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Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets will examine all options before determining his future after another stress fracture was found in his left ankle Thursday morning.

Yao, as is his nature, was upbeat in light of a setback that throws a shadow over his future.

"I haven't died," he said. "Right now I'm drinking a beer and eating fried chicken. What were you expecting, a funeral?"

Only a few days ago, a source close to Yao expected the 7-foot-6 All-Star center to return to action from a bone bruise in his left ankle for the Rockets' post-Christmas three-game homestand that starts Dec. 27 against the Washington Wizards.

Yao was more optimistic, saying he was targeting the team's three-game road swing through California that begins Sunday.

But a routine exam this week discovered his injury, sustained in the first quarter of a Nov. 19 game against the Wizards, was a fracture.

This sucks. You really have to wonder if it's time for him to call it a career. He's just another in a long line of overly-big men who just can't stay healthy.

K22 wrote:"Right now I'm drinking a beer and eating fried chicken."

Somewhere in there is probably an ethnic joke that includes Eddy Curry and chicken curry.

K22 wrote:I get the feeling Houston won't be swapping picks with us.

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Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets will examine all options before determining his future after another stress fracture was found in his left ankle Thursday morning.

Yao, as is his nature, was upbeat in light of a setback that throws a shadow over his future.

"I haven't died," he said. "Right now I'm drinking a beer and eating fried chicken. What were you expecting, a funeral?"

Only a few days ago, a source close to Yao expected the 7-foot-6 All-Star center to return to action from a bone bruise in his left ankle for the Rockets' post-Christmas three-game homestand that starts Dec. 27 against the Washington Wizards.

Yao was more optimistic, saying he was targeting the team's three-game road swing through California that begins Sunday.

But a routine exam this week discovered his injury, sustained in the first quarter of a Nov. 19 game against the Wizards, was a fracture.

This sucks. You really have to wonder if it's time for him to call it a career. He's just another in a long line of overly-big men who just can't stay healthy.