He comes back so the city of Houston can isolate him, because idiots think the offense we have now is good enough. And that he won't fit.
Is 20-15 really all that great though? Is run and gun going to equal championship? I don't think so, but if Yao has no future with this org. then I would love to see him go to a contender.
Last year, in almost an identical # of minutes and games played, Yao was putting up pretty similar numbers to Shaq in Miami during the first 2 years of Shaq's tenure there at age 32 and 33. At best - at best, after rehab from a career threatening injury, he can maybe hope to get close to that level of productivity, but in all likelihood will be some level below that. That's not even factoring in that Yao had already started trending downward in productivity after 2006-07 injuries.
Did you put the different playing styles of JVG and Rick into account? JVG utilized Yao strictly as a low post scoring machine... While RA used Yao both in the high and low post.
I am going have to disagree I think his season 2007-2008 was just as good as 2006-2007. This included switching from JVG to Rick. 2008-2009 was perhaps one of the better seasons he had, i think defensively he made improvements, raised his FG% by 4%, lowered his TO and had to share the ball more with Rick's offense (include Artest who had to take his shots). Every year since 2006-07 Yao had 2 less FGA per year. If anything it shows he is willing to share the ball, not complain and still perform at the same levels despite injuries. With this injury assuming he is 80% of himself, he can still be a serviceable 17-8 guy. Overpaid but that is only for 1 more year. But if there is one thing I learned from Yao's career, you can't count him out. Its unfortunate injuries is the black cloud over his head. Another player on the "What if...." category. Which is enough to warrant a trade next year by Feb deadline if you can get good value back (not talking about scrubs or players with really bad contracts)
I always have faith in the big fella. He is really determined to come back after every injury and even though this is a big injury to come back from, I have hope that he will come back strong.
Too easy but I do know what the cure is....Play 2 season relatively injury free and win a lot of games. Rockets could modify his schedule to insure Yao is healthy enough for the playoffs. (AKA Pops gives his players rest) Pops also doesn't play Tim Duncan for 15-17 straight minutes, in a crazy rotation. Just look at Ariza.... call me crazy but if Yao had the typical 8 minute per quarter rotation, I don't think he would of had this injury, especially if he didn't have to play 75+ games last season coming off a broken foot (rushing through the Bejing Games)
This post is just toooooo funny!!! Let me think: A. While we all notice Yao may have another injury season, he is not going anywhere for obvious reasons. So, you have to pay him tons money to resign him, then what? you make him a 3rd option player? B. Let's be honest, no matter how well we play right now, we will never achieve better than last season in term of style of we play right now.Do you believe we play better than 2005 Suns? C. Once we all admit Yao is not going anywhere, even we somehow make the cup space, we will never go for a inside superstar. The" run and gun" style, in my opinion, is a preparation for 2nd units next season, once Yao gets break, that's style we will play. But half court offense will still be the main offense for next season, like or not.
The problem with T-Mac is that he refused to pass the ball, which is not the issue with Yao. In fact with Yao it's kind of the opposite. Way back when Adelman first came here in his job interview he talked about why he didn't think integrating Yao into the offense would be a problem. The notion that the motion offense requires constant running is incorrect--Brad Miller and Vlade were hardly fleet of foot.
I'm fine with somewhere below that. The problem isn't going to be with Yao being the 2nd or 3rd option, the problem is finding the 1st option. For everyone saying that they should dump Yao, what are you going to do with the money? If you're dumping Yao so you can sign Kevin Durant, then of course I'd do it in a second. But it's pretty obvious that this is not an option.
Tmac refused the pass the ball? He practically assisted on all of chuck hayes layups the 1st time around.
I'd just like to report that after only one week of recovery for bunion surgery, I'm feeling fine and think I will be able to quickly return to my previous skill level. I plan to start back at the gym today for upper body work and some shooting in a boot.
He returns to dominance, gets signed to a 3-4 year deal, only to go down with major problems in 75% of those extended seasons, leaving the fanbase frustrated and heartbroken.
Thats what i don´t understand, Adelman sees no use in t-mac because he wants this team to play run´n´gun. But if Yao returns, the offense won´t work as it does now. So if Yao comes back as our starting center, i clearly can´t imagine the team we have right now working well with him. T-Mac was excellent at opening the lanes and feedin Yao, i don´t see anyone on the current roster filling up that role.
I'm not sure at all that I agree with you here. I think DM and RA are counting on Yao coming back and coming back strong. I think the Rockets believe the offense that RA has installed is a good fit for Yao. I do believe that he will be asked to play a lot more high post but also with plenty of low post as well. Nothing different than what we saw with Divac and Miller. Yao has always been a great team player and was part of the team that advanced beyond the 1st round last year. I don't think the Rockets are specifically building a team around Yao but I think they are trying to build the best team possible regardless of who mans the 5 spot. I do think that they believe Yao to be the best for that role if he recovers as expected.
