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Official Thread on Yao Ming's Summer Activities 2006

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by pryuen, Apr 25, 2006.

  1. freemaniam

    freemaniam 我是自由人

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    I know I know, I was just trying to answer robbie380's question in my post and I stated clearly in my last sentence that I don't think Shaq knew that implication at all, didn't I?

    Let's not derail the topics of this thread and enjoy pryuen's reports and photos.
     
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  2. seth66

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    in china vs italy game, yao's stat:
    FG:12 - 17 FT: 6 - 7 Pts: 30 Reb:9 Asst: 1
     
  3. MandM's

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    My bad...I was just reinterating your point...not arguing against it.

    Sorry for confusion. I should have used one of the other posts to reply.

    I was just so caught up in the moment.
     
  4. kikimama

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    Dr. Phil was good for something ;)
     
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    Ive seen past years chicago pre draft measurement and with shoes the player is either 1 or 1 1/4 inches taller than barefoot. very rarely will the shoes add only 1 inch (old worn one I guess ) so Yao with shoes is 7'7 . If he is wearing old shoes then at the least 7'6 3/4.

    Anyone here knows his standing reach with or without shoes ?
     
  6. m_cable

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    This link shows Yao's official Chicago predraft measurement:

    http://nbadraft.net/2002predraftmeasurements.htm

    Barefoot: 7'5"
    With Shoes: 7'6 1/4"
    Wingspan: 7'4 3/4"
    Standing Reach: 9'7"

    It's possible that he might have grown since then, but these figures are about as good as any.
     
  7. albert57d

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    Thanks. If yao's standing reach is 9'7 , the most Ive seen him with a short run (going for a block ) is his middle finger reaching 1 or 2 inches above the top of the small square above the rim which is 11'4" from the floor so that would make his standing reach with a running jump at 11'6 which should mean his running vertical leap around 23 inches and his standing vertical leap (jumping just straight up with no steps or run ) at about 18 inches.
     
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    Deep... It's too bad Yao can't give these interviews in English yet.

    I don't have time to do the whole thing but there are two exerpts i liked. "I want to impact the team with my actions. The whole summer I've been training at a suicide pace. If you had a person who doesn't know basketball or any of our players come into practice, he'd say 'are you about to cut the tall guy tomorrow? Because he's killing himself on the practice floor today.'" And also "Losing isn't always the same. There's losing, and then there's losing that gives you a glimpse of hope."
     
  10. brantonli24

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    No new news on Yao?
     
  11. pryuen

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    Okay...... I will squeeze some time in tonight for this......

    I think you guys will be pumped up with the last answer on this interview from Basketball Pioneer:-

    Question: What is your ultimate dream ?
    Yao Ming: Very simple. 2008 and NBA Championship.
     
  12. kwik_e_mart

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    The comments from Yao remind me of the quote in Talladega Nights (other than 'Shake n' Bake!'):

    "If you ain't first, you're last!"
     
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    no hope for the 07 season? :confused:
     
  14. swu

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    I am not sure if you are joking or not, but what he meant is 08 Beijing Olympics and an NBA Championship (doesn't matter with year)
     
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    oh my bad i miss read it, i thought it said 08 NBA championship :D
     
  16. skywater

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    Believe me, Yao and Tracy would bring us at least one title~~ ;)
     
  17. qrui

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    bump!!!!
     
  18. pryuen

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    Hope his team mates will work as hard as he is, and won't disappoint him in 2008 !!

     
  20. Chuan

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    Regarding height...people are up to 1cm taller in the morning than at night because throughout the day, your spine compresses. So with someone as tall as Yao, he may be 1.5cm taller in the morning...

    Eitherway..7'5" or 7'6", he is still f*ing tall. Wingspan and vertical matter more anyways when you get up there, in terms of correlation to shot-blocking, etc.
     

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