i'd like to see yao scoring more in the 4th q, when teams usually up their defence a few notches. that's a real sign of dominace. with his experience in nba, body buildup, and stamina impromvement, i don't see why he can't do it. on top of that, he's great at the charity line and it makes him more dangerous and deadly to the opponents.
Yao definitely can be stopped when other teams decide to take him out of the game. All they have to do deny him the ball or collapse on him hard after he gets the ball, which is what happens to him late in close games. They won't give him time to put the ball on the floor and make a move. Even when Shaq was the "MDE" it was Kobe who provided late game heroics. It's up to the rest of the Rockets to punish teams when they decide to double and triple Yao.
I don't agree. "His only job is to rebound and block shots. He is at best the 4th scoring option on this team behind TMAC, JHo and Sura"
You also have to remember that even when Shaq was "MDE" it was too risky to get him the ball if you needed two points late because he'd be immediatey hacked and you had to pray he would make free throws.
I like what i saw in the Spurs preseason game, granted it was against scrubs, but it appears yao is goin to rim with more authority. in the words of Bill Walton..."THROW IT DOWN, BIG MAN!"
2.5-3 assts for Yao would be good. He's never averaged more than 1.7 (rookie year) and he averaged only .8 two years ago and that was with the good shooters like Wesley, Barry and James on the team. He's shown ability to be a better passer than he's demonstrated. Has to pick up his awareness and kick that ball out faster. Opponents still bear down on him and telegraph a few his moves sometimes cuz, not his fault, his gigantic frame's just not gonna move around as swiftly. Plus Rafer might take those assists for himself I'll take Yao the scoring machine, dont' want to overwhelm him, but it'd be nice if he can look out for those shooters.
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Dude, at least make an effort to summarize the article in English, if you can't do a full pryuen at this time. What do you expect the majority of viewers on this board to do, babelfish it?
Another thing that happens to him late in close games.... fouls in HIS favor. Shaq can't shoot free throws, Yao is a good free throw shooter.
that's when we need our perimeter shooters the most, to prevent the defenders from cheating and collapsing on yao.
I think the stats are slightly misleading. The open shots for the shooters usually come after Yao starts the process by kicking out, and that individual making the extra pass, for someone completely open. A big man's assist usually comes from cutters, as you can see, we really didn't have too many of those last year.
