gaze has been grey for a long time now (premature), still a very solid player, watched him quite a bit during his college days. much better second game for yao, he seem to have a tendency to play conservative in his first match and then a much stronger game the second time around.
The coach of the Australian team was interviewed and called Yao Ming the Terminator of point guards. Also the Melbourne Tigers are looking to recruit Chinese players, one each year.
Tigers Downed by Yao Dunk-a-thon by: Tigers The Melbourne Tigers were defeated by the Chinese National Team for the second straight game when they were beaten 94-77 in Jinjiang last night (Friday). Our on the road reporter and young Tigers star Daryl Corletto (the only one unlucky to have his phone on early every morning, hence he gets the phone calls!) says the game followed a similar pattern to the last one, with China starting strongly, at one stage out to a 16 point lead in the second quarter. However, the Tigers fought back and cut the deficit to just 2 points in the last quarter, before the locals hit three three pointers in a row in the last two minutes to blow out the margin. Mark Bradtke incurred the wrath of the officials, having 4 fouls by early in the third quarter. But Daryl says it was the Yao show, with the superstar having at least twenty points from dunks alone; it was a dunk-rampage and Daryl says Yao was just awesome. Andrew Gaze lead the scorers with 17 points, Dave Smith 14, Mark Bradtke 12 and Daryl Corletto 10. Whilst there may have been a little doubt about some of the calls, it seems both teams were on the receiving end this time, unlike game one. It is reported that one Chinese player 'did a Carey', hitting a three from at least a foot and a half out of court! The stadium of around 5,000 was sold out. The team have a tough travel day today, with a bus trip, two flights and another bus trip. The next game is in Hefei tomorrow (Sunday) night
Yao Ming on front page of NBA.com: Yao Shows 'Em How: Houston's Yao Ming instructs a young player on the art of posting up during a recent event in Hong Kong. Toronto's Mengke Bateer also participated. Nike Hong Kong photo Well, it's to the right of the page.
yoyao, thats what i was just thinking, he has to be at least 6-6. but whats up with all these Yao promotions, the yao sophmore hype is steadily gaining momentum here it seems, i love the persona and the player, but man, he better make some serious gains this year or the hype is going to outrun his progression.
