I don't think there isn't any reason why Yao can't shoot the 3. from what I hear he can do it just fine. The only thing is, JVG would never have that I don't think. I think it should be added sometimes, but rarely. Yao's strength is about 15ft and in I think. But having him take some outside shots would stretch the D out and leave more room for cutters and drives. It would cause opposing defenses the same problems we have with pulling Yao out to the perimeter. Just my humble opinion though.
Remeber how we got burned by Raef Lafrenz? He hit threes all night because Yao couldn't come out to guard him. I don't see why Yao shouldn't do it IF he can hit it with regularity. We don't know how good a 3-point shooter he is because he's never done it in game. I mean, if you can hit close to 40%, and you face an opposing player like Shaq who doesn't like to come out, then yeah, why not. It never a bad thing to have one more weapon available to use.
Exactly. He doesn't do it because we have a r****d for a coach. If Yao was allowed to shoot a few jumpers from about fifteen feet that would only open up his inside game. Opposing big men would not be able to just rest in the paint waiting to deny Yao position.
The thing with Yao is if he's in the high post in a half court set, people can really just put a body on him. It'd be hard for Yao to dribble past them through the traffic. I have no problem with Yao shooting a couple of open jumpers when a penetrator passes out to him, I'm all for yet. But if you want Yao to start initating the offense on the high post, I got to think his turnover will double.
Fine. Let's appease the "Fire Ewing" contingent, then hire Jack Sikma and Brad Lohaus as Yao's new coaches... They can show off their championship trophies to inspire Yao. What's next, trying to get Wesley and Anderson to become the next Fat Lever? Or maybe we mold Swift into a point-forward ala the Anthony Mason expirement. It would be fun for the fantasy league guys, but we're not going to get deep into the playoffs.
Before Amare got hurt I remember reading that he had increased his range to the 3pt line. The Suns figured this should clear the paint for him to drive if the defense has to guard the perimeter against him. That's what smart teams do they add dimensions to their players.
He doesn't have to initiate the offense. He comes out around the key & gets the ball (either a pass or on a PNR). If his defender sags off, he shoots. If the defender covers him, he passes off. Either way, he isn't forcing the action. I don't see his TO's increasing.
No...hire Kareem and Walton. You are not thinking clearly. Yao JVG style low post only is not smart. Mix it up. Use his skills. You are creating barriers that do not exist, except for your prejudice. Give up your limiting conditions. Free Yao. Let him be Yao, a champion, great in his own way, as he is, now.
The only time Lafrenz really gets a chance to do that is against slow centers like yao. In yao's lifetime, he's going to need to dominate more in the paint for points than run behind the arc to rain 3's just because the center can't guard him. I mean sure it'd be nice to have him have 3point shooting capabilities, but if you are JVG and you know that chances are, 9 out of 10 games he's going to play a center who's faster than him than he'll have to use his post game strengths which are his height and his accuracy in the paint to score points. You kind of get what i'm saying? It's just not reasonable for him to practice 3's when only against select teams will his 3's be effective and he'll actually get a chance to shoot 3's. against ALL teams it will be effective to dominate in the paint.
yao can do it he just doesn't. no in jvg's system. remember when he was in shanghai sharks fighting against wang zhizhi, who was well known an all around center can nail treys. one game he purposely nailed consecutive 3's and shocked everyone and won that game. good old days.
If it's a pick and roll situation (where he has a chance to get the ball to get some space) I'm all for it. As much as I hated when Stockton and Malone running that pick and roll which Malone hits the 15 fter, it was effective and I think Ming can do that every now and then. I just disagree with all the posters that are saying how if Yao gets the ball in the high post it would play to his strength, he's such a good passer, etc etc because I just don't see going around his opponent meaning it's not gonna be hard for a player to guard Yao 1 on 1 when he's on the perimeter. One of the things that made people stay at home against Malone is the fear of him going by you when you rush out to him (same with Amare and Nash right now). I don't think that's Yao's game rigth now. Though as I've said, a couple of pick and roll to get him some open jumpers ever now and then is a good idea.
It's not just against slow centers. It can be against certain defensive systems or strategies. A lot of times the center doesn't come out to guard not because he is slow but because that's not his defensive role. If Yao hit a couple of threes, you can bet the other team would change their center's defensive assignment.
And if the defense changed their arrangement why cant rockets just switch off from Yao shooting outside and then going back inside. It wud be a good way to trick the defense i guess. Yeah JVG will probably not let Yao shoot the 3 but i mean seriously the 15 -18 ft Jumper he can nail that with practice.
They kept blaming yao for raefs 3's but for some reason JVG didn't want to pick him up. Raef Is a center i think yao was suppose to pick him up but hes 2 slow to go out there and try and contest the shot.
