Should Yao's minutes be more limited to prevent injury?

I think he should play less games, no more than his CNT teammates. He's overworked, and it is affecting his Olympic play. Maybe he should take a yr off to rest. I mean, he'll be in his prime in 2012.

 

Limited minutes vs. teams that didn't make the playoffs last year...Regular 30+ vs. teams that did. With Artest on our side now we won't have to keep rolling Yao back in the Lineup when Tracy is out too..

 

I've always wondered, how much of a difference does that mkae? I mean they have countless workouts and shootarounds in between games.

Of course I've never played in the NBA. So I'm speaking with absolutley no idea.

I'll shut up now.

 

Shouldn't make much of a difference to him being worn out but it does lessen the chance of him getting injured again.

 

Yea... I say just limit his minutes similar to what the Spurs do for TD. He was playing nearly 38 a game before he got injured. There is no excuse for that. We can go small for 3-4 minutes a quarter fine.

I hope the addition of Artest means more small ball lineups where Artest is the main post option.

 

i thought he said this was going to be his last olympics? so does that mean he's not going over to china during the summer to practice with them? man i hope it means that.. o well. not sure how you can limit minutes on your franchise center. iono heres to good health for years to come.

 

sit Yao and you can still win most of the games.
So let him play less, will be good for playoff.

 

His minutes should be down significantly anyway. This years Rockets with the heart, motor, and killer instinct Ron brings to this team should be blowing a lot more teams out. The bench should be cleared in all our games except against SA, LAL, and BOS. And of course with another scorer who can get his own shot, no more of those long scoring droughts where you gotta hurry up and rush Yao back into the game.

 

I don't think we should play him much more than 30 mpg. Last season showed he's vulnerable to accumulated wear and tear. Can't just assume that's a fluke.

 

Both he and McGrady's minutes need to be drastically reduced. Yao's to prevent injury, McGrady's to extend his shelf life (though in all honesty, even then I just don't see him being that functional past 31.)

My ideal scenario would see Yao's minutes drastically reduced, giving a resigned Landry, Scola, and Hayes major minutes at the 4 and 5. Give Yao some minutes throughout the 1st and 3rd quarters, major minutes in the 4th and never any in the 2nd.

Similarly, give Artest and Battier the lion's share of the minutes at the swing positions, letting Artest hog the ball and control the offense to his heart's content. I am almost positive T-Mac would be content averaging 15ppg as long as he didn't have to exert any effort on either end of the court and had the ball in his hands in crunch time.

You keep T-Mac and Yao fresh, get the most out of Scolandry, and keep Artest happy.

 

i started a similar thread last season when yao went down.

limiting yao and tmacs minutes to 32-33 a game will (roughly) save:

--> 4 minutes per game

--> 36 minutes in 9 games, which equals 1 game off every 9 games.

--> 9 games off after 81 games, which means their bodies will feel like they only played 71 games at that point in the season.

imagine taking them to the playoffs with their bodies 10 games fresher. thanks to ron, the rockets can now afford to give tmac this rest. hopefully scolandry will play well enough to allow the same for yao.

 

I don't mind him playing regular time, what I hope the organization does is limit him in practice........

DD

 

the point is not how much time yao should be on the court ,the point is that his energy should be saved for the late fourth quarter when our team was not able to score in the past several seasons.even though we have ron now,we still need yao to score and grab the rebounds .artest may be a good shooter but his rebounding ability is bad,so the guy who can both hold high field goal percentage and grab rebounds is just yao.we need yao to stand up in the fourth quarter.

tim duncan plays as much time as yao,but duncan has seldom gotten injuried.because the spus play a very slow pace and duncan does't have to face the double at the offence end.our pg is rafer who likes to make fast breaks but not always hit the target.it 's common to see yao running between the two three second zone twice again and again,while duncan walks on the court enjoyablly .i mean yao's fatigue is attributed to the pg's bad organation .and tmac,he dribble to the front court and makes a jumper and off the ball,yao who had just ran to the front court has to run back to the paint.in the upcoming season,we should slow down the pace of our games because our big three all do better in half court offence than fast break.the only guy who is good at fast break is rafer,but he should make some adjustment to fit the team.luther may be a fast breaker rahter than a half offender ,so it may be good for both the team and himself to trade him.

 

The right idea is for Yao to continue to improve. Limiting minutes is limiting potential. Injuries be damned, if Yao wants a ring then he needs to grab it. That's the way it works.

If he becomes afraid of injury then we may as well blow up the team in two years or sooner.

 

30-35 minutes would be good for him, if we are blowing some bad team out early (some time in the third quarter), then keep him on the bench and let him rest.

 

Couldnt we do what Van Gundy did? Put him in the 1st quarter, take him out late in the 1st, make him not play most of the 2nd, put him late in the 2nd,then make him play for most of the 3rd and 4th

 

I think Mutombo will be back before the season starts and consider Dorsey and Hayes on the small line up it will be interesting to see Yao playing only 30 minutes per game.

 

Letting play around 30-35 would be good enough, but I would say let him play as much as he wants if the coach asks him too.

 

Do we remember that his best season was not playing with longest mins?

Around 30-32 is good enough