki:其它人會努力把姚明的缺給補回來的~T-mac Scola加油啦
→ DDMO:    ▃▂▁ˍ╰(〒△〒)>火箭魂GO<(〒△〒)╯ˍ▁▂▃
→ ZespriX:更懷念姚 火箭好像被下蠱一樣 有實力但總是不上不下 尷尬
→ frankmaki:虧大家是火箭的忠實球迷~往好的方向想~Scola會努力打出
→ frankmaki:好成績啊~其碼進總冠軍賽~且Scola有能拿新人王的機會啊~
推 wadeGergebye:如果明天老木拼老命守住禁區..我想我們大家應該會哭
推 DDMO:這季如果我們能走到第二輪大概已經不是奇蹟兩字能形容了
→ frankmaki:大家千萬不能洩氣啊~~
→ wadeGergebye:SCOLA 老木..拜託你們..許麥帝.許我們一個未來吧