One good rebounding performance and all the Yao rebound-bashing threads disappear?

As hard as it is to believe, when yao doesn't rebound, its poor effort. Its not pgysical ability nor is it deafness in 1 ear. Its effort. Rebounding is effort, angles, anticipation. When Yao had a avg of 6 rebs the previous 3 games, it was all effort. Now some of you all may not believe that, but yao doesn't give full effort all the time. If you notice, the lack of effort/energy also happens when he's not scoring most of the time. That's not accidental. He plays better when he's scoring.

 

This is so true of so many players......Yao could rebound more, if he wanted to and he really should, but I think whomever said he is pacing himself is right.

DD

 

If pacing himself prevents another season ending injury I'm down for that.

 

Don't worry Gmac, those threads that you love will comeback when Yao gets out rebounded by a mediocre center again.

 

YEAH

 

Let me get this straight. You think that Yao, using only his willpower, can increase his lateral quickness, leaping ability, reaction time, speed, and coordination?

I think you have him confused with the Green Lantern.

 

Damm you make it sound like the only way Yao can get a rebound is if it landed right at him.

 

The only way he can get rebounds is if it lands within arms reach or everyone else has vacated the area (i.e. all opponents getting back on transition defense).

 

+10000

 

Why would anyone complain about Yao’s rebounding skills? He is the 11th best rebounder in the NBA. Considering that most of the top rebounding leaders aren’t a major part of the offense makes this an even better accomplishment.

 

Well said. I wholeheartedly agree with you on his one. Those fools and also the Yao haters like YOU are garbage which needed to be swept out of this site.

 

i think he gives effort in terms of wanting to "win" and do well. but in certain aspects of the game, he doesn't try hard enough some games.

there's no reason to explain why he can't do what he did v. the nets every night b/c he has the same mismatches every night outside of the bigger teams like celtics, lakers, utah... but yet he doesn't have it every night.

 

Please don't waste your time with sensible and logical statements like this. It hurts all the ignorant haters and bashers heads.

 

4 rebounds don't mean a thing? umm.. watch utah's game 7 where 3 rebounds KILLED us.

wow comments like this show the lack of knowledge of some fans on this board. the thing is this doesn't just happen in the reg. season to yao, BUT ALSO IN THE PLAYOFFS. and that is what scares some of us.

what if we face utah again and it comes down to those crucial rebounds? what's our excuse then?

 

it's not about that. it's consistency. tracy averaged 16 ppg earlier this year. that may seem good if u just look at stats. but one game he goes off for 20, the next he gets single digits. so averages may be misleading.

yao may get 6-7 rebounds in a game v. the celtics and get 13 rebounds v. the nets. sure, it averages around to be 9-10, but the 6-7 rebounds may cost us a game v. a good team.

the thing is CONSISTENCY. it applies to the entire team, and not just yao.

 

Aaron Brooks had 10 rebounds the other night. If he doesn't get 10 rebounds every game now is he inconsistent or is he not giving enough effort. Or maybe just maybe rebounding can have alot to do with luck! Sometimes the ball is just coming to you that night.

 

umm, yao plays near the basket. aaron brooks plays around the 3pt line on defense. use common sense. most rebounds are near the basket.

sure you have anomalies here and there with midgets like AB getting rebounds. but his job isn't to stay inside the paint but near the 3pt line to lead the break or push the offense.

again, watch game 7 v. utah and see why this is a legit concern. you simply cannot brush it off b/c this happened in the biggest game of yao's career.

 

So he should focus more on getting 10+ rebounds because if he only gets 6 or 7 we may or may not lose. There have been many games were he doesn't get 10 reb and we win. Also you have these other guys out there called teammates they like to get rebounds too.

 

Yao leads the Rockets in rebounding and block shots every season. He usually leads the team in scoring, by a little over Francis or Mcgrady.