Yao: "I think that's my worst game in my three years."

AB, you earn my respect by being brave enough to point out the truth, risking being labeled an unpatriotic (uh, I mean, un-Rocketing-loving) YOF, especially when certain superstar had two "great" games in a row.

 

honestly, tracy and yao proved nothing except losers so far for seven seasons. they both are overrated.

 

too bad that part about mcgrady wont pass is b.s

7 assist against wolves game
9 assist against the pacers
9 assist against the jazz

6.4 assist per game avg for the year


Yaos assist average is 2.4 per game

Rafers assist is 5.4 per game

 

This thread sucks.

 

correction 5.4 assist per year.

 

Well the thing is Tracy will pass to guys that cut towards the rim from the inside and slide under the defense instead of around it.

This is exactly what he should do and that is why most of his passes are to either chuck hayes and luis scola
those guys can get under the basket by going behind the defense and an easy pass for mcgrady.

A pick and roll with yao always works.

Your outlook on Yao's passing ability is flawed because if your scenerio were true then Yao would have alot of assists piled up because other ppl obviously have to score when Tmac is out. This isn't the case. Our offense is run through Tmac at times and Yao at times.

Trust me...if Shane Battier was making his three pointers(which no one has really mentioned) he would not be critisized for his lack of offensive contribution.

If Rafer Alston penetrated a little more, took contact and went to the foul line, he wouldn't be critisized.

If Chuck Hayes made his layups, he would be starting.

If bonzi was more consistent we would have a definate 6th man.

If yao was hungry and passionate every game, we would win every game

If tmac played like a Tmac who wants it more than anything, We would have a triple double machine.

Look the fact of the matter is When tracy plays well and yao has a decent game, everyone else seems to play well. When Yao plays well and tracy has a decent to difficult, everyone else plays well but to an extent. Yao is a monstrous beast on the outside, but when your perimeter players are making their shots, that is energy fuel for any team. The offense gets its mojo from Tmac, but delivers with Yao.

 

I have been paying paticular attention to this topic ever since Yao joined the Rockets.
Your answer is full of hatred and short on fact! The answer is that we have had many short players trying to pass into Yao. Most times they are being guarded by taller players. They already have limited abilities/ determination to pass to their big man, so many time are hesitant to do so, Alston is a prime example.
Unlike when we had Robert Hory at 6'10 passing into Hakeem. We should note
however that even then the guards in that era had some difficulty is getting the ball into Hakeem and often defered to Hory to get the ball passed into Hakeem.
Our 6'9" Tracy McGrady has little difficulty in getting the ball to Yao.

 

Why would I hate Yao ming? Im Chinese and became a Rockets fan because of him.

I agree part of it could be our players ineffectiveness to get him the ball. Tracy drives, draws defenses to him therefore able to give Yao a better pass. If we have a point guard like Jason Kidd there's no doubt in my mind that Yao would get the ball at his sweet spots more.

 

You will be a rookie for a long time talking like that. We understand that you don't like T-Mac but theres no need for name calling.

 

Yao did not play very well, partly because we could not get him the damn ball.......

 

I didn't really follow any of this thread but I just rewatched the Minny game from last night and Yao was a major liability last night. The Rockets extended the lead to 10 points in the 2nd and 4th quarter while Yao was on the bench. He fumbled a lot of passes and got dominated throughout the game by Al Jefferson. I could see why he thought he had a bad game. He had a horrible game last night. I don't understand why Rick Adelman didn't play Chuck Hayes and Scola more and Yao less (like he did in the Portland game) when it was obvious that Jefferson was abusing Yao last night. That's not Yao's fault as I'm sure fatigue had a lot to do with his performance but Adelman really should have countered faster and not allowed Yao to cover Jefferson. Adelman not making the switch I think wore Yao out on the offensive side of things as he was unable to beat covering defenses. Glad he has some time to rest until thursday's game. I want to see a make up game from Yao to beat Cleveland convincingly at home on national tv!

 

I could not understand why Adelmen did not change the defensive matchups. He should have switched Yao onto Doleac and Craig Smith when he subbed in. He could have put Scola/Hayes on Jefferson. Or at least attempt something different...he kept Yao on Jefferson the whole game....bottom line is the Rox got the "W" so he must know what he is doing.


P.S. I know someone will say that if Yao guards Doleac, Doleac will take Yao out of the lane(the Raef Lafrentz effect), thus taking away our lane presence...but damn 33 and 16...time to try something different.

 

Just curious If Yao replaced by Gasol in this game.

 

Man, McLady never sets Yao up well, always selfish, his negative feelings get Yao down resulting in bad games! See, it's simple!!! If McLady has the ball, since he is such a ball hog who WILL NEVER PASS (this is the truth guys), our players will NOT CUT! They sense McLady's selfish intentions so they know that he will just JACK UP a HORRIBLE fadeaway jumpshot or a 3 pointer. Yao feels the negative feelings of McLady and his inner strength is unable to be summoned, thus he has a game that prompts him to say "I think that's my worst game in three year!" He is trying to take the blame, but logically there can be no doubt that McLady is to blame. Come on guys, i hope Morey realize this and will make trade to TAKE the negative feelings AWAY!!!

 

I don't think this is the reason why Yao had an off-game. I am sorry to say that your observation is biased and unfair to TMac.

I think Yao had played too long in previous games during the absence of TMac. The extended plays lowered his immune power and he got the flu. He had consecutive down-games because he's still not fully recovered. Now that he had enough time to rest, let see his performance at the next game vs Cals.

I think TMac is trying his best to blend into RA's offensive plan - less long jumpers and more assists are being seen.

As long as we are winning, ugly games though, fans have grounds to complain or pointing fingers.

As Rox fans, I think we should be patient and give players more time to integrate. The Rox would be scary at playoff time when every player is able to play under RA's system in a fluid, confident and unselfish manner.

 

Edit: Re second last para. I meant "no grounds". Sorry.

 

Yao does not possess the hands and strength of Hakeem. Hakeem can also seal his man off longer that 1 second

 

This deserves no response.....

 

Even when the Rockets are winning, Clutch BBS posters aren't happy...

Can we just wait and see in the coming months? A few games don't make or break a team or a player.

We just had a long losing streak but we TURNED the corner and are now 8 games over 0.500.

Perhaps we have to learn to be more appreciative. Yao is allowed to have bad games and so does McGrady. McGrady was the reason we won these last few games and we have to appreciate this - he is not "McLady" or whatever. Yao just had a POM month in January and he wouldn't turn into "pigeon poop" just because he played a few bad games.

We don't have to put down one to emphasise the importance of the other. We have both and we are a team. Lets show more respect to our superstar players.

Whichever player you like the most, please stop fighting. It is just extremely bad karma.

I feel that some of the posters on this board don't really deserve the pleasure that comes with a Rockets' win.

SS999

 

You know whats funny, the topic and the beginning of any post is subtle and harmless.....when you click on the last page of an extremely long post/topic you will usually find two or three posters going at it