Yao Ming cannot stay healthy

Yao Ming had quite a bit of pressure coming into the league. He had big expectations, he was the number one pick, he was a 7-6 monster who many thought would be a flop.

He has proven them all wrong. Yao has turned into a fantastic player, he's arguably the best big man in the game, alongside Dwight Howard. The last three years for Yao have been injury filled, and it's becoming routine. This year Yao appeared in 55 games for the Rockets. Last year, he played in 48 games, and the year before he gave them 57. He's missing way too many games, and now he won't even be ready for the playoffs.

It's unfortunate, but what can be done? Is Yao just not cut out for an 82 game season physically? He's obviously huge and one of the largest players in league history, and having fractures in his foot is not a good sign for his career to come.

It's a shame for Rockets fans. The Rockets are on a 12 game winning streak, and now they lose their centerpiece of the franchise, on top of that, T-Mac hasn't had much success with health either in recent years. Add to that, T-Mac has never been out of the first round, and losing Yao doesn't help his case. Even with a 12 game win streak, the Rockets are only have the 7th seed in the East, and are only 3 ahead of the ninth place Nuggets.

At this point, the playoffs look bleak for the Rockets.

This year was supposed to be the Rockets year, though the season never got off on a good note, and now it's going to end even worse. Yao, obviously should be back in uniform by next season, but can Houston be confident they can actually have him for more than 65 games next year? Also, is Yao planning on playing in the Summer Olympics, cause if I was a Rockets fan, I definitely wouldn't want him playing any extra ball, something that might be to blame for his constant injuries.

Hopefully this isn't the start of the end of Yao Ming's career.