Well, now things changed. Yao is here. Rockets has a huge international fan base. At least in China, there are millions people want to listen alive! Please, Do something Infinity Broadcasting! Do something KILT610! Do something Rockets! PLEASE! PLEASE!! PLEASE!!!
Its official: Yao will play at the SA game From rockets.com Yao Ming To Play Wednesday Oct. 22 - Yao Ming will dress and see a limited amount of playing time when the Rockets take on the Spurs in San Antonio on Wednesday. After participating in fullcourt drills and scrimmage at Tuesday's practice, and looking very sharp we might add, the Houston coaching staff deemed its newest big man ready for his first game action as a member of the Rockets. You can catch all of Wednesday's action locally on KNWS Channel 51 and SportsRadio 610. Sorry this was posted in another thread.
Sixers.com will host a live, preseason audio webcast on Thursday, Oct 24, from Houston, Texas at 8:30 p.m. ET when the 76ers visit the Rockets http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/audiocast_021024.html
You can listen to the game thru the spurs broadcast at www.woai.com . Just click the upper left hand link to listen.
I hope he plays early and rudy doesn't treat him like he's fragile. He held up well against davis and wallace so i see no reason why malik rose or dave will be any different.Let the guy play and see what you have. Ming has been under the microscope since he was like 15 so this added pressure isn't going to break him.
Didn't Calvin Murphy say that Rudy will treat the next 2 games like the regular season, so does that mean our players will get their regular minutes and no more seeing tito maddox play 25 minutes and turn the ball over 10 times?
I merged your thread with this one rockbox, so no problem. I used your thread as a guinea pig for my first merge.
Spurs eager to size up Rockets' Yao tonight By Johnny Ludden San Antonio Express-News Web Posted : 10/23/2002 12:00 AM As an assistant coach for Australia's national basketball team, Brett Brown had seen Yao Ming transform from a gangly Chinese teenager into the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft. Spurs vs. Rockets When: Today, 7:30 p.m. Where: @SBC Center TV, Radio: WOAI-AM, KCOR-AM Yao unveiled in SBC Center Glenn Rogers: Knicks, Spurs on much different paths Rockets assistant coach Jim Boylen (left) and interpreter Colin Pine hope to keep Yao Ming pointed in the right direction. Associated Press Over the course of six years, Brown faced Yao about a dozen times in tournament tune-ups or goodwill games. In most of their meetings, Yao seemed content to keep his 7-foot-5 frame away from the rim, instead utilizing his face-up skills and athleticism to shoot over the Australians. That changed on the evening of July 6 in an exhibition in Guangzhou, China. Yao posted up under the basket and demanded the ball. When he received it, he usually dunked. When his teammates couldn't deliver the entry pass, he grew frustrated. He finished with 22 points, helped foul out three Australian players and led China to victory. "That was the first time I saw that anger," said Brown, the Spurs' new director of player development. "That was the first time I saw him want to dunk on as many people as he could every time he touched the ball. When you saw him act like that, forget the skills, the size, the talent. It was like, 'Whoo!' There was a disposition to dominate. "When you see a man of that size hit a three, when you see a man of that size be a reliable free-throw shooter, when you see a man of that size with that mentality ... you start to think he has the ability to be a franchise player. And you don't throw that term around loosely." Perhaps it's fitting then that the Spurs, who know a thing or two about 7-foot franchise players, give Houston's latest supersized import his first NBA test. Rockets officials cleared Yao to play in tonight's preseason game at the SBC Center after he passed his physical Tuesday. "I've heard a lot about him," Tim Duncan said. "I'm excited to see what he can do." Duncan won't get a glimpse of his own Chinese teammate likely until the end of next week. The Spurs are waiting for U.S. immigration officials to approve a work visa for Mengke Bateer and don't expect him to join the team until after its season-opening two-game trip on the West Coast. Bateer, a 6-11, 290-pound center, teamed with Yao and Los Angeles Clippers center Wang Zhizhi to form China's "Great Walking Wall" frontline. While Bateer lacks the depth of Yao's skills, the Spurs like him because of his overwhelming size. "The first thing you think of is that is a big man," Brown said. "We're used to always being around big players. (Former Chicago and Phoenix center Luc) Longley struck me as big. (Shaquille O'Neal) is big. Bateer is thick. "There is a presence that he is going to bring with Kevin (Willis) that you better come with a piece of wood if you're playing downstairs because it's going to be physical." While Bateer will have a much more difficult time earning minutes behind Duncan, David Robinson, Malik Rose and Willis, he does have the luxury of having played in 27 games for Denver last season. Yao's NBA experience is primarily limited to China's loss to Team USA in the World Championships two months ago. "(Yao) might be somewhat tentative in the beginning in the sense of looking out of place and getting used to a new system," said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who watched Yao as an assistant with Team USA. "But given time he's going to be a really good player. "He has really good quickness for somebody that's so long. He's willing to stick his nose into physical situations. He's not going to back off on anybody. He can take a hit. He can give a hit. "He's here to compete. He's not here just to be a phenomenon or some sort of oddity." Claxton won't play: Speedy Claxton is not expected to play tonight because of pain and swelling in his left knee. The team's physicians examined Claxton and found no structural damage. Claxton tore his ACL in the same knee two years ago and missed the entire 2000-01 season. jludden@express-news.net I can't wait for tonight's game
