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EducatedBet…He Needs To Stay Healthy

When his doctor delivered the bad news, there were two things Yao Ming immediately wanted to know: Was he himself partly to blame for the stress fracture in his foot? And what effect would it have on his playing for China this summer in the Beijing Olympics?

The blame, the doctor told him, was a nonissue. In fact, the specific diagnosis of the injury came just two weeks after symptoms first arose, which is relatively quick when it comes to stress fractures of the tarsal navicular bone. So if anything, Yao had saved himself from letting the injury get worse. What’s more, the early diagnosis means that Yao should be recovered in time to play in Beijing. At least that’s what the word is now.

Fact is, the word “should” is what the 1.3 billion people of China are going to have to pin their hopes on over the next five months as Yao begins to recover from the foot injury that brought a swift and sudden end to his NBA season Tuesday. Doctors say that the normal recovery time for an injury such as this is 3 to 4 months. That 3 to 4 months is only if Yao opts out of having surgery but if he does have the surgery then it will be a minimun of 4 months.

But the all of China still has to remember the truth that with or without Yao they do not have a realistic chance to win a medal. Do I think that Yao should skip the Olympics, yes I do! Like I said China has no chance to win a medal at all and if you look at the amount of games that Yao has missed over the last three seasons, it is not good. He has missed at least 20 games each of the last three seasons.

So here is a message to 1.3 billion people of China and Yao…stay out of the Olympics and just worry about winning a championship with Houston…O and ps the USA is going to win the GOLD!

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