Time To Quit Acting Like A Robot Yao.

only if he brought the intensity that we want to see....just changing systems wont change his level of play and aggressiveness on the court.

that has to come from within,

 

*** Merged rhester's thread into this one.

 

You calling every Yao fan Chinese contradicts your opinion that bias shouldn't have a role in the discussion.

 

They "know" that you're right on? I'm sure u hated it when the boards were filled with nothing but Steve haters. What did u say to people when they said Steve was a bonehead, has low bball iq, couldn't run a fastbreak to save his life? I'm sorely disappointed in Yao right now, but c'mon man, posters are defending Yao the same way you defended Steve. You're just instigating people to talk crap about Yao.

 

1. I don't care what another board has 'done' to any poster here. If I judge them at all, it will be based on what they post here.

2. If you want to resort to ad hominem attacks, why not just jump over to the D&D.

 

Man, if it were not too much to ask, I am dying to ask Clutch, Jeff, or anyone else to let us BBS members know how many "new members" joined Clutchfans.net when Yao came to the team?

I really would like to know especially the months of Oct-Dec 2002, because it is clear to me that sooooooooo many Yao-Only-Fans are all over this board, just an instinct

It would really be an excellent service if someone was able to list the # of members who have joined the BBS in late 2002, I am just guessing there was a "spike" in new membership during those few months, but I could be wrong. In fact, it would be nice to know how many, if any, were from China.

Clutch, Jeff, anyone? Just for fun

 

(Wow, this thread may just end up in the D&D)

Don't you think that sounds a bit condescending? How do you know what Chinese fans know about basketball?

 

I posted that in the other thread that was merged into this one. I wasn't writing that towards you.

 

It's a legit question, but it's not a realistic question.

The NBA is a business. Yao Ming, even if he never improves, still makes a ton of money for the league. He's virtually untradable from a business stand ponit. Chance is that he'll stay with the Rockets organization for at least another seven, eight years.

IMO 18~19 pts a game is good enough for Yao to be TMac's sidekick. He ain't no superstar, but he is a legit SECOND option on any team in the league. His offense has actually regressed this year, but I think that he will eventually recover. His defense, on the other hand, is another question (lateral quickness is a god-given ability and Yao doesn't have much of it).

No basketball expert has ever predicted that Ming would be a superstar (well unless you count Bill "I say the darnest things" Walton). People need to start to accept Ming for who he is--a very good (not great) offensive player and a so-so defensive player. As a Rockets fan, you will have to watch him on this team for another decade or so. So unless you want to live in misery for years while watching your favorite team, accept that fact now.

I still think that our main problem this year is not Yao's play, but lack of good role players. When I was watching the Suns game on Wednesday, I was really shocked by the disparity of total talent level between us and Phoenix. It's a result of bad management over the years. We have to be patient and do the right things to turn this team around. We can start doing that by improving our scouting program.

 

Webber + Bibby + #1 pick
for Yao and Mo Tay

 

This place is starting to look like the espn boards now.....oh joy.

 

Whats with you and race? Yao won the paper balloting last year in the NBA All Star vote over Shaq, so obviously white and black folks like him too. First the comment about the culture thing, now this. tsk tsk, This is what happens when you go off the subject of basketball.

 

You seriously need to get off the racial thing.

 

Something like a billion people ion China don't have Internet access. The ones that do usually waste their time at some chinese forum website. The people you deal with on the ESPN boards who are supposedly Chinese represent a very very small percentage of Chinese fans overall, say maybe .000000000001 percent.