Would Yao Ming Be Effective in Today's NBA?

No they didn't. If you look at the pace anywhere else (or on ESPN but any time after that year) you'd see the discrepancy. Furthermore, do you even have a concept of what 117 pace is? That's like you just run down the court, shoot, and the other team does the same. And you do this for 48 minutes and 82 games. That's literally impossible unless teams don't play defense or go for offensive boards.

 

that is what it was like......didn't you watch the Suns back then. Teams started to by pass the offensive boards to try and get back to set up defence as quick as they could

 

averaging more points has nothing to do with it. They launch more threes now than back then, so it is easier to average more points now.....

just for the record, teams average just 3 more points than 10 years ago

 

Got to remember all the changes that went through the NBA in those years. D'Antoni Suns brought a new look to the game, trying to score quick and fast. unfortunately defences have dropped away over time, as it gets harder to stop teams from getting a shot off

 

honestly not sure how he would defend the pick and roll. teams would pick and role him to death. not concerned about his offense. Can he defend explosive players one on one? He made Boozer look like Karl Malone every playoff game

 

Why don't we think of this way. Could harden play better with Yao back in the days than Tmac?

 

I don’t understand your point. Those numbers are clearly incorrect. You can take the raw team stats and calculate the pace from it, and it’s nowhere near what they have there.

It’s just a source code bug.

 

Just run more plays like this...he'll be fine.

 

I don't think you understand. I was explaining the ludicrousness of what a 117 pace would look like and I can't believe you believed that such thing was possible. Do you honestly have any common sense?

This is the last post I'll make on this but here's the math portion of why what you say make no sense. Denver that year had 86FGA, 31FTA, 11 off. rebounds, and 15TOs per game. I'll wait for your explanation of how these numbers can turn into 117 posessions.

 

he would dominate in any era

 

Yao was stretchy af

 

Yao would be more effective in today's NBA because he'd be a 40%+ 3 point shooter. Probably mean his body would hold up better as well.

 

There's no HACK A YAO

 

Yes.

Why are there 6 pages on this?