Houston Rockets physician says Yao Ming injury will ` ` threaten his career '' Yao injured his left foot playing for Houston against the Minneapolis Lakers in May . The 28-year - old was flag - bearer for China at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games . asks one rhetorically . Yao has been perennial All - Star selection since he moved to the U.S. in 2002 .
Houston Rockets physician says Yao Ming injury will ` ` threaten his career '' Yao injured his left foot playing for Houston against the Minneapolis Lakers in May . The 28-year - old was flag - bearer for China at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games . Yao has been perennial All - Star selection since he moved to the U.S. in 2002 .