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Yao might pull a Johnny Damon!

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by DeAleck, Aug 11, 2004.

  1. DeAleck

    DeAleck Member

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    Found this Yang Yi article in some other place. Someone please translate.

    Apparently(if you trust Yang Yi), Yao won't shave for six months if his CNT doesn't advance to the quarter-finals of the Olympics. I am not sure this will happen, but if it does...

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    :eek: :eek: :eek:
     
  2. wakkoman

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    How much facial hair can Yao grow in 6 months? We've seen his attempts at the mustaches and goatees ;)
     
  3. MadMax

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    What Would Johnny Damon Do?
     
  4. DeAleck

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    Dunk with hair and block with beard, other than the salvation part.
     
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    Someone should photoshop it anyway. :cool:
     
  6. Will

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    Yao should grow a beard just to annoy Shaq by scraping the top of his head.
     
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    Yeah, And poke Amare and KMart's eyes too. His beard should be
    as dense as his idol Vlade :p
     
  8. room4rentsf

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    you never know.. having a beard like that can cause alot of discomfort to his opponents if he knows how to use it! :D

    J
     
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    He would look horrible...He has patches where hair doesnt grow.
     
  10. mikedane

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    Make ZZtop proud Yao
     
  11. rockingsoul

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    So funny! :D
     
  12. tuan209

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    while hes at it he should shave his head and go for the complete scott pollard look
     
  13. DeAleck

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    Photoshop artists, please chime in!
     
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    This is a good read, someone please translate, Yao thinks that Harris
    did an exceptional job during the few months, let us wait and see China
    vs. Spain on Sunday.

     
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    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    It's not Photoshop....Paint is all I have here at work....I can't tell if the hair is Coolio or Latrell...but here is my effort!:D

    [​IMG]
     
  17. yipengzhao

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    Lazy... your Chinese / English is obviously good enough to do it yourself.

    :p

    I'll translate the bits that I agree with. I was going to write about this after I watched the China v. Italy link that wireonfire provided. I hadn't seen the CNT in action that much, but their you know their problems are pretty obvious.

    Okay back to the article. Yao says that Harris really made significant changes to the Chinese team, beyond Yao's expectations because he really didn't expect Harris to be able to get rid of all the bad habits of the CNT that have accumulated over the years that quickly.

    Two improvements that yao have singled out are: transition defense, and pulling back from a fast break into a half court set when the opponents are quick getting back.

    Yao says Liu Wei and Li Nan are consistent (that's what I felt too... Li Nan is crafty and Liu Wei is the only that can penetrate). However, Yi, Mo Ke (Wang Zhi Zhi clone), Chen Ke, and Zhu Fangyu are on and off, however, Yao says he only needs one or two people to step up and contribute.

    Anyway he says that getting into the elite 8 will be a struggle, yet if they play "crazy" even medaling is not out of the question.

    ^^ I like that confidence.
     
  18. qrui

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    i wonder why he didn't mention bateer? he is in the cnt roster, right?
     
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    Looks like Yao will have to save the hair. China got beat by Latovia in the last game of a long series of warm-up games. However, I dont think Yao's not going to look any thing like that picture. Asians dont grow much facial hair to begin with.
     
  20. JoeBarelyCares

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    I'd rather see Yao pull a David Carr.
     

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