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Jul 3, 2009 12:50 am US/Central

Yao Ming Will Wait Week Before Surgery Decision

BEIJING (AP) ― Houston Rockets All-Star center Yao Ming will have to wait up to a week before he knows whether he will need surgery on his broken left foot.

The playing future of the 7-foot-6 Yao is in question amid reports from the team doctor that the hairline fracture in his foot could keep him out all of next season, and potentially end his career.

Yao's agent, Eric Zhang, told The Associated Press today that "it hasn't been decided yet."

Before that there is no way of telling whether surgery will be performed.

Yao sustained a hairline fracture of the tarsal navicular bone late in a May 8 playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Rockets said last week that the injury has not healed and he was out indefinitely.

Yao is due to make more than $16 million next season, with a player option for 2010-11 that would pay him more than $17 million.

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