Well in a recent interview from one of these Chinese sports newspapers, when asked what he most wants to do right after his basketball career, he said he wants to go back to university for a degree.
According my poor memory, Yao was a student of an university located at Shanghai. He didnt have time to finish all the course work, though.
Not every time, but only when Rockets have a tough schedule of games. Tmac has been good at finding a good point to come back. For example, this time He will come back at 01/11 vs Minnesota. Can anyone bet on it?
Yao is inspiration for me. Very refreshing to see a star athlete has the attitude that he has, so humbled at the same time very hungry, and willing to work his butt off to win.
Ok Yao, I see you. Now get it done tonite. You don't have much success against GS without T-Mac handing off the ball. So now you must call for the ball and beast these lil midgets. Outside of Beidrens, everyone is gonna be a foot smaller than you. Ownage, ownage, ownage. I wanna see 43pts, 21rebs, 8blks, 7asts, 1 stl, and this..... <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bVGGcrUUSJ0&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bVGGcrUUSJ0&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
Everytime Yao makes a big statement, he lays a major egg in the next game. He should just shut up and play.
I love Yao. But it is my honest suggestion that he should shut the **** up and just play. He playes best when he is mentally calm, whenever he tries hard to prove something or make a statement he simply got his rhythm affected. To yao being all fired up does more damage than anything else.
Hmmm. Let's see. ru·mor /ˈrumər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[roo-mer] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts: a rumor of war. 2. gossip; hearsay: Don't listen to rumor. 3. Archaic. a continuous, confused noise; clamor; din. –verb (used with object) 4. to circulate, report, or assert by a rumor: It is rumored that the king is dead. Rumors need not be true. In fact, more often than not they are fabricated or, at the very least, exaggerated. Break open a dictionary every now and again.
The key thing about a rumor is that there is uncertainty. It might be based on something factual. But we know that Sam Smith is just offering suggestions -- trades he thinks would make sense. If he actually heard from a source that there could be such talks going on, then it's a rumor.
Hey, did Big Yao play very poor in this game versus Golden States Warriors? He was never into his rhythm for all those black whistles. And the Golden States Warriors must have adopted the Hack-the-Shaq tactics on him sending him 8 times onto the charity stripe where he made all his free throws. Besides he aint got too many shot attempts, did he? Only 4 out of 8. IMHO, the Rockets lost the game when they just cracked and meltdown in 4Q when Big Yao's team mates tried to establish Big Yao too hard, and forgot what they had done so well in 2Q and 3Q, and that is more patience and passing until they found the open players for making the shot. And Rick Adelman was also guilty of not making on-the-fly adjustment and substitutions when the Rockets started to crack.
is there ever a time you will just admit yao played poorly? Oh i get it, I see you dont have t-mac to blame on this one, so you will pin it on everybody else with the exception of Yao. You will see that making excuses doesnt change anything about what went down. The rockets as a team got beat, Yao included. Yao is our star and he gets the brunt of the blame as do leaders of other teams.
Yao Ming is a rich man's Big Z Dwight, Boozer, and even Kaman have surpassed him as the best big men in the league
when you look at the game in totality. i say yes, he played poorly, not very smart. Yao's was in rhythm early in the game when he was moving around in the low post. in Q4, when the much shorter / lighter (but more agile) Harrington fronting him, Yao just stood there waiting for the pass. The fronting strategy stagnated Rox's offense. no rhythm. the pivotal move was GS's fronting on Yao in Q4. Yao still could not handle the fronting. And Rick Adelman was also guilty of not making on-the-fly adjustment and substitutions when the Rockets started to crack.[/QUOTE]
