king Posted February 26, 2007 Report Posted February 26, 2007 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2007-02/25/content_813177.htm
king Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Posted February 26, 2007 By JONATHAN FEIGENCopyright 2007 Houston Chronicle If the Rockets seem to be looking forward to Yao Ming's return at the cost of some attention to games at hand, coach Jeff Van Gundy said Yao's practices and shootarounds have not made his return seem close enough to distract. "What we've seen in the brief things he's able to do with us, you get the sense he's a lot further away from playing NBA basketball than maybe the timetables would suggest," Van Gundy said at Sunday's game at Orlando. "He does not look comfortable at all with the brace. He does not look agile. Last year, he looked on the cusp of (returning). To me, he looks like we have problems to solve there to get him back."He has to wear this cumbersome brace. He feels that's a huge issue to his mobility, to his jumping, to his natural running gait. He's worrying about hurting something else because of the change to his natural running gait. There are a lot of issues I think right now. He doesn't look like he did last year when he came back."The Rockets have set mid- to late March for Yao's return. He has been trying different fits with the brace because of the muscles of his leg changing as he overcomes the atrophy during his time out."Remember two years ago when I wore the arm brace?" Yao said. "I had a lot of trouble with that and that was on my arm."
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