The offense should not run through Yao Ming next year

Well said. The Rockets will be match nightmares for a lot of teams next year.

 

I'm curious if you even watched the Rockets last year. Broken down T-Mac, chucking Ron Artest, out of the league Rafer, inconsistent and depressed Brooks... There's no way all of them are canceled out by Hayes with 15mpg and Ariza being the man for half a season.

Yao carried our offense last season. And with our new players, Yao's going to be BETTER in the low post.

 

When Yao is on the floor, you go down to him as much as possible.

 

2010 Best Starting Line up

Yao
Scola
Ariza
Martin
Lowry

Bench

Offence
- Hayes
- Hill
- Battier
- Budginer
- Brooks

Specialists

-Anderson
- Jefferies
- Taylor

Lowry needs to start as Martin and Brooks defence is too weak and small.

 

Hmmm...funny thing is the clip you posted is EXACTLY the result of running the offense through Yao Ming. Running the offense through Yao DOES NOT equal Yao taking the shot or even him getting the ball. Dude commands double teams without the ball. The other team's entire defensive scheme is centered around our center. That's how we end up with "championship basketball" like plays like the clip you posted. I think if we take the data of us with Yao last year when we traded Rafer away and ran the offense through him versus the data of us not...well the choice is clear. We got to the second round for the first time in a decade and had a damn good chance of beating the eventual champion Lakers team without the freaking injury. That system has proven success IMHO, versus the system we have now. I mean with acquisitions like Kevin Martin and Trevor Ariza, the improvements to players like Brooks, a Scola unleashed, and a well-developed bench, and the distractions gone (Artest and McGrady) IMAGINE how much better we can be running that system once again?

 

I fixed it for you.

 

I really like these ideas. The thing is, Yao ain't goin; nowhere. When healthy he's arguably the best all-around team-playing center in the league. When not, he's still the best cash cow center in the league. So since we have him, we need to find ways to use him efficiently and effectively, like the Spurs do with Tim Duncan.

 

lowry+yao would present the same problem as skip+yao. lowry's man would just help double yao in the post, since you dont have to respect his jump shot.

dont get me wrong, i consider lowry a considerably better player than rafer was, and a better passer/playmaker than brooks. im just saying you need to force teams to pick their poison when yao is on the court, and if defenses are going to let us have the kick-out 3, id much rather have brooks/martin/ariza take them than lowry/martin/ariza.

 

can't understand why some posters would like Yao to play like Divac or Webber? These guys need to pass because they do not have the offensive arsenal of Yao. Come on, things are a lot harder for Yao, wether to shoot or to pass because of the constant double teams that both Divac and Webber do not command.

 

Webber didnt have yao's offensivearsenal?. look little boy, i suggest you go watch Webber in his prime with the Warriors, Bullets and the Kings. He would run rings around Yao.

 

THIS. only thing that could go wrong is if brooks has a big problem with coming off the bench.

 

also lowry's ability to draw fouls will be more effective if he plays with against the starters of the other team. along with k-mart and yao, we will keep the other team's starters in foul trouble early and often.

 

Really old boy, I don't recall Webber commanding the same double teams!

 

Yao's game has never been based on athleticism, so i don't understand why the haters think he will struggle in his minutes.

Yao can't catch the ball? He couldn't catch the ball when he was putting up 27 points, nothing has changed.

Haters will hate.

Lets just AB run into corners, get trapped, and throw a wayward pass, Yao can stick to imitating Chuck.

 

What is the point of waiting all this time just to get a legit 20+ scorer to play like a role player, might as well force Yao into retirement/trade him, would benefit the team more.

 

Really?. you obviously didnt watch many of the kings and warriors games. Webber is one of the most versatile Scoring PF's ever.

 

I'm glad the big guy will be back next year.

Yao is an efficient scorer and the best way to utilize him is get him the ball on the move. When posting up, it should be done early in the shot clock.

 

Huh!? Aren't you contradicting your own argument? Being so versatile and being the triple-threat on the high post is why Webber DIDN'T get double teamed often.

Webber didn't see even close to the double team that Yao did. Part of that was his athleticism and passing ability. Part of that was simply better offensive talent that prevent defenses collapsing on one player. Regardless, Yao gets a ton more attention from the defense than Webber ever did.

 

Webber could flatout hurt teams alot more then yao could. he was a threat all over the floor. he had enough range to hit the three, he had a very good mid range game and he could put the ball on the floor to attack the rim. Then there was his amazing court vision and passing ability. His versatility and ability to kill teams with alot of ways was far more then yo could.

 

What do all of these have to do with getting doubled teamed?