The Rockets medical staff is exploring through a series of on-going meetings changing the limits on center Yao Ming’s playing time because of the progress he has made in his comeback, a team representative said Tuesday.
The discussions could lead to an increase in his playing time from the limit of 24 minutes per game, changes in the way his minutes are distributed and clearance to play both games of back-to-backs.
Though Yao said there have been no changes in the plan, after sitting out a second game because of a back-to-back, he seemed to be especially eager to be cleared to play every game. The Rockets had planned to revisit Yao's situation in January.
“The team needs to play consistently,” Yao said. “That means you need a consistent lineup. A guy who is a starting center being on and off, on and off, I think that’s not good for a team. That’s why I think playing back-to-back for me and for teammates is very important.”
Yao is averaging 12.8 points and 6.5 rebounds in 21 minutes per game.
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if he was at 28mpg we'd have a winning record . i was hoping he'd get more minutes in jan/feb, but this early? i dunno.
