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I was put under the impression that Yao's recurrent injury on his lower left leg/foot area is caused by his high-arcing foot that puts tremendous pressure on that part of his upper foot lower leg with recurring stress fractures. So if he had a lower-arc or almost flat footed that would not be an issue. The only problem is nothing was done with his right foot. I know Yao's left foot is probably his pivot and step off foot for shots and dunks to rebounding as well but wouldn't his right foot area eventually be reduce to a stress fracture as well?

probably

the guy is gonna have foot issues for the rest of his career, unfortunately

one of the most skilled big men to play the game

that 25ppg season w/ zero respect from the refs was a joy to watch

he will never be the same..

Its sort of like Big Z...

He's been in a lot of games these past seasons, so we'll see

maybe NASA can design him some special shoes.

Yao is done. And he'll probably take his option his option to stay with Houston next season just b/c nobody will express interest b/c of his injury problem. In 2011 we can cut ties with him and move on. He is a hard worker his body just can't keep up with this determination.

HTown_TMac wrote:Its sort of like Big Z...

He's been in a lot of games these past seasons, so we'll see

Comparing Yao to Z is a mistake. I'm not talking about the difference of height but bulk. Yao is much more physical and probably stacks up nearly 90lbs on Z due to his lower legs. Z can't push around 355lb Eddy Curry or hold his own against Shaq the way Yao does. Z has a less imposing frame at 260lbs and he looks like it while Yao is closer to 360 in actuallity. If Z does have high-arcing feet it would serve his frame but Yao needs low arcs or nearly flat feet to absorb the shock.