Yao is going to wait at least a week before he makes a final decision on microfracture ankle surgery, which is at least a year ending, and potentially career ending procedure.
Personally, I'm not sure that it matters at this point. With or without the surgery, most teams will be very wary of him if/when he comes back, and he's definitely not going to get the huge payday that everyone expected him to get in 2010.
In all reality, even a year or two of dominant performance might not be enough to convince anyone, because he has been so ridiculously brittle in the past.
Can Yao still salvage a career out of this mess? It's a shame to see all that potential laid to waste by a few nagging injuries.









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