CBA offical said :"Yao will be back with China NT after the playoffs"

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Maybe there should be a FDS (frequently disputed subject) list posted somewhere in the bbs so people won't talk about it every few months or so.

 

What makes you think they don't consider them? Note to point, I didn't say height, per se, but growth potentials. You know, there is a reason there are many levels in the Chinese athletics system. Somebody with only growth potential but not actual growth would likely find himself or herself stuck at the district level, as supposed to municiple, provincial and national levels.

Also, note to point, there are some sports in which you just can't wait until they grow into their potential before making the decision (some others you can afford to wait). A good example would be gymnastics (or diving) in which the average athlete retires at, what, age 18 (for females)? In this case, you also pick mental potentials (how fast they learn, etc) and work ethics.

In either case, they don't just pick the tallest (let's say) 500 and stick them on basketball teams. And they certainly don't suck the life out of them.

 

it just comes down to what is valued as most important. would yao rather have CNT success or rockets success?

i don't think they're gonna be working yao that hard this summer. i don't foresee him playing in too many of those little tournaments. he'll probably play in a few of em but not play too many minutes. if the rox trainer goes over there for a few weeks, gives him a regimine to follow, yao will be fine health wise. i mean, it's not like the rest of the nba players don't play ball during the summer.

i think the CNT's goal is to be good by 2008 and to do so they need to develop their talent. tang zhengdong and yi jianlian are probably gonna log alot of minutes in those other tournaments this summer. i think the only tournament which yao will log heavy minutes (30+) is in the asian championships games (top 3 qualify for world championship in japan next summer).

 

The ROX better do something about it. As a chinese, it is hard for YAO to refuse the CBA if he does not want to go back. If the ROX organization can find a good excuse for YAO, it will definetely help YAO as well as ROX.

If ROX want the cup, YAO must rest and have the training this summer!!!

 

nothing the rockets can do about this, someone stated that they signed a contract when they drafted Yao or whatever..it's all up to China

 

The CBA s**ks but you can't expect them to take a back seat to the NBA. They have a contract with Yao and the Rox and it is in their vested interest to have their biggest drawing card and best player to come back and play.

Yao's interests are also tied to Chinese basketball, his Chinese endorsement opportunities and non-basketball income will probably far exceed his NBA basketball salary and US non-bball income during his lifetime. It's in his interest to maintain his hero/superstar status in China and not playing in China would hurt his image.

We are going to have to get used to Yao returning to China every year.

 

yep

we're bombing china.

 

whats in your interests? let me tell you whats in your interests. its in tigers interests to not go around speaking for another man like he is some slave machine he knows what is best for. hero's aren't superstars with images to keep, they defy what the masses think their interests are and tell them to shove their image of him where the sun don't shine. you want yao to be a good little boy, thats your interest. yao's interest are for him to do what he sees fit and best for him to do. your and my interest for his interest is worth a bucket of mud. yao is a houstonian now, houstonians are independent men, we don't take no loud talk from cba officials or any officials, we make the rules. get that straight.

 

The asian CUP is meanless! If the chinese national team can not win one of the three tickets without YAO, the whole team should be fired .

As a chinse, i said before and i want to say it again:" FXXKing CBA!!!".

 

and you know what, the cba could be doing this just as a test to test their power and leverage they have with yao out of fear they may feel they're losing their grip on him and this could be a front to see if Yao has changed and to see if he has become a defiant independent man who thinks he has wiggled his way from under their thumb. they may not even need him at all but are waiting to see his reactions so as to get a read on him and his attitude.

 

For one thing, not going back to play those not-so-important games will not hurt his image. I have paid attention to comments made by fans in China. Chinese fans are suprisingly unified on this: let Yao have the training in U.S will benfenfit Yao, and will benefit CNT at the end.

 

If you guys feel strong enough about having YM stay here during summers, start a petition. Maybe your voices will be heard.

 

Reasons that I see:
1.The officials are worried that without Yao, the CNT won't be able to beat the koreans, and if China loses, they will lose their jobs.
2.The contract before Yao came to America
3.If Yao goes back, Yao's popularity could earn a lot of money for them.
4.the story of Wang

So, Yaoming's going back is a must for them! They are not the one who will look beyond, on a long term. Short-eyeSighted Sucked Stupid aSS and Sh*t!

 

The sad thing about all this is that Yao is in a no-win situation. CBA have one powerful weapon that it is never afraid of using: "Patriotism". It will label you as "un-patriot" if you don't follow its order. China is a nation that extremely sensitive about being 'patriot'. That label is considered one of the worst if not THE worst thing you can say about a Chinese. If you have the opptunity to witness an argument between two Chinese and the topic is involved a foreign country, you will see that lable got throw around alot. CBA take advantage of that. It used it on Wang Zhizhi. Yes, Yao is different from Wang, but if Yao failed to handle the situation well, don't be suprised he got a new lable attached to his forehead.

 

I admire that Texas independence and if you check out my past posts you will find that I wrote that Yao should defect if the CBA didn't allow him to train in the US. But it ain't going to happen, his super star potential is far greater in China than it is here, do you see Houston kids buying Air Yao's 10 years after he retires, I bet Chinese kids will. Yao will never identify more with America than he does his homeland of China. Unlike Chinese immigrants that came to this country to prosper, he doesn't have to, the streets of Shanghai are paved with gold for him.

 

All these concerns or opinions about "value, independence, patriot" are just laughable stocks in today's busness world.

And get real, people, you want Yao to rest in Houston here not because you want him to be a better player, rather you want to see him lead rockets to another champion, not too much difference than a die hard basketball fan in Shanghai rather see him in the home court instead of watching TV to see how Mr. Stern tweak basketball for his business need.

Hey that's not something to be really ashamed of, most of the time peoples' opnion is decided by their a$$, not their brain, that's right, it's only related where your a$$ is, either in Houston or Shanghai

 

The CBA will ruin Yao's career. Use him like that horse in Animal Farm and then put him away when he's done.

 

Yep. I think we should do that. Let our voice be heard.

 

I think they mean after the Championship