Here is mine: 1. Learn more from Deke and maybe JH 2. Less effort in first 3 q on D 3. Try to tolk and make friend with refs on and off the court. 4. PW and G need take some f from him, JH need do something 5. Score more when you do less in D 6. work on his footwork. ex boxer's training what your suggestions to yao Do you think JVG need adjust our sys to avoiding this. We all know now our opponents are try to make yao in foul trouble very hard.
I think Yao needs to get his body out of the way of the offensive player and use the space he makes to block the shot. Maybe he doesn't have the quickness to block the shot, but he should be able to get out of the way and just look imposing.
simple.. he needs to just stand his ground and put his hand up high.. stop leaning forward!.. stop wasting fouls when you're up by 10 points..
Yao does good by holding his ground and just putting his arms up, BUT he keeps moving his feet and bumps the other person with his body. Thats a foul everytime if you are in the act of shooting
Stand still, hold your position, hands high, don't reach in, use your giant butt to create space, use your giant butt to block out, few "butt fouls" are called in the NBA.
1. When the little guard drive on Yao, he should step aside, and wait till the last second to alter the shot or block it at an angle. (Learn from Mutumbo) Don't just stand there with both hands up and try to draw a charge. Charge is rarely called when a smaller guy drive into a much bigger guy. Or give a really hard foul and send this little guy to the floor looking for his teeth. 2. When Juwan Howard gets beat, if it's too late, let it go and don't pick up the cheap foul. 3. To avoid offensive fouls, at the 1st couple minutes, go hard and bang body in the low post and see what kind of game the refs are going to call tonight. (I think a smart player said test the refs early and see what kind of things they allow at this particular game)
People suggesting that Yao should just hold his hands up and stand his ground, are completely off. Yao does this all the time, but he still gets called. Anytime penetrators jump right into him, Yao has about a 50/50 shot at getting a foul called on him. Yao gets very little benefit of the doubt when it comes to contact. Because of this I agree with Visagial. Yao needs to distance him from the contact, let the penetrators go by him, and block the shots from up top or the side. Oh, and the "reach-in" fouls have to go. They are really stupid, and need to be addressed immediately.
because he has a frustrating tendency to do this in the no-charging zone. If somebody jumps into you in the no-charging zone while you just stand there, you're going to get a foul called on you 9x out of 10.
O.K., Ming, turn around when being charged and use your giant butt to stop them in their tracks. After getting a few "cheek marks" they will think twice. If fact, they may not drive at all.
I consider myself a pretty rational guy and I've been watching bball for years. However, I'm really starting to think the refs got something against Yao. Either that or I'm missing some of the action on my 27 inch, non-HD tv. Even though penetrators initiate the contact (and even when there aint that much contact to begin with) Yao gets whistled... I've watched a lot of basketball over the years and I don't remember them calling it on other PFs or C's like they do to Yao. In last year's playoffs vs the Lakers, I remember one play where Yao was on offense and he intiiated a lot of contact vs Shaq (both of Yao's arms got slapped) but there was no call cuz Yao was the initiator and the commentator was saying that was a great no call cuz of that. I saw Shaq do the same thing Yao did a game earlier this season, and he got to shoot 2 free throws.
I would suggest just stop trying blocking some dangerous penertations. They may not hit even Yao does not block. And Yao can save his energy and spirit to help more in offense.
I know everyone talks about Yao's Defense and foul problems but one thing that we all need to realize is that defense in the NBA is the hardest thing to learn for any player whether they come out of college or europe or any league for that matter. Unless you are known on your team as a defense specialist then you will have to take time to learn the defense and get used to it at the NBA level. Look at any player that has even played 4 years in college coming into the league...they will always have the offensive talent yet lack the know how to be a good defender at the NBA level, once again if you are known in college as a defensive player then that might be a different case. Go down the list of good defenders, most of them had to take time and adjust and realize what they can and cant get away with, where to be during a play etc. Hakeem was an amazing athlete coming out of U of H and would block shots and be everwhere, but he was erratic and would foul as well and look awkward at times cuase he didn't know where to be and how to play an opponent. As time went by he got better and better and then we all know how it turned out. He became one of th e best defenders in the league and all time. Just saying all this talk about yaos defense and foul problems are kind of pointless. Once he gets the hang of it he will be fine and be a great defender and player all around. Now if he is still doing this 8 years into his career then we have a problem. Defending is the one thing that has to always be learned on the nBA level....scoring is natural to all of them.
That's it. The only thing yao ming need yo learn is raise his hand high all the time. hold the ball high, block the ball high. dont lean down his arms.
Yao needs to stop trying to draw the charge. It hasn't worked and never will. The ref is not going to give that call to a guy who is freakin 7'6! He needs to learn to angle himself to go up and block to shot. When you stand straight up with your arms extended it is almost impossible to block a shot without jumping or moving your arms unless the shooter throws the ball into your hands.
Yao needs to get out of the way when guards are driving on him instead of standing there and taking the foul when the refs bail out the guards. IT's that simple. If Yao did that he'd eliminate at least 1 foul a game which would make a world of difference. The fact that he still doesn't do that or forgets to do it leads me to suspect that he may have learning disabilities.
