Ok first to all the rebounds, Im not the only one on the board to notice that Yao tips rebounds to his teamates. Things like that don't show on stats but it does give his team a better chance of winning. Then the marbury make him fall on the floor play, yes he fell but hey he was actually trying to guard steph. Most center in this league would give steph the jump shot or let the dude drive by, Yao tried his best to play D. The point of this thread, Yao's goal is pure and simple, help the team win games and that's it. This dude has an attitude that is just refreshing to see in the NBA. Instead of trying to grab boards with 2-3 ppl around him to pat his stat he tips it to an open teamate, instead of laying down and saving face against Steph he actually trys to play the dude straight up out on the perimeter. He doesn't care about how he looks or what people says, he does what he can do to improve his team, at that sort of thing is contagious. People often says passing or work ethic is contagious within a team, I totally think this sort of selflessness can be also, where everyone's not playing for the next contract or endorsement but to make the team better.
at 7'6" he should have no problems hanging on to those rebounds he just needs to get stronger up top and he will, eventually. most C's would let Marbury take the shot because that's what they should be doing.. Marbury can blow by ANY center in the league, just give him the shot and get a hand up.
I think his teammates left him out to dry. You come over and take marbury for him. He's the number one player on that team. At worst you double with someone and make another wussy on Pheonix beat you. My take is that everybody in the whole arena, players included, were like wholly crap this is going to be god damn interesting. and low and behold it was.
I totally agree with that. Not only in that play, but also most of the time when Ming was on the floor in the third quarter, his teammates seldom participated in the defensive end. There were little movement in guarding their man, leaving Ming to move around to defend the perimeter as well as the post. I think a lot to do with Ming's lack of spring training so that the team chemistry and his familiarity with the team plays were not there. Well, it will come and he has to play more minutes to get that. Even with this problem, he seems to have reached the point whereas he is an assets not an liability to the team when he is on the floor because he did so many other things nice in both ends. He should play in the last two minutes as well. If that had been the case, we should have won the game. "I think his teammates left him out to dry. You come over and take marbury for him. He's the number one player on that team. At worst you double with someone and make another wussy on Pheonix beat you. My take is that everybody in the whole arena, players included, were like wholly crap this is going to be god damn interesting. and low and behold it was."
Exactly. Ming was left open on the play to guard Marbulry. I know Shaq in this kind of situations would do different than Yao Ming. Yao is 7'6, how can he guard a 6'2 guy driving to the basket 10 feet away.
Yao did score well and looked aggressive in the low post. I noticed that he tends to leave his man and come out to the perimeter to defend where it's the job of the guards to be. He also tends to stand out on the perimeter at times when the guards have the ball.He should cut in quickly so he can get the ball on the low block or in a position where he can hit a mid range shot. He also needs to be around the basket so he can go for the rebound when shots are not going down. Rebounding is one things that he should really work hard on in practice.
I think Yao standing on the perimeter was a design by Rudy. I saw that too. The plays were set up for others, I dont think Yao was being passive at all. He was moving around all the time on the defensive end, even out to perimeter to guard other than his own man. The bottom line is our team defense suks. When a center needs to cover so much area inside and outside the paint, it makes a bad statement on our defense as a whole.
Even if it's by design it's not working.Yao is trying hard but he is not quick enough and lacks the lateral movement to step out and defend guards. He needs to be around his man on defense.
I too noticed that Ming was tipping a few rebounds to teammates. He would be in an awkward position, but still be able to get a hand on the ball and tip it his way or to a teammate. All this talk about Ming needing to get stronger to get his hands on rebounds is hogwash. Sometimes, you simply can't get a good hold on the ball. Now, it's a different story when he gets a good hold of the ball, and it's knocked loose, THAT'S when upper body strength will really help him. That, and being able to shove 'em out of his way easier wouldn't hurt.
Amen, also Tech, u wouldn't happen to be from Texas Tech are u, cause your raiders just spanked my Horns today and screwed us over And for once Simms is not at fault
