[HOUSTON CHRONICLE] Rafer Alston: "Yao should have had 50 points tonight."

Quick question. Why did DWes have to get JVG's concent to watch the game from the bench? was he in the dog house or did I miss something???

 

Yao's fault is that he is giving out postive feedback indiscriminately. Also, Yao needs to stop padding scrubs on their backs whenenver they score. I wonder what Hakeen did if the rock stop going thru him. Yao only pad them when they pass to him.

 

I am also tired of your so-called " closer, leader, safetybelt" as well as those BS quotes from RA.

Do you need a closer if you trailed like 20 points in the 4th?

If RA kept playing like a bonehead idiot in the 3rd quarter of last game. What else can YM do?

Are you blaming a guy playing like a warrior until the last minute and posted a 33/16 stats?

Stop betting everything on your baby T-mac. He would not do anything better with the whole bunch of role players we have now!

 

then somebody like Shadyxxxx will declare " where is the leadership from this big guy? He even refused to cheer his teamates. We are missing our closer/leader/safetybelt! ....."

 

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/3766205.html

T-Mac watches on bench
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"I'm just here to hang and support my guys," McGrady said.

I couldn't help but thinking that what tmac meant to say was "I'm just here to hang those guys who don't pass Yao the ball. They are not me and even I pass Yao the ball!"

 

Earlier in the season, after so many losses, and so many injured players sitting on the bench in suits, "Coach JVG" said he didn't like the players on the court having to look over there and see half of their teammates hurt on the bench so he banned 'em from the sidelines. Psychologically he thought it was having a negative impact, I guess.

 

Guys look, I'm sorry, that came out wrong.

I didn't mean to knock on Yao's leadership, or to come across as a T-Mac only fan. I really didn't. I'm just frustrated that we had that game under control and we gave it away, or more likely, Kobe took it away. I really didn't want to knock on Yao's leadership or anything.

I was just pointing out how this team is not conformed well, no one realizes that Yao is the one that should be touching the ball everytime, and it's frustrating.

It was a post out of frustration, and I'm sorry if you guys took it so hard.

The team needs to get Yao the ball no matter what, I'm sure Yao can make the right decision with it. Kwame Brown is no match for Yao.

 

I have heard Alston saying all the right things after a loss many times. It's always goes like this "we should given the ball to Yao more. blah, blah, blah". He should at least come up with newer excuse next time.

 

T-Mac no doubt will get the ball to Yao more.

 

I wish not seeing this meaningless BS from RA again!!!

 

Not exactly. He was coaching the Lakers and winning championships when JVG was first hired as Rockets coach. The next time Phil rumors were heard was during the playoffs last year, when JVG possibly faced banishment for the whole thing with the officials being biased against Yao (we know it's true, but JVG can't say it out loud.)

 

I think JVG should share part of the blame that the guards don't pass Yao the ball.Yao could demand the guards to pass him the ball all he wants,but if they don't,there is nothing he could dn the other hand ,JVG holds all the power.If the guards don't do what he wanted them to do ,he can benched them till they learn to listen.If JVG really insisted RA to look for Yao ,we won't be hearing the same stuff from RA about looking for Yao more often after every loses because he will be sitting on the bench.

 

Well, I have to say I have heared such kind of words from RA several times but did he do any promotion ?

 

You're right, it was my fault, I shouldn't have included Yao's name in the post. It wasn't Yao I was complaining about, how can I complain about 33/16 from our center? I am not a T-Mac only fan, it was just a post without much thought.

It was more directed to Rafer. I have no problems with Yao, just calm down, I don't troll on this board. Definitely a bad post on my part though.

 

There's a thing called 'defensive adjustments' towards the end of games, where Yao will be more aggressively defended.
That's when teammates have to step up, and if they don't, it's just harder for Yao to operate.

 

If i am facing rox i will doublt team Yao in the first half TMAC in the second.
then rox is doomed

 

Name one other "closer" on this team besides T-Mac. Name one other person on this team that can light it up in the second half. That's the purpose of the "one, two punch".

13 in 35. 'Nuff said.

Yao needs to demand the ball. If he sees his teammates shots aren't falling, he needs to tell them to stop shooting the bricks and to give him the ball and let him work it.

How can anyone blame a guy who posts 33/16 stats?

I bet you weren't saying that during our 5-1 West Coast road trip. How about that streak where we won 10 out of 13?

 

Sorry man, I was definitely too harsh on you. I saw your earlier post explaining your position. My bad. I should've replied sooner. Please don't take it to heart. It's easy to go over the line when we fans get frustrated with the way the Rockets were losing, especially to the Lakers, and witness our guards making the same mistakes over and over again while giving the same ol' lame excues.

I guess Yao could have been more vocal on insisting he be the focal point of Rockets' offense, in absence of TMac. It's inexplicable to see Yao who had been on fire suddenly turned cold because of his teammates. But as another poster pointed out, JVG also should share the blame for not stressing it enough to his players. To be quite honest, my support of Alston starts to wear thin.

 

damn...rookies...learn to read first.

 

Rizzy... your argument doens't make sense and it's stupid.

Seriously, you need to learn to read before you post. I bet you just read 3-4 post and all of a sudden burst out with your irrational thoughts that came through your head right there.