Yao Ming received a good report from his checkup on Monday; but, according to his agent, he is still a long way from being cleared to play, the Houston Chronicle is reporting.

"He's doing great," Yao's agent John Huizinga said. "The reports that he's been cleared to play are not correct. The checkups have been very good. He had one today. But it's much too early for him to be cleared. He has a series of check points to continue to go through. It's too early for him to be cleared, but he was never scheduled to be cleared at this point.

"Everything is going very well. If he is cleared, he might have a chance to play, but it is much too early to talk about that schedule now."