One good rebounding performance and all the Yao rebound-bashing threads disappear?

That's right! It's more important how he'll perform in the big games. Generally speaking, I'll be expecting him to grab 10+ rebounds in those big games. But given the odds that some balls bounce away far from his reach and 'scolandry' step aside him, it's ok that Yao grab 4 or 5 rebounds as long as we WIN the games.

To OP

IMO, it seems not necessary to come up with this post. You may just provoke some people's tension

 

Yao does well enough. 10 rebounds a game is pretty damn good considering his physical limitations. I suppose he can put in that "110 percent" and maybe get an extra rebound here and there - but quite honestly he would injure himself, foul out, or needlessly expend energy doing that in most cases.

His lack of quickness will prevent him from ever becoming a truly great rebounder. If he consistently boxes out his guy (to prevent the other team from rebounding the ball) and gets what comes to him, then you should be satisfied.

 

I agree Yao's a vet, it's not likely he'll improve on anything (including rebounds, Rodman is probably the only one i can think of that had better rebounding numbers in his 30s).

Of course this is sports athleticism is a part of everything but I think there is alot of skill that goes into rebounding. Yeah, Yao works very hard but he isn't very good at anticipating where the ball is going and he'll box out but still let the guy get to the ball (or he'll box out too close to the rim, essentially a useless box out).

Yeah, a big part of it is athleticism but can't you say that about anything in regards to Yao? It's kind of the easy answer. It's like saying Mcgrady isn't "100%" or Brooks is small. It should be a given in the conversation.

 

May be right.But there's sb like me never post anything.what would you call them.

 

couldn't agree more...

 

ok, you've clearly stated yourself as a SB...

 

yup, only for the purpose of voting the lowest grade ...

 

this is just dumb. of course bashers don't bash good performance just like yao lovers wouldn't show up after his 4 rb games. they're equally biased.

 

Oh, he can quickly improve his rebound by:

1) not letting his teammates steal from his hand;
2) not boxing out for his teammates; instead, just positioning himself for grabbbing it;
3) not tipping a rebound to his teammates; just tipping it to himself.

But, will these increase the total number of rebounds for the team?

 

How ridiculous.
u always care about the records?

 

Yeah, he should be like Andrew Bynum, dont block out, dont get position, then foul to get the rebound for yourself. There is a reason why the rox have always been a good rebounding team. I really dont think Yao gives a rats arse about stats (well, to a point.) He always finds someone to put a body on to block out. If anyone plays ball, they will know it is an important fundamental skill in team rebounding.

 

He is 6 rebounds shy of averaging 10 boards per game, so if he gets 16 tonight he will be at 10rpg.

He should be getting more than 10 just about every game, but some games he tries harder than others.

He can rebound, he just chooses when to do it.....

DD

 

Knee-jerk reaction thread?

 

We didn't win the team rebounding battle last night. So what's the point?

 

Learn from the TMac bashers. Those foolz are consistent, hell they would even bash TMac after he wins the NBA Finals MVP.

 

what a thread. Yao only fans suck.

 

Bashing Yao? They guy is averaging a double double, he's been your go to man and making the plays down the strech. Some call him soft, I don't think so. I think he definitely digs deeper than our other so called superstar.

Bashing Yao? Please go out and find a better big man in the league!

 

look yao's recent stretch show how good yao still is (he's still in his prime). i've seen him rebound and dominate the boards. but i also see games where he doesn't even move toward the ball and just ball-watch.

it depends on his mentality for that night. yes, his effort is there. but is his mentality to dominate there every night? yao is a player that goes depending on his mentality.

yesterday, he rarely looks to lay it up like he does most night. why? i can't really answer that and that is the frustrating part. that also applies to his rebounding.

so hopefully yao will just bring this type of mentality on most nights. we need him to dominate the boards b/c scola/landry ARE undersized and v. the big teams, they will NOT be able to get those rebounds on pure size/athleticism. our guards are fairly small outside of tracy, and he will chip in but it's not enough. we need our big man to dominate. and i know he can.

it's like i know yao can attack the basket aggressively. but will he?

 

exactly. it's about the consistency. it doesn't matter if he averages 10 rebounds a game if one night he gets 13-14 and the other 5-6. what if that 5-6 shows up in a crucial playoff game like game 7 v. utah? (yao avg 11 rebounds for the entire series and only had 6 for game 7).

gotta be consistent. it's like scoring. yes you can score 20 ppg every night. but what if you explode for 25 one night and 15 the next. u know what i mean?

 

Some people here are pretty stupid or ignorant. Yao is a capable rebounder. Why would Yao risking injury fighting rebounds over his teammates? Yao know he wants 20/10 and that's why today he went in and collect 16 rebounds to stay within reach of 10 rebounds per game.

I laugh at people because Howard only have like 4 more rebounds than Yao. Yes 4 more rebound per game. WOW! Most 4 of those rebounds probably are totally doesn't mean a thing. Like stealing it from your teammates.