In that famous 21/21 game, Ming got 49 points, 17 rebounds, 6 blocks, 6 dunks, and, can you guess it? Shanghai Sharks lost. Because Sharks depended on Ming too much. When Ming passed the ball to the outside, nobody could shoot. 5/28 of three for Sharks at that game. Finally, Ming had to shoot by himself. The next game, Ming only got 26 points. But Sharks won. So the most important thing is to win the game, not how many points Ming can get. See this picture, where the other Sharks players?
Well, atleast they won the other three games to enable them to take the championship trophy Windandsea, just wondering, how many assist did Ming get in his other three games in the championship playoff? -G'day-
Looks like those 3 guys can't decide who wants their shot blocked. "Here, you shoot." "No, you shoot it"
You beat me to it Bob! Yoa looks like a Praying Mantus waiting for the kill..... getting alittle impatient with them deciding on who will be his first victum.
Winandsea...what is the deal with where the Sharks play their games. Everytime I see a picture of Ming in action, the background looks to be like a high school gym. What type of attendance do they get for those games?
Well, then Ming will fit right in here with the Rockets. See the Rockets have a history of having Big men that are forced to do everything themselves (Team Hakeem) and yet lose but then when the team around the center gets better they succeed. Chris
W & S ...thats interesting..I would have thought (judging by the hoopla surrounding Ming) that it would be a lot mroe popular. Is it only 5-10 thousand because that is all the arenas hold or are the games not completely sold out. If its the latter, he will feel at home at the Compaq Center
A couple of things... - soccer is still by far the more popular sport. - the majority of Chinese aren't really used to watching sports recreationally. Buying tickets to attend a game is definitely a luxury... Especially for the vast, vast majority of Chinese who've never played organized sports of any kind. The gym is pretty small, and I don't know about the Sharks, but the CBA games are usually easy to get tickets to. Yao Ming's not important because of basketball. It's the other way around: basketball is going to become (more) important because of Yao Ming. Yao Ming's important because of national pride, and is going to bring millions of Chinese into basketball.
makes sense Heech...thanks for the insight That begs the question... Why is it such a big deal if Yao leaves China to play basketball in the US if basketball in China is the equivalent of Indoor soccer in the US?
Someone deliberately said Yao was a big deal two years ago. So it's followed by Sharks ,fans and Yao Ming himself. I really hope Yao can be drafted by a team with more patience and putting little burden on him. Why not wait for next year draft? Take a break, satisfy Rockets fans........
Rockets are a very patient team and Yao Ming will be a great fit here in Houston, redao. Just because some opinionated anti-Ming fans post negative feelings about Yao, that does not mean that the Rockets coaches wont be patient with their #1 pick. Yao is going to be a great fit for the Rockets, whether it be 1-3 years. Rudy is a players coach, and he has shown patience with some young players in the past like Griffin.
Well, I think basketball in China is more like the equivalent of outdoor soccer in the US... As far as "why" it's a big deal, I think it comes down to national pride. China is always starving for international attention, and loves every chance to make a positive impression. Even if many Chinese don't watch basketball regularly, they do know it's very popular in the US. The idea that a son of China could thrive in that environment, and then come back and build up the national team... that's awesome. On a similar note... There's also a Chinese article today that (pretty interestingly) does some basic math on how much Yao Ming could hope to make over his career. They then converted this into economic terms of how much that's equivalent to... the output of 200,000 Chinese peasants. (Also: 1.25 million tons of grain, 2.4 million TVs, 21000 cars, 6.3 million bikes.... ) Now, this calculation isn't about personal tax-profit from Yao Ming's success (since most Chinese don't "profit" when some private Chinese firm exports 10,000 tons of fruit, either), but rather about building up the national strength. If a Chinese brand succeeds on the international market, many Chinese take pride because it means the country is "stronger". And when one person succeeds on the international scale, many believe there's still a trickle-down effect that influences all. The point is, China as a whole is seen as being stronger because of the accomplishment of one.
