[Dallas News] Ewing helps Yao play more aggressively, avoid fouls in Game 2

where was ewing the past 2 years? it's not like he just showed up a couple of days ago.

 

I tend to give more credit to Yao's natural development.Yes,Ewing has helped,and you can't argue with the results,but Yao is a monster just beginning to unlock his potential.
And I love that"I agree".......

The officiating change reminds me when the refs started calling the handchecks right in game 7 against NY.They wanted a seven game series.
Now, it would appear that the shackles are being taken off of Yao,plus he and Tracy are elevating their level of play.
The world demands Houston vs. Miami
We will win it all.

 

I think it's Mt. Mutombo. Yao can learn a lot by sitting on the bench and watching Deke defending the same guys who have given Yao foul trouble moments ago, night in and night out. That must be the most effecient way of learning defense, blocking shot, avoiding foul trouble and avoiding turn overs. Look at Yao's TO and BLK numbers since this year.

Mutombo is Yao's Moses Malone. Who want to sex Mutombo?

 

Your right about Motumbo.I tend to forget what a great mentor he's been,because he's played so damned good.Ahh,Dream and Moses...I like the analogy.
Although with Yao,I'm not so sure it's more by committee.Ewing,Motumbo,and a number of Hall of Famers have spent time with Yao.
Those guys want him to succeed.

 

The referees also helped by not whistling against Yao for ticky-tack fouls. He could easily foul out every game if the referees choose to. Any player will, for that matter.

 

Serving as a convenient scapegoat.

 

Yao has had one good game, and one bad. He's teased us by playing this well before, and then gone back to the tentative whining-at-the-refs attitude. I think if Yao continues to score 20+ the mavs are gone, but this is hardly a given.

Dampier is confident against Yao, and for good reason. When things get physical, he tends to disappear. Game 3 will be very physical.

 

Very well put.

I think Ewing gets blasted from fans for three reasons:

1. Big men take longer to mature than perimeter players. Expecting Yao to go from where he was when he came into the league to Shaq in three seasons isn't really fair. His development is gradual and will continue to be.

2. You don't hear much about Ewing. We don't see them every day, but he works with Yao on a daily basis. He and Mutumbo both work on Yao every day. We may not see it and we think that means he's doing nothing. Weird assumption, IMO.

3. Ewing is not particularly well-liked in Houston. He played for the Knicks. He was a rich NBA superstar who did and said some dumb things. His Hoyas beat Akeem's Cougars in the Final Four. I mean, what's not to love?

Having him and Mutumbo around Yao has made Yao better. There's little question about that.

 

Then why has this not been happening all year? Ming has had very few dominant games this season. Most of the year he has played very tenatively. I want to see consistent PATTERNS, not one game wonders. I still don't think Ewing is the right tutor for Ming.

 

Yeah, it's clearly Ewings fault. He obviousy doesn't have the dedication to say "stop making silly fouls" enought times to get the message across, or "stop getting fatigued", or "defy the laws of physics and lower your center of gravity against the smaller man". He would never be a model worker, that Ewing.

life imitates art I guess.

 

Keep the bashing our own people while Dallas is in town.

 

It's clear that Ewing has mentored Yao - and Yao badly needed that. It was a brilliant move to bring in Ewing to play the role of elder brother to Yao. brilliant.

Ad for Yao's development, a lot of credit has to go to Ewing and his teammates as well. I think Tmac and others understand how important it is to build up Yao's confidence and hunger....it's been slow and painful at times, but good to finally see Yao playing with some belief in himself.

The next step for Yao is to really build that confidence, so that a missed shot just becomes a missed shot, and he doesn't feel bad about every mistake he makes - and just plays the game with energy and focus...

 

LOL, right, so all the idiots lining up to bash Ewing for superficial reasons are somehow good Rocket fans while I'm not for defending him? Get a clue, boss.

There's nothing wrong with highlighting the inconsistent approach that a lot of people use for addressing Ewing when they log on to the BBS to bash him. He's always the first to be blamed, and the last to get any credit - while most of us have almost NO basis to make that decision. (oh, and for the record, it's the Ewing bashers that brought up YM's inconsistency first - not me).

Read the thread. It shows all you need to know.

 

Wouldn't be more helpful if we analyze why it went so well during last game so that we can keep doing those right things that made Yao effecitive?

 

Who the **** is that going to help? Like I'm sure JVG is monitoring the board looking for posting gems to help his game strategy. Maybe if this was a NY based board ...

I say the better approach is to keep dogpiling on Ewing. That b*stard goes to strip clubs when he should be making Yao's conditioning better.

 

I smell a pissing match between you and Sam Fisher coming...

 

How do you think Ewing is building up Yao's confidence?

 

I smell the delicious aroma of sarcasm, wafting over your head...

 

I honestly have no idea how Ewing affects Yao's confidence, just like everyone else on the board. Other than a few sunshine articles here and there, we don't have any real insight into what the assistant coaches really do.

But I doubt Ewing is dong a bad job like the haters try to imply. I guess it's just reassuring to claim so, like Yao would suddenly turn into Shaq with Moses Malone as the asst coach.