what if the rockets drafted the Yi kid and signed Wang... we would have and athletic(7ft) 3 in Yi and a shooting 4 in Wang and that would allow T-mac to play the 2... our defense would suffer but JVG's defensive mindset could offset that to a decent defensive team. we would have the biggest line up in the leauge. 7'6Yao, 7'0 Wang, 7'0 Yi, 6'8 T-mac... Think of the bright spots... Yao is turning in to the best center in the league and starting to show signs of being dominate, Wang is soft but his shooting touch has NEVER been questioned, Yi is supposed to be the most athletic 7 footer in the world. he didn't look that bad in the olympics. and he'll be playing along side his national teammates, his confidence will sky rocket. T-Mac will still be T-Mac, just hopefully he's not injured........ if we get a PG, that wont dribble the clock out, we're good... our rebounding should also go up, BUT we WILL be by far the SOFTEST team in the league...
We definitely needed more of this. Also, The first statement is made completely irrelevant by the second statement. What's the point in having size if it doesn't help your defense, rebounding or toughness? The only possible remaining advantage might be easier post entry passing to Yao.
Yes, you do bring up some good arguements about why we shouldn't do this. Thanks for pointing that out. In all seriousness this is not a good plan at all. One completely unproven player and one complete wash of a player, why in the world would we go after these guys? Don't get me wrong I have no problem inviting this Yi kid to a camp and seeing how he pans out, but committing to anything, or signing Wang at all, is a terrible idea.
A current assessment could be made this Summer at the WC and the practice games preceeding the the WC. Then and only then could we make an accurate assessment of their talents.
I'm guessing all the other NBA bbs' are brimming with insightful posts about drafting Yi and signing Wang as well.
yi seems like a good prospect, but he's only 18 and still very raw. we don't have time to wait for him. besides we can't fake injuries to 2 chinese playes in order to keep them here for rest and development over the summer. that might start a war.
Yi is probably worth burning a draft pick on next year. I am assuming the Rox will NOT be in the lotto next year. As far as Wang - maybe invite him to camp and see what he can do. Who knows - maybe he could be serviceable backup at the C/PF positions and generate some instant offense. If Wang had Rybo's hustle, he'd actually be a pretty good player. Yes - that's a big if.
What's up with chinese people and thinking that just because you have height you'll kill every team shorter than you. WANG SUCKS, YI is NO WHERE READY FOR THE NBA! AND JUST SO YALL KNOW! REBOUNDING IS ABOUT STRENGTH, BOXING OUT, and TIMING OF THE JUMP. NOT ABOUT HEIGHT! A 5 foot man can box out a 7 foot guy and then walk up to get the rebound in the paint. IT HAPPENS A LOT. It deson't happen everytime because usually the 7 foot is stronger than the 5 footer given that the 7 foot as more body mass. But the reason why he gets more rebound is not because he's taller, but because he has more strength. It's true that most tall people tend to have more body mass therefore having more strength but in the case of Wang and Yi, they're tall and weak. Wang is pure waste of height. PERIOD. YI however has a future. Accept it and stop trying to brainwash everyone into thinking the way china plays basketball.
Your post did make some sense if you didn't direct it at 'Chinese people'. What made you think the opinion of cody and a few other posters represents the 'Chinese people'? And how did you come to the conclusion that cody is a Chinese? Actually the nationality of this cody dude is a moot point here. Even if we assume that he and the other few posters are all Chinese, the sample is still way too small for you to make the moronic generalization and direct the post at 'Chinese people'. Use your brain when you post.
OK rocket you're telling me that out of 50 million ridiculous post on this forum that out of all the players available that somehow less than 99% of these posters are chinese and thought of Wang when they decided who would be best to fill the rockets gap? WANG out of all possible players. You don't think Wang being chinese has ANYTHING to do with it if not everything? Yea i know you shouldn't generalize but this is so obvious it needs no explanation. I don't need to use my brain anything. I know cody is chinese.
I'm with Grapejuices here. There is absolutely NO reason somebody would want us to sign Wang Zhi Zhi AND draft Yi Jianlan if they weren't chinese. I'm willing to bet neither of those guys will ever succeed in the NBA. Possibly Yi, but he's slated to go about ten slots after our pick and they want us to use the number 8 on him? Explain the logic behind that. The only logic is that they are proud Chinese. There is nothing wrong with that, but man, they need to look at reality. Wang Zhi Zhi may have been great in the CBA but he isn't very good in the NBA.
Oh, shout it out loud to Mr.GrapeJuices please in case he has a deficiency in hearing. I suggest a new posting rule: From now on everyone has to declare their race and nationality before making a post in order not to cause confusion to the slower ones.
The most important thing , I think, about Yi's success in CBA is his confidence. Yet that's in China,a country where humble men are supposed to be regular. I don't think he is more confident than the Americans. Right now Yi is raw.He is not even showing enough dominance over other Chinese players.You should keep in your mind that when Yao was chosen by the ROX,he was a superman on the court of CBA,a man that can change the league. Thus , I don't think the young Yi right now is not the guy for ROX.Maybe after two years or so. Recently he has made his decision to quit the coming NBA draft,I think this is a really wise decesion...
