actually, i rather admire Yao's poise and his enormous self-control in not allowing himself to lose his calm, despite being hit so hard and so frequently. it's easy to lose control, but Yao's choice to let his game speak, knocking down jumpers in the faces of defenders and staying focused, is, i think, part of what makes him such a great player. what i did like was the way TMac reacted, showing a bit of fire and leadership, standing up for his big guy.
I don't want Yao to fight, not even once. However, I don't mind at all if he shoves somebody in the face committing an offence foul every game
I prefer Yao's response over fighting - drop a 15 point quarter on the team that hack's you so that thye might think twice about next time. Fight and get suspended and they will go out of their way to do it again.
what are the rules, exactly, regarding suspensions for fights? ofcourse the guy who swings first will get time off, but what about if you retaliate with a swing of your own? A less lengthy suspension? Meaning you have to just take it and not retaliate, or run away or something if you don't want to miss a game?
and also... we've all seen this clip, right? <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IyK4vnurJTo"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IyK4vnurJTo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
I would like to see Yao's FIST blow on Collion's face. and i want to see those poor guys blood spurt on the floor. that's very exciting. come on Yao, to be a bloody warrior.
in the rule books, if you throw a punch...whether a first punch or retaliation...it's is an automatic ejection and suspension for at least one game. Players who leave the bench during a fight (coaches are allowed to intervene), it is an automatic suspension for at least one game. Suspension can be longer than one game, but that is a judgement call by Stern.
Yao doesn't need to fight, but I'd like to see him be more physical on the offensive end. One offensive foul a game where he puts his shoulder into the chest of the defender, knocks them over, then dunks the ball. (Basically the move that Shaq made for his career) It'll be called a foul at first, but the more he does it, the less it'll be called on him. Players train refs over their career. Yao needs to start training refs on physical play. Also, most of the elite centers of year's past would not have taken a cheapo take down like the one tonight. They would have knocked the dude on his butt a couple times in the course of play to teach him a lesson. You can bet Hakeem would have done something, even in his calmer later years. There would have been some elbows to the chest, etc.
I agree with Supermac34... Shaq would never have been who he is today... if he didnt train the Ref's to avoid calling too many of his offensive fouls... lets put it this way... most of the time... ref's let more than a few fouls go... or we would have a whole team fouled out first half.... how many fouls did Yao end up with? he had 3 already before the 2nd quarter ended....
Supermac34, you are right. That would be the case except for 2 reasons: 1. It's Yao. The nice guy... 2. The league has changed. It's not quite like that anymore, but there are still remnants of that era. But yes, you are right. I think the one thing Yao has to do, without being a thug, is make opponents afraid as hell to go into the lane. He needs to crush them when they get in there. No more ticky-tack and1 fouls. He needs to send them to the floor without throwing them there. How many times has Shaq been dunked on? How many times have people tried and then never tried again? Not too many people were excited about driving into the paint against the Lakers when Shaq was in his prime. I'm not saying Yao is the same physically imposing presence as Shaq, but he's closer than anyone else in the NBA. Throw some elbows, get called for the offensive foul every now and then, but make sure they pay for it. Throw and elbow into the chest, back em down hard, throw a shoulder, if they want to guard you physical, it should be at their expense. F*** 'em up Yao! /wet dream.
I dont want see Yao get in any form of fight in the game. that may be risk of hurt some people or get hurt. But I do want see Yao get more physical when his defender is rough on him. shove some chests and elbow faces, that wold send information to defenders not to piss me off
RiceDaddy & some of the other posters You guys fittingly qualified for the tags of those dumb and blood-lusty fans that Fran Blinebury so described...... Instead of letting anger take over him, Big Yao contained his anger, used his brain, raised his play, punished the Supersonics and led the Rockets to a major win, instead of lost his head, retaliated, started a brawl, and got ejected from the game, and say goodbye to the playoff and this season. Ask yourself: which option you choose when you're the franchise player of the team??
Dude, pruyen, i'm not sure if he's really calling for a real fight in a game, but you have to admit, you'd be intrigued to see what happens if Yao got in a fight or a brawl or something. I don't want him to get into a fight, i'm just saying it'd be interesting to see how it would turn out. And you know deep down inside you want Yao to be more physical and aggressive in the paint on both ends of the floor. He can be physical and aggressive without being a thug or a dirty player...It'd probably work wonders for his already impressive arsenal. But, i'm not complaining. I like Yao the way he is. I just sometimes wish he would make it so people like Nate Robinson would be scared sh*tless that they'd fall on their ass hard if they tried to block his shot...or like that guy in the international competition clip. Yao can't let himself be dunked on like that.
being in t.o, we don't get much b-ball highlights, please someone share a clip of this..... Thank You...to the person that completes this task.
