If he shoots the 3-pointer at 40% or better, it can save him effort to get a good position down at the post. The defender can't run to the low post right away, instead they have to follow Yao to the 3 pt line. Then Yao can run past him to the low post or if the defender is too far down, take the 3pt shot.
It seems to me Yao did shoot 3-pt at 40%, and 18-foot jumpers at 60% - 70% in ChinaBA. He is trying to develop his lower post game here. Maybe after 2 seasons, you'll see Yao fires from everywhere, lower post, high post, half court and 58-foot jumpers He will be the next Kareem with Sabonis' passing and bring 4-peat to Rockets
You are kidding right? Yao Ming is not Dirk Nowitsky, he is a low post player who has a 15 foot jumpshot.
This thread needs to be closed so quickly it isn't even funny. I hope you're not calling yourself a Rockets fan. Lord have mercy! Yao isn't one of those 7 footers who can run down the court on the fast break and stop and pop and drain the 3. Please rethink this post and repost again next week. Thank you.
Yao should only shoot a three maybe once a week.. like Divac does.. whenever they just totally leave him wide open on the arc.
Maybe this is why Rudy wants Yao to play exclusively in the low post now. To develope his power game. Once Yao obtained that. he will be a scary player.
What Yao needs to learn to do is protect the ball in the low post. That's the weakness in his game right now. I like the fact that he's not jacking up shots from the outside...we have enough guys doing that already. Speaking of which...who is tutoring Yao? It's obvious that teams are talking about stripping the ball from him. Everyone is going after it and he's not protecting the ball in traffic by using his body. He keeps bringing it up and putting the ball behind him. Part of the problem is strength and quickness but a larger part is positioning. Ming is a bright guy. I just wonder what the coaching staff is doing to correct this....if anything at all. Because until it is corrected, we're going to see a lot more of this.
LMAO! To hear some people around here, the coaching staff is doing everything in their power to correct his intelligence!
Yao will never has Dirk's quickness, but I dont think Yao would shoot much worse than Dirk with those mid and long range jumpers. Yao would be a much better scorer if RT allows him to take those shots. A 20 feet in China still measures 20 feet here in the States. At 7' 5' and the mobility he has for that size, it is hard for anyone in this league to come out to challenge him. Yao is a MUCH better face up shooters. As a matter of fact, I think it is a mistake for him to try all those fadeaways J at this stage of his game. He needs to increase his upper body bulk before he could control those kinds of shots consistently. Yao was not a low post player with just a 15 foot jumpshoot in China, he is developing one here.
Nobody here wants Yao to become a perimeter shooter. Taking a few faceup 20 footers when open during a game doesnt turn you into a pure perimeter shooter. Yao is an all round player, why some of you want to limit his abilities is beyond my understanding. Webber takes all those open jumpers on top of the key too. Are you telling me that he doesnt belong down IN the paint, that he has no inside games.
Yao probaly right now is more automatica if you let him shoot those outside jumpers. I am not talking about 3 pointer, but around free throw distance. but he is working on his low post now, i think after a yr or two, when he become atuomatically in the paint, then he start to go out and shoot those 15 footer, he will be unstaoptable
Oh definitely. He shot 3-pointers all the time, especially during his last few years. I don't have his percentage, but he wasn't that bad.
As stong as Yao's legs are, those inside moves Yao is trying to develop will eventually wear him down. Yao is an all round player. Mixing up his inside game development with his outside shooting ability will not only prolong the longevity of his career, but also increase his offensive production. Imagine if you are guarding Yao with the ball 15 foot and beyond, do you go out to challenge or let him take the shot. A tough decision indeed.
But Yao has a slight advantage, he as a FOUR point range. He shoots it so well, he makes all of them, got fouled, AND 1.
We already have Eddie Griffin out there jacking up 3's when he should be in the post, and now you want Yao to do it? Griffin has no place shooting from beyond the arc, much less Yao. I don't like the idea of a team's center being out on the arc throwing up 3's, but maybe thats just me.
If we have Yao jacking up 3's like EG, and have EG posting down low, I bet we will win more games this year.
