[TV NewsAsia] Yao accused of ducking obligations to national team

How can they even print something like that? That man was seriously injured last year. He needs to relax, rehab and not reinjure his body. He is a 7'6 big guy, you can expect him to play the whole year.

 

screw the national team. the real team is here.
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the national team should release him. he's clearly a problem player.

 

he's too proud of his country to do it, but I wish he would just pack his bags for good and never go back after the Olympics are over.

 

You must have been working too hard in Singapore and not able to being updated.

This had been posted and widely discussed in this forum in the past few days.

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=132356

And Yao Ming had also stepped up bravely to defend himself.

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=132460

And in China almost 90% of basketball fans had voiced out ther anger and asked that editor of All-China Sports Federation funded newspaper to STFU and leaves Yao Ming alone.

 

Yeah, no biggie. Just some random idiot ranting on a newspaper. I never thought it was big enough a deal for Yao to actually come out to defend himself. In fact, it's amazing we haven't seen hundreds of this type of stupid rant already. Lord knows we see tons of stupid articles/sports shows unfairly bash Yao in America.

 

yao IS china. w/o yao, china wouldn't have any credibility in the game of basketball nor any respect.

yao has improved despite all obstacles and doubts against him in this country alone.

it's unbelievable how yao is treated. but if i know how yao is by the way he plays, he just gonna lay it all out for his country when he puts on a chinese uniform. and he is just gonna lay it out for the rockets when he puts on our uniform.

 

why are they trippin so much?
damn.
Maybe Yao wants to be alone or something.

you dont see us crying because a player can't make it to team usa

 

well yao wants to play..
but i meant to say.. we don't really care if they want a break or something

 

Umm, unless I'm incredibly mistaken or just not reading the right media outlets, Yao gets treated incredibly well in China.

 

Gilbert Arenas cried like a baby.. but he's not a fan. Besides we have more talent in form this country that if a couple players skips, we should have plenty more to choose from. No so much for China. Who do they have besides Yao, Yi? Hah, he's a bust in the making.

But yeah I do agree they're tripping. They're just shooting themselves in the foot for the future if they keep on pushing and pushing Yao.

 

yao is turning american, before you know it he'll be wearing gold chains and he'll get caught strokin it in his escalade to p*rn.

 

i'm waiting for YAO BURGER to open. lol

 

They want someone to take some of the heat off of all the news about Yi. Ironically, without Yao, Yi's NBA career wouldn't even exist

 

Here is the thing, in china, the goverment(actually, the national sports bureau) pays nearly everything for an athlete since the start of their sport career life -- coach, gym, dorm, all the equipment... even including food, some living expenses, so the goverment take for granted that an athlete should play for the national team when "the country needs him"
this situation is changing now, but do not expect too much too soon.....

also, Yao is now famous and rich, someone gets jealous and takes every possible chance to speak ill of Yao

Yao is smart and did the right thing. He should balance his health condition and the "obligations".

olympics he can not miss; other national games... be brave to say no!

 

I would duck my obligations too if I had to play a grueling NBA season and then go straight across the hemisphere to do basically the same thing during his off-time only to finish and head straight back to the NBA for a second consecutive grueling NBA season. I think he'll get worked even harder in China. The big guy needs a break.

 

man screw tha national team he should be at home resting

 

good to see u back on the board again willis!
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