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[Twitter] Shane Battier calls Yao greatest teammate

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  1. scola4

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    @ShaneBattier: “@___BTR___: @ShaneBattier Who is the best player you've ever been on a team with?”(Yao Daddy)
    Twitter • 7/5/11 10:08 PM

    Also...
    @ShaneBattier:“@bbenskin8: @ShaneBattier do you miss Houston? Cause we miss you”(yes)
    Twitter • 7/5/11 10:09 PM

    So who are some of the great players Battier has played with and do you guys agree Yao is the best?
     
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  2. scola4

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    Title is supposed to say "teammate"
     
    #2 scola4, Jul 6, 2011
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    I prefer chai tea myself
     
    #3 Treeza, Jul 6, 2011
  4. Carl Herrera

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    Battier and Yao, they both great teas.
     
    #4 Carl Herrera, Jul 6, 2011
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    Earl Grey, tbh.
     
    #5 Fullcourt, Jul 6, 2011
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    Battier's under contract w/ some china shoe company and got paid millions thanks to yao
    who else was he supposed to say
    lol
     
    #6 Rox2010Champ, Jul 6, 2011
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    A healthy yao... It's a close one but it's gotta be Yao strictly cuz tmac wasnt leading the league in ppg when Shane teamed with McGrady..
     
    #7 T FOR 3!!!, Jul 6, 2011
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    he is a great tea - Pau Gasol is mere chamomile next to Yao.
     
    #9 SamFisher, Jul 6, 2011
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    I really thought it was going to say "greatest tease" ... in which case I would have completely agreed.
     
    #10 cmlmel77, Jul 6, 2011
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    Maybe he isn't talking about talent..
     
    #11 RMGEEGEE, Jul 6, 2011
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    Not gonna lie I thought this might've had some kind of racial implications lol
     
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    Zach Randolph
    Pau Gasol
    Tracy McGrady

    Those are the guys he's played with that are near Yao's level. You could easily make an argument that McGrady was a better player, but I don't think there's any question that Yao is the best overall "teammate" out of that group.
     
    #13 UTAllTheWay, Jul 6, 2011
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    Shane is very intelligent and answers questions very thoughtfully. Clearly Yao is the best teammate he has ever played with.

    When Shane played with Pau, they never won a single playoff game.

    With Tmac, never went further than the 1st round

    He played with Zbo a couple of months.

    But with a healthy Yao and no Tmac, the Rockets won mid 50s wins, home court advantage in the 1st round, a playoff series win, and a 1-1 tie and halfftime tie in game 3 in the semis against the eventual NBA champs LAL before Yao got hurt. And in those 2 series, Yao dominated game 1 and set the tone of the series.
     
    #14 SugarLandDream8, Jul 6, 2011
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    chai means tea in both urdu and hindi, so the type of tea you like is tea tea? I'm confused.
     
    #15 don grahamleone, Jul 6, 2011
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    hmm...i've got a feelin that Battier is Miami or San Antonio bound after the lockout..
     
    #16 Da Wink, Jul 6, 2011
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    The thread title misses the word "bagger".
     
    #17 AroundTheWorld, Jul 6, 2011
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    When I saw this the first thing that occurred to me was "I wonder who Steve Francis would say was his greatest teammate?"
     
    #18 rocketsjudoka, Jul 6, 2011
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    I wasn't aware having meanings in other languages could affect a word's validity in English. Perhaps I'm missing a joke.
     
    #19 napalm06, Jul 6, 2011
  20. parmesh

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    Word! Chai = tea.
    But seriously...
    Who likes to drink tea tea?! GROSS!
     
    #20 parmesh, Jul 6, 2011
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