Hiding Severe Injuries: Yao & Others...
Posted: Mon Mar 3, 2008 5:02 pm
Is it safe to say once guy gets it going a certain way then all of sudden retrogresses he's hiding a severe injury?
Yao's done it again. Some injuries you can play through but when it comes to weight-bearing components it's gonna be too much to cope with or not be able to hustle as much which makes for a lackluster effort every night. The man's played with a bleeding ingrown toenail, tried to hide it because he didn't understand the terms of his contract and wanted a check to come in and not disappoint. He's broken his foot before then there was that incident where his lower leg snapped. This time around he's on a good team and using experience and skill beared the pain while at most times concealing it with good performances until he could no longer.
There's probably a couple people out there, namely Kobe, doing the same thing. With Kobe, he can still play because of it being just his pinky but in a long run it's going to probably end up a severe deformity requiring more extensive surgery to repair and possible throughing off Kobe's shot and handles for awhile.
Yao's done it again. Some injuries you can play through but when it comes to weight-bearing components it's gonna be too much to cope with or not be able to hustle as much which makes for a lackluster effort every night. The man's played with a bleeding ingrown toenail, tried to hide it because he didn't understand the terms of his contract and wanted a check to come in and not disappoint. He's broken his foot before then there was that incident where his lower leg snapped. This time around he's on a good team and using experience and skill beared the pain while at most times concealing it with good performances until he could no longer.
There's probably a couple people out there, namely Kobe, doing the same thing. With Kobe, he can still play because of it being just his pinky but in a long run it's going to probably end up a severe deformity requiring more extensive surgery to repair and possible throughing off Kobe's shot and handles for awhile.