It's probably been discussed a lot but can somebody please explain to me why Yao is not getting as many calls as he should ? I mean, he gets hammered: no call; he touches a guy: call. It really pissed me off and has nobody ever complained about it ? If someone did, what was the explanation because Yao's the only All-Star I see getting the non All-star treatment. No, scratch that, he's just being treated unfairly and I think race could have something to do with it. I have no other explanation but you can make an argument for T-mac too so what is it ? Please do not tell me it has something to do with being soft caus neither players are. Yes, they both scream out when they're fouled and yes make soft fouls at times but soft got nothing to do with it.
"we're houston, we're supposed to be surrounded" (by haters) only this time yao isn't helping out. He is not being agressive as he normally has been the past 3 years.
hes soft thats teh reason. he got average 8 free throws shot per game, thats good enuff tbh. sometimes u need2 be tough to earn teh respect.
He will score 40+ a night if he gets the calls. Why? Shaq gets the calls, but he won't make the free throws. If Yao gets the calls, he'll make those freethrows.
I'm not just talking about this year, i'm talking about his whole career in the NBA. Bavetta is one of the notorious referees, whenever he's on the officiating crew that night, at calling Yao for a foul but not calling fouls for Yao. It just seems he's being picked one, like the referees enjoy it because Yao never flips out and is very calm about it. It's almost to the point where Yao should just explode and just push a referee, throw water at him or just hit one in the face. You see people flip out at less so I wouldn't blame him if he flipped out. This is one of the major reasons i respect Yao, nobody in the NBA could stay this calm about getting no-calls year in, year out. Maybe Artest should stand up for the big fella and instead of going into the stands, punch some referees, that will show em !!! So y'all have no other reasons besides race / soft ?
More contact is allowed around the basket. That's how it is for all players. You don't think our bigs get away with contact on the defensive side as well?
The hand is part of the ball. That's allowed. Yao simply needs to be tougher in holding on to the ball. And he should study Tim Duncan in the post. There's an art to drawing fouls that he hasn't mastered.
Ow come on, your not that ignorant are you ? Yes contact is allowed but Yao gets called for just standing there or making a little bit contact; other players don't even get called for grabbing him every way possible. Also, Yao does not get away with much, every Rockets fan knows this. I think Yao does everything possible within his ability as a man, because many players act like p*****s out there, almost flopping when they get a slap on the wrist. Yao does a good job at showing he gets fouled + the fouls are pretty obvious. Everybody gets away with hacking Yao, holding on to him, slapping on his arm whatever. Something needs to be done and I'm suprised nobody, Yao nor any1 of the Rockets organisation, has ever complained about it.
If Yao wants to get calls, all he needs to do is sell the contact more. When he gets slapped across the arms, he doesn't flail his arms out and scream murder... he needs to do that. When he goes up for a shot, he should already be falling backwards towards the ground, anticipating contact... and then flail his arms and scream murder as he's falling. I learned all of this at Dirk Nowitski's basketball camp... I'm now leading our pickup league in free throws attempted.
Yao's a man and already does everything he can for the refs to notice the foul. He and T-mac scream almost everytime they get slapped, hacked etc. and flailing your arms is for p*****s. Have you ever seen Olajuwon do that ? Yao at least has some pride, even though he already has to lower his standards to draw the attention by screaming. You would've never seen this in the 90s, Olajuwon never had to scream bloody murder like Yao has to do now. Dirk Nowitzki is a p***y and not a man with his flopping.
The majority of his shots are fade aways. Not many opportunities for foul calls there. He needs to establish moves going to the basket and going into defenders. When refs are used to seeing that from him, I think he would start getting more calls. And yes, b****ing when he doesn't get calls would definitely help.
You seriously think Yao gets away with a lot of contact, if you compare this with how many others get away with contact on Yao ?
That's not what I said. But he gets away with his share. Moving screens in particular. And he'll often step into players under the basket with his arms raised high without getting a foul call. These are things that were called on Yao much more frequently 3 or 4 years ago. If you notice, he's much less frequently in foul trouble. Part of that is him getting smarter, but I think the refs also let him get away with a bit more because of the "superstar" factor. The NBA allows more contact near the basket. And Yao happens to have the ball near the basket more than just about any other player in the league. I think that accounts for the majority of what you perceive as unfair officiating. Beyond that, yes there's an element of truth to what you're saying. Bigger players are less likely to get calls against smaller players than a player of similar size. Yao does tend to fade away from contact more than he should. He doesn't have the ability to explode to the basket, so he relies on softer, finesse moves -- moves that are less likely to get fouls calls on.
The way Yao is getting officiated on offense reminds me of 3 or 4 years ago. The way he is called on defense is similar to last year. The OP is saying that last year, what Yao got away with on D, and what the other team got away with on D was pretty similar. This year, Yao is getting away with less on D. I think its more of Yao's defense being officiated correctly based on the changes of last year, but the other guys defending him have been getting away with a lot more. At least they havent reverted to 3-4 years ago while Yao is on D, or we wouldnt be seeing him getting fouled as much on O.
