Yao on the Verge...

I think he'd have been there by now if not for the injury, I really think taken a big step forward this year.

 

Ironically, i bet that will be some of the counterstatements.

How do you know he wouldn't have been his normal inconsistent self, and gotten into foul trouble, tired, and only tally 9pnts and 3 rbs in those games?

I'm just afraid he'll never get the props he deserves, b/c of the outrageous expectations to begin with. I hope I'm wrong.

 

I actually think he can do better then 20/10...thats just a stat people use to measure him up agaisnt others, but is not limited to what he can do to his full potential.

Yao in his prime I think will get 24Pts,11.5RB and 2BLK per game. I don't think this is asking too much considering he's improving each year and If T-Mac continues to play like the way he is now with no improvement due to back problem, then its highly probable that he will get there.

 

I agree with you Yao will get better for another few years. To bad it looks like T-Mac is headed in the other direction already. He is not the same T-Mac that played in Orlando.

 

I think 20ppg+ and 9rpg.

 

Scoring is not a problem for Yao. He will average 20+ points if he averages 16+ shots a night. I dont know if his rebounding will be much better than 9 boards. This is the one area he's not improved in the past 4 years. He will need to get better at rebounding.

 

I disagree.

Were you saying this earlier this season when he went off for 40+ three games in a row?

 

I know what you mean, T-mac has had a few off games and everyone is ready to call it career for him.

T-mac will be be fine in long run, just a tough patch right now.

 

If he can stay healthy long enough (like during the playoff), he is even better than before because his game is more complete (on both ends). But I suspect that will be the case. It seems the back problem will not go away and you NEVER know when it might come up again.

Tmac must put the averge play time around 35 minutes and save his energy for the 4th quater, lik MJ used to do in his 2nd 3 championship run. I think MJ himself admitted that.

 

I think it is clear that much of Yao's problem before the surgery was playing with pain in his foot. It may not seem like much [baby talk]Did Yao hurt his widdle toe?[/baby talk], but any foot injury is devastating in an athletic endeavor, much less basketball.

I calculated what Yao needs to do to average 10 rebounds this year. After last night, he needs to grab 35 boards over 10 per night. With 34 games left, that means he needs to average a hair over 11 rebounds per game, a goal which seems very attainable given that he has grabbed 12+ boards in three of the last four games.

 

No, check NBA.com, now Yao already got 249 reb in 27 games, so he just need 21 more in 34 game to achive this goal, which means only 10.61 r/g

 

I'm going to say something unbeleivable

IMO
Yao is on the Verge of subplanting T-Mac as the 1st option
T-mac will Clyde to Yao's Hakeem

[and I'm not saying this just to get a CLASSIC MOMENT]

Rocket River
next Year. . will be the year of YAO

 

Screw the stats. Take the team to the playoff, big man.

 

I agree.

 

Yao's per game attemps was 12 last season... he took around 20 attemps in recent games.. tats a big improvement

 

If Yao can become a real Hakeem, I am sure that TMac doesn't mind to be his Clyde. But it's not easy at all. Let's just wait and see.

 

I said 20+, 10. Unless there is an injury or TMac becomes Kobe-esque in his shot selection, I can't imagine Yao not averaging over 20+ points. I mean, look at last night. He really had an offnight but still put in 27.

 

If you're goin by Yao's stats alone, then thats not good enough. One thing T-Mac has over Yao that will keep him as the first option and leader through out their prime...and that is the killer instinct to take over games. Yao shows flashes of it, but he's not there yet and naybe never b/c of hid deameanor.

 

YAO's emergence has little to nothing to do with TMac at all

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