Here are some quotes from two articles on Yao written by Asian basketball "expert" Robert Weintraub in Slate in May 2001 and May 2002 - "The best thing that can be said about Yao is that he's only 20, which means he still has plenty of time to improve his game. His footwork is awkward to the point of clumsiness, he has little or no post game, he doesn't have a soft shooting touch, and he combines a Mr. Punyverse physique with a lack of aggressiveness. Essentially, he's Ralph Sampson without the experience of big-time competition." "On the big-man scale he still comes up north of Gheorghe Muresan. I also like him better than the player he's inevitably compared to, Shawn Bradley, if only because Yao is a better athlete and younger than the Mormon Mosquito when he came to the NBA. But he'll never approach Rik Smits' achievements, such as they were. He'll get some points and blocks simply by virtue of being longer than anyone else, but I must ask the essential question: Is that what you want of a top draft choice?" If Yao was really lacking in basic skills while playing against inferior talent just a few years ago as Weintraub says he was, where is he going to be down the line now that he goes up against the best competition in the world on a nightly basis? The mind boggles...
It's amazing how a little bit of donkey kissing can do to you, to the experts nontheless. In the inside NBA tonight, when they talked about the Motumbo situation, Barkley says:" It doesn't matter...There is no real center out there other than Shaq and Yao Ming..."
I think this says it all about the top notch scout in basketball Asian basketball "expert" Robert Weintraub in ((Slate)) I mean does ( Slate ) know a F**king thing much less have any kind of EXPERT in anything...
Heh heh...yeah I heard that one. Charles tried to slip it into the conversation... ...Kenny didn't let that one go.
