If he can beat Utah front court down low, he will still be the No.1 center in the league. If he continues his low FG% turnaround jumpers, he is no better than AS.
nothing profound, just too disgusted to watch him playing like that in game 3. This is to hope he can get back to his normal, not even that monster before his injury.
it was a bad game. he's allowed to have one or two. His team is up 2-1, without him we'd be down 0-3. see this what happens when you have all this mental energy dedicated toward a certain player over the team. you start picking at the player and not looking at the whole team and you will later take a stance when the rockets win next, 'that it was Yao and not T-mac' or something goofy like that.
you know what. you know you're a great basketball player when 26 points and 14 rebounds is considered a "bad game" but yes, yao can step it up. mainly, he needs to protect the basketball. 8 turnovers in game 3?!??!?!?! just letting the ball getting poked out, not catching entry passes (bad as they were), doing his turn around manuever right into a 2nd defender's paws... rafer's bounce entry pass HAS TO STOP! then that one entry pass to his side...that was just a miscommunication. I really like what rafer was trying to do: lead yao to the side so that if he would have followed it with a turn around he would've had a clear lane to the basket for a dunk (or in yao's case right now a lay up using glass) but yao missed that pass cause he wants it square in his chest so he can do his turn around jumper. GET POSITION IN THE PAINT YAO!!
Being the number one, or best, center in the league is a rather meaningless title, one which apparently does Yao little service if after one or two somewhat sub-par games he gets called out, as we’ve evidenced so often this year (and in previous years). Besides, Yao (and McGrady) are far from the only big-time players who are struggling in this post-season; they merely must do what all good players do when games get tougher: try harder and aim to play better next time.
yao just needs to play BIG.....stop with the baseline fallaway jumpers and mix in a couple of jump hooks in the lane.....i'm not sure i've seen that attitude he had before he got hurt, this would be a good time to see that come out!!!!!
27 points and 11 rebounds are not bad numbers. as much as you want Yao to dominate, I think he is already playing at close to his peak. and he is not the problem we are losing. if only Tmac can shoot a higher percentage, be more selective with his shots, and the bench stop laying eggs, we should handle UTAH with ease.
It's getting tiring hearing all the comments of how Yao should stop doing turnaround jumpers and and layups and all the 'soft' stuff. If any of you knew basketball and were interested in results and not aesthetics, you would not care. I don't give a damn if Yao never has another dunk in his career, as long as he is shooting above 50% Maybe you all should go to the nba all star dunk contest or watch the harlem globe trotters to get your fix of entertaining hoops. For me, it's all about results, and winning, no matter how ugly or unpleasing to the eye.
i don't mind the turnarounds he's taking, as long as he makes them.....but he should mix it up so that the jazz defense doesnt' key in on that one move...
well, disregarding all those base arguing tricks, dunking the ball is much more than just aesthetics. dunking the ball and going strong really helps with finishing. yao has had an extremely tough time finishing in the paint because he goes in with a finesse lay up and gets his arms taken away from him. so many times yao is shooting 2 free throws instead of an AND-1 shot because he didnt dunk it from directly under the basket.
If referee allow defenders to foul AS as hard as what they did to Yao without a call, AS probably can play at most 10 games per season and he will retire before 30 years' old.
The statement games of Yao will be EVERY game we play vs Golden State in the second round. I seriously expect him to average 35 points and 15 rebounds in the series.
