or “Yao Ming, Dayam”
From Yahoo Sports:
Houston’s Yao Ming out for season with stress fracture in left foot
By KRISTIE RIEKEN, AP Sports Writer 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
HOUSTON (AP)—All-Star center Yao Ming is out for the season with a stress fracture in his left foot, a stunning blow to the surging Houston Rockets.
General manager Daryl Morey made the announcement Tuesday, hours before the Rockets put their 12-game winning streak on the line against the Washington Wizards.
Yao was having a terrific season, averaging 22 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.
“It is not an injury we feel he can play with,” Rockets team doctor Tom Clanton said. “I’ve made the recommendation that it be treated surgically and we are working with him to get other opinions just to be certain that that is indeed what should be done.”
If Yao chooses surgery, Clanton said, it would involve placing screws across the bone to hold it together. The second option would be to treat it with a cast and crutches. Both options involve a healing time of about four months.
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Here’s Yao Ming’s name written in Chinese.
From left to right, it says “yao ming,” “yao” is his last name. His name is pronounced with an upward inflection as if to say, “huhn?” There’s also a phrase in Chinese, “yao ming” (with the voice inflected downward as in a firm “no!”), which means “dayam” or “unbelievable.” It’s also written differently:
