Whomever said he (yao) didn't bring money? don't remember anyone saying that? I don't root for Alexander's net worth. I root for the team he owns to win championships which is the Rockets. - Texxx All of this money we're making? What money!? You mean the money that Les is "allegedly making?" How is that making this a better team? Where is there any statistical revenue info out there that suggests that Yao Ming is making this team so much more money? WHERE? This is just an idea that I've yet to see any proof or evidence on. - Texxx Care to provide any factual proof of all the extra money that Les makes off of Yao? - Texxx -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Texxx is quite possibly the dumbest poster ever. My guess is that you are in your teens and your brain is still developing. By the way, here is your 'statistical info.' http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/32/nba08_Houston-Rockets_322525.html http://www.forbes.com/2008/12/03/nb...vr_1203nbaowners_slide_2.html?thisSpeed=15000 Houston Rockets team worth increased from 255 million (2002) to 469 million (2008) after drafting yao and revenue increased from 82 million (2002) to 156 million (2008). Quote from Forbes...The big jump in value came between 2003 ($278 million) and 2005 ($422 million), right after the Rockets drafted international icon Yao Ming following his release from the Chinese Basketball Association. Now that Texxx has been put in his place, I agree with him that this franchise needs to move away from Yao in order to win a championship. I think the days of a dominant center are over, particularly slow and unathletic ones that are prone to injury. I would love to have him on this team, just not for the MAX contract. I dont think its a smart basketball ball move to tie up 100 million in someone who is injury prone.
Even though I personally would find trading Yao a valid move, the OP's posts are still garbage for the following reasons. 1. There already been tons of threads which make it perfectly clear how big of a cash cow Yao is to the Rockets. I don't see how that's even debatable at this moment. Plus, given the hit Les has taken to his own pockets in recent years due to the economy, for him to give up Yao is the most ludicrous thing ever. 2. Even from a pure basketball standpoint, Thabeet for Yao doesn't even begin to make sense regardless of how Yao's health has been. 3. Even though his injuries have really hurt us, to throw him under the bus like that is still horrible as a Rockets fan. It's one thing to say that trading Yao would net us a better chance at a championship, but another to say he's done nothing since arriving.
The op is nothing but a typical bipolar fan. Try thinking outside of the ordinary. This news coincides with Team China preparation for the championship. I smell a beat up to make sure Yao does not play.
none of which have had any sort of verifiable proof the facts do not agree with the fans who feel that Yao brings in so much money to the ROCKETS that they can use for betterment of the team that "to even consider trading him is so stupid it is beyond belief" Ive tried to be fair...I started a thread and have asked multiple posters to provide some sort of proof that directly points to this extra cash Yao is directly responsible for. Until we see some facts that are verifiable, this remains a myth. Disclaimer: I do not advocate trading or not trading Yao...I just want some cold hard facts to prove(or disprove) this frequently stated myth.
I'd LOVE it if we traded Yao. He's going to want a max money extension, and no team paying Yao ming max money is ever going to win a championship. Treating Yao as untradeable is a money move, not a basketball move. Just about anything we could get of equal value or even slightly lesser value would increase our chances at a championship.
I agree with the OP. I don't give a crap how much money Les makes off of Yao. I want the Rockets to win. If we keep building around a player who has a season ending injury every year then we are in for big trouble. Yao is simply too big for his body. China has forced him to play year round basketball and basically ruined him. The bones in his feet are apparently weakened by too much b-ball. We need a player that we can count on to be here all year. I am tired of sitting around wandering when(not if) our cornerstone will go down. When you build or make something and 1 part keeps breaking you eventually have to replace it before the whole thing crumbles. Unfortunately Yao is in this position. I like Yao and if he could remain healthy I would not trade him but since he can't, in my point of view, we really have no choice if what Les cares about is winning and not only making money.
I'm not defending for anyone here. Just wanted bring up a thought from a different angle. Why does the Rockets organization want to resign Yao (this has been reported in the media multiple times before) knowing the fact that he's injury prone? Morey even mentioned at multiple occasions that Yao's still the franchise player of the Rockets. They must be thinking very differently from us fans.
No one is questioning his skill, it's his inability to stay healthy that makes extending his contract a catastrophic mistake.
So the facts say Yao DOESN'T bring extra money? Care to mention those facts? Btw, using the fact that the NBA shares revenue doesn't work. Because it's not a perfect communism setup where everything is shared. I guess I can agree that perhaps the money Yao brings in doesn't go towards the team. And that keeping him at any cost can actually be detrimental to the team because we're devoting so much salary to a player who may not play much. But there's no question that the guy makes Les Alexander a very happy man.
Why trade Yao? I agree Yao get's stripped a lot and is very slow footed but he is very efficient inside the paint and gives us a HUGE advantage against 90% of the teams. Plus there is no such thing as "Hack a Yao" in the playoffs where ft's are very important. He also disrupts a lot of shots when he's in. I think we should play Yao in a slightly lesser role.. play him for about 30 min a game or so. Which is why the rumor of getting Amare was very interesting. We've just got to face it.. he's 7'6" and always pounding his feet so he's probably gonna be dealing with this for the rest of his career like other big men of the past. However if we limit his minutes and offseason play, I think he's too much of an advantage in most situations to trade away.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-draftbuzz062409&prov=yhoo&type=lgns "The oddly bold proclamation that Yao Ming’s broken foot wasn’t healing properly is suspicious to some league executives. They wonder if Houston is mostly setting the stage to get Yao out of the wear-and-tear duty of playing with the Chinese national team this summer. “That has smokescreen written all over it,” one Western Conference executive said."
If it weren't for the $$$ that Yao brings to this team, he'd be out of here the moment he stepped on the court with 15/8 averages. Who knows who we'd get to replace him though - centers are hard to find nowadays. I just think his injuries have gotten to the point where he cannot be counted on come playoff time now...
Here's an article about Yi Jianlian and his impact on the Nets bottom line. I am sure since Yao is more popular his impact for Houston is even greater. His teammates benefit as well, just ask Shane about his his Chinese $1M shoe deal which he freely admits is because he is Yao's teammate. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...-14_nets_profit_from_keeping_yi_jianlian.html
