Yo Yao! There's trouble afoot.

Reports: Yao may miss season
Fanhouse.com

HOUSTON -Rockets center Yao Ming's broken left foot could be a "career-threatening" injury.

Dr. Tom Clanton, the Houston Rockets' team physician, told the Houston Chronicle on Monday that Yao's injury "has the potential for him missing this next season and could be career-threatening."

Yahoo! Sports first reported the Rockets and Yao's representatives were concerned the 7-foot-6 All-Star would never play again. Yahoo! Sports quoted "multiple league executives, officials close to Yao and two doctors with knowledge of the diagnoses."

Yao suffered a hairline fracture of the tarsal navicular bone late in a May 8 playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The team said last week the injury hasn't healed and he was out indefinitely.

Yao is due to make over $16 million next season with a player option for 2010-11 that would pay him over $17 million. He was the top overall pick by the Rockets in the 2002 draft.

The Rockets already expect Tracy McGrady to miss at least the first half of next season after microfracture surgery on his left knee.

If there is an NBA All-Injury team then I'm pretty sure Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady will have to be on it alongside Bill Walton and Grant Hill. Is there something weird about Yao's feet or something? Did they force him to wear those tiny shoes when he was a kid. I know that's an Asian custom but I think its just for girls. I guess Artest is now the Rockets sole leader. Must be nice to have a nutcase as the floor leader.