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NewYorker
10-17-2002, 01:31 PM
Yup, to all you folks who think Yao will jump in and be a starter:

http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/articles/20021014/433192.html

At least not at the start of the season...seems like Rudy T wants to bring him in slowly and give him time to adjust and recover from fatigue.
JuanValdez
10-17-2002, 03:10 PM
It doesn't actually say anywhere that he will or will not be starting; only that they need to be careful to not try to push him too far too fast.
Cipherous
10-17-2002, 03:42 PM
Exactly, he doesn't even have time to adjust to the jetlag muchless adjust to the NBA game and American life. But once he gets used to the NBA game and whatnot, I expect big numbers from him.
RocksMillenium
10-17-2002, 05:30 PM
Originally posted by NewYorker
Yup, to all you folks who think Yao will jump in and be a starter:

http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/articles/20021014/433192.html

At least not at the start of the season...seems like Rudy T wants to bring him in slowly and give him time to adjust and recover from fatigue.

Rudy has said basically that Ming wouldn't be force fed but that there was a chance that he would start. It doesn't say anywhere that Ming wouldn't start.
smoothie
10-17-2002, 08:04 PM
i think we can safely say that yao won't start his first game as a rocket.