[FOX26] Yao Ming Says He is Not Ready For Hall of Fame Consideration Yet

that means there's a chance that he'll come back..

yeah!!!!

 

Because he's coming back!!!!!

 

He shouldn't be in it to start off with.

 

Good move on his part.

If he's inducted next year, inevitably people will ask how he can be inducted immediately while a player like Michael Jordan (who's global impact, I imagine, was no less substantial) had to wait several years.

 

Regardless of whether he should or not, this is him being humble, which I have respect for.

I don't think Kobe, Lebron, or D-Rose would have quite the same attitude.

 

Houston centers man. They're a different breed of gentlemen.

 

But Yao isn't going in for his play on the court. He's going in for his impact on the "game". Contributer to the game of basketball in terms of International exposure.

Yao in the HOF has little to do with him as a basketball player on the court.

 

So because Jordan was the greatest player of all time in addition to having an unprecedented global impact on the game, he had to wait 5 years to be inducted? Doesn't make much sense to me.

 

durvasa is talking about the timing only.

 

and if you thought he couldn't have anymore class...

 

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Exactly. Yao is the walking, talking definition of class, as this statement from him makes so clear. He knew it was too early, as did many of his fans, so Yao did the right thing. Again. And who knows? Perhaps a miracle will occur in a couple of years and we'll see him suit up again for the Rockets. Very unlikely, but not impossible. Maybe that thought was in the back of his mind. Only Yao knows, and he ain't tellin'.

 

For god sake you don't have to post this pic every time a relating Yao thread is created.

 

Why so bitter? Everyone else seems to like it.

 

Is that you Kelvin Cato?

 

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Exactly again. His humility shouldn't surprise anyone.

durvasa, spare us the Jordan GOAT crap. If Dream had allowed a statue of himself outside TC it should have been similar to MJ's, in that it should have MJ in it with Dream stuffing his butt to the floor.

 

If someone wants to nominate Jordan as a contributor in addition to his inclusino as a player, I'd have no problem with that. The only reason Jordan "had to wait" is because no one thought to nominate him on that basis.

As for Yao, I find this humility to be a bit tiresome. Sometimes it's better to just say "Thank you" instead of "No, I don't deserve it" when someone pays you a compliment. Probably the Chinese writer made the nomination knowing that Yao would demur.