Yao Ming will not play more than 24 minutes in any game this season

Wow what a debbie downer. And out of touch with reality.

 

I will be excited when battier and yao are gone off the team and the younger guys get a chance to lead the team in a new direction.Yeah, get excited about 24 min per game guy making 17m. Its not a schtick, its just the truth. Other teams who were behind the rockets within the last 5 have rebuilt and passed them in terms of being serious contenders while we wait on what? Yep, wait on the best use phrase in the history of clutchfans, if or when. If yao this or when yao that. Well, at some point, tough decisions need to be made and it looks like the organization can't or wont make it. So what we have to do is ride the wave of mediocrity again and be happy.

 

Who is Debbie Downer? I don't think I've ever met her. Out of touch? How so?

 

Yeah no ****. Houston is in great position. Realistically the best situation in a long time. And in a situation that most of the other teams in the league save the top handful would love to be in.

For once they have a damn plan for Yao which has been the Achilles Heel for this organization for 4-5 years. And because they have a plan now ppl are QQing?

Makes no sense. GET EXCITED. Hard to believe that we all sat through last season but all of the sudden they're down about a season when our young guys are better, Scola has emerged as a star. We picked basically picked up 2 of the best offensive centers in the league in the offseason.

 

Who cares who leads the team? That crap doesnt matter as long as someone is doing it. There is clearly a plan in place, it seems decent enough, just go with it.

Who cares what they are making? He is expiring and his new salary will much lower. Suck it up for a year. Its funny because, JJ is basically a Battier clone, but not as good, making roughly the same amount of money, yet you never say anything about him. Its like your trying to get under peoples skin.

Some of it may be true, but your CONSTANT complaining about everything is really old.

Absolutely false. Portland, OKC are the only teams who have made serious rebuilding efforts and the Rockets are still better than both of them.

LA and Boston were mediocre and improved to contender status through blockbuster trades or free agent signings.

At this point, all you need to wait for is the season to start. And the whole league is built on "ifs". They are a part of every teams success. If Seattle doesnt get knocked out by Mutumbo, those Rockets arent contenders either. If Sampson stays healthy, those Rockets are contenders. Its a part of the game, get over it.

Yea, at some point. Not right now. Tough decisions will be made when Yao's career is over, not now.

We havent been a mediocre team since the Francis era. We have been a fantastic team 4 out of the last 6 years.

Here are the things I remember you whining about this offseason:
1.) Not trading veterans and rebuilding.
2.) Drafting the wrong player.
3.) Not paying the tax.
4.) Building around Yao
5.) The Battier trade
6.) Kevin Martin is not as good as Corey Maggette.


I mean Jesus Christ man, every thread, any new news, you come swooping in about how its the wrong move and how terriblely run we are.

Get over it, sit back, grab a beer and just freaking enjoy what we have. How hard is that?

 

How many wins do you think it will take to make the playoffs? I think 50 should do it. I don't know about you, but I feel confident that the Rockets will manage to win at least that many games.

And outside of LA, I'm not overly impressed with any team in the West. People are pumping up OKC, but I don't see them as an elite team. Is SAS or DEN or POR or UTA or DAL elite? I think the Rockets have as good a shot as any of those teams of claiming home court advantage.

 

Wat. Thread link?

 

my concern is how do they just greatly increase his minutes in the playoffs without causing a sudden increase in stress to his feet? after he gets used to 24 mpg and no consecutive days of contact basketball, i don't know if they can just play him 35+ mpg in the playoffs. he needs to slowly increase from 24 mpg to 30+mpg after the All-Star break (middle February) to the middle of April, so by the playoffs he's only playing a couple more minutes per game at the critical moments.

 

Playoffs?!?! Playoffs!?!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-eavMSBnk

 

There might be some truth in this with all the center rumors going on.

 

I think they're anywhere from a 45-51 win team this year and thats with alot of variables. I think it will be really tough to get yao involved and the other players adjusted because he's just good enough. If he was just another bench player like chase, then thats different, but he's not and he's needy. The balance is extremely difficult and very hard on "chemistry" as a whole. The uncertainty on a nightly basis and the competition in the west is going to be a difficult task to say the least.

Larsv8, i just call it like i see and have been doing that on this board for a long time now. I was the same guy telling member on this board francis wasn't as good as he seems. Its not personal with me, its more factual than anything. In regards to the other b****ing moments I've had, all are pretty accurate, but I guess its better to sing songs and praise nothingness than point out the obvious. It doesn't really matter because the rockets will always be my #1 team in any sport. We will see soon enough and I always hope for the best, but the foundation is bad and the prospects aren't that good.

 

I got the feeling that Rockets is going to win it all this season. All the pessimism sound good to me. Everytime we are excited about the season, Rockets fail........ Possible lower salary next season and everything seems to hit the fan at once will make Yao angry and that could be the catalyst for the team to achieve the ultimate goal.

 

And he'll be held out on the second night of a back to back!

Sweeeeet.


Carmelo can't come fast enough

 

exactly. yao may not see more than 10-12 minutes to start the season and build up to 24 minutes to end the season.

 

I disagree with bringing him off the bench because we need him against the other teams number one center ..


i think he should play first 6 minutes... 6 min b4 half.... 6 min to start 3rd and 6 min to end third ... with variations based on what the score is..

ie........ if the rockets have momentum and last 6 min of first half roll around .. let him stay seated ..

i definetely think if yao is back skills wise.. we need him at the start of the game .. bc we stuggled often to get off to a good start..

besides the bench with lowry, bud, lee are gonna wanna run .he does not fit that

 

we can let the people who went to med school for 4 years .. then prob spent 12 years in fellowships, decide that one

 

Just great our franchise player is a player who cant play more then 25 minutes a night. Just great.

 

Well we rode the wave and ended up with Yao, what makes you think that if we ride the wave again we will be better off?

And guess what, since you know we all talk about "when Yao" and "If Yao", why are you (not you specifically) all raging over a decision that is intended to make sure that Yao IS there at the end when we make our push?

The team is a playoff team, even with half a Yao, have some faith

 

Once the team starts producing .500 ball on this plan, we will see the increase in minutes. :grin:

It is disappointing to hear that there is a 24 minute max on him right now.
Safety first, but it's probably not good to have your best player so limited throughout the season.
Oh well, perhaps Yao will be somewhat resistant, and the minutes will be a bit more than expected.

Or maybe, this is all a cleverly disguised plan by Yao, to conserve his health and talent. Because really, he has been planning on joining Wade, Bosh and LBJ in Miami.
Been planning it for years. :grin:

 

I don´t see doom coming. Ginobili played with a similar time managging durnig the seasons 05-06 (27.9 mpg) and 06-07 (27.5) and still managed to play 75 RS games and be crucial in most of them and in the PO where his averages went to 32.8 mpg (05-06) and 30.1 mpg (06-07) and still managed to impact the game, winning the CS in 07.

If we use this as base of comparision, we can get Yao to play 24 mpg in the RS and 27-28 mpg in PO time and still got valuable contribution from him.

A good team can hold off if one of their stars players can´t play a quarter. we should be fine.