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A Look Back... Yao's 1st Year

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Htown's2kFinest, Jul 9, 2011.

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  1. Htown's2kFinest

    Htown's2kFinest Member

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    Thought this would be appropriate with the news of the big fella, Yao Ming retiring. A look back on his first year as a Houston Rocket. For those who haven't seen it or would like to see it again. The documentary The Year of the Yao.

    <iframe frameborder="0" width="480" height="358" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x7oiq7"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7oiq7_the-year-of-the-yao-1-www-desipad-c_sport" target="_blank">The Year of the YAO - 1 www.desipad.com</a> <i>by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/maax_0" target="_blank">maax_0</a></i>

    <iframe frameborder="0" width="480" height="358" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x7oiwr"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7oiwr_the-year-of-the-yao-2-www-desipad-c_sport" target="_blank">The Year of the YAO - 2 www.desipad.com</a> <i>by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/maax_0" target="_blank">maax_0</a></i>

    <iframe frameborder="0" width="480" height="358" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x7oj3m"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7oj3m_the-year-of-the-yao-3-www-desipad-c_sport" target="_blank">The Year of the YAO - 3 www.desipad.com</a> <i>by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/maax_0" target="_blank">maax_0</a></i>

    <iframe frameborder="0" width="480" height="358" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x7oj6a"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7oj6a_the-year-of-the-yao-4-www-desipad-c_sport" target="_blank">The Year of the YAO - 4 www.desipad.com</a> <i>by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/maax_0" target="_blank">maax_0</a></i>

    <iframe frameborder="0" width="480" height="358" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x7oj9c"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7oj9c_the-year-of-the-yao-5-www-desipad-c_sport" target="_blank">The Year of the YAO - 5 www.desipad.com</a> <i>by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/maax_0" target="_blank">maax_0</a></i>


    Gunna miss seeing him play. :(
     
    #1 Htown's2kFinest, Jul 9, 2011
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  2. rocketsfan23

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    Thanks for postin this!
     
    #2 rocketsfan23, Jul 9, 2011
  3. YaoMac09

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    Rudy, Franchise, Cuttino, Mo, Moochie, Rookie Yao....

    Seems like yesterday :(

    Must watch if you are a Rocket fan, if you have watched it already, watch it again.

    Gotta love Steve and Cuttino...
     
    #3 YaoMac09, Jul 9, 2011
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    oh man
    this is incredible stuff
    Carl Herrera can you translate the interviews to english for us? thanks
     
    #4 Rox2010Champ, Jul 9, 2011
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    That 3rd clip around 6 mins and forward.....wow!

    Yao!
     
    #5 Tfor3, Jul 9, 2011
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    Those were the days man, it was cool to see the development of these guys.
     
    #6 tinman, Jul 9, 2011
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    Man, times like this is when I wish youtube was more available back then or NBA start releasing back catalog of games. Games like the Lakers one where Yao went perfect, the breakout game against Dallas and especially Yao-Shaq I.
     
    #7 Angkor Wat, Jul 9, 2011
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    who was the one that was talking about nba has lazy millionaire. SO TRUE

    YAO aint one of them
     
    #8 mvpcrossxover, Jul 9, 2011
  9. Mr. Clutch

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    I'm getting a little verklempt. :(
     
    #9 Mr. Clutch, Jul 9, 2011
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    Wow just realized that what I thought was a little kid hanging out with Yao was Nachbar :grin:
     
    #10 YaoMac09, Jul 9, 2011
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    I loved that movie. Great to see Rudy T, and when we drafted Yao, I was working in a position that was taking me to Asia and China quite a bit.

    The guy didn't even know English, yet adapted remarkably well. I think it is an amazing story and really personally got me fired up about the Rockets again after drifting away a bit.

    I remember that first game of Yao vs Shaq, I watched from my hotel room in Singapore. They actually played it twice that day, and I watched the first bit again where Yao blocked Shaq's first 4 shots.
     
    #11 G Rat, Jul 9, 2011
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    Mindblowing moment indeed.
     
    #12 rox4lyf, Jul 10, 2011
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    Thanks for posting this. Brings back some great memories. Also really interesting to learn more about Colin Pine's relationship to Yao. Listening to him talk about trying to understand the US culture from a Chinese perspective was good to hear.
     
    #13 rocketsjudoka, Jul 10, 2011
  14. Haymitch

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    First time I've seen this. The film was almost more about Yao's translator than Yao. That's lame.
     
    #14 Haymitch, Jul 12, 2011
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