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How good would this team be right now with a healthy Yao?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by jopatmc, Feb 22, 2012.

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  1. t_mac1

    t_mac1 Member

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    A real contender. We're basically a "legit" center away from contention. And Yao was a superstar.
     
    #21 t_mac1, Feb 22, 2012
  2. blunto

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    "one of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong..."
     
    #22 blunto, Feb 22, 2012
  3. jank1434

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    Battier, because he's white. Or Maloney, because he's too black?
     
    #23 jank1434, Feb 22, 2012
  4. Rockets2K

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    you could just as easily ask How good would this team be with Sasquatch since neither one exists.
     
    #24 Rockets2K, Feb 22, 2012
  5. Carl Herrera

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    Not true, Sasquatch exists and the team is 19-14 with him.

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    #25 Carl Herrera, Feb 22, 2012
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  6. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    A healthy Yao? That is like a unicorn.
     
    #26 REEKO_HTOWN, Feb 22, 2012
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  7. TEXNIFICENT

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    With all due respect to the OP,

    I'm soooo over the sentences that start with "If Yao" or "If T-Mac were healthy". It just makes me nuts.
     
    #27 TEXNIFICENT, Feb 22, 2012
  8. tinywang

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    Oh, what could have been.....
     
    #28 tinywang, Feb 22, 2012
  9. jopatmc

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    To the poster that wanted to put TMac in here, TMac was traded for KMart. We wouldn't have KMart if TMac was still here. But Yao wasn't traded. He retired outright. So, in essense if Yao was healthy, he'd be playing the middle for this team, we wouldn't have Dally, but we would have most likely re-signed Hayes to back up Yao. And even if we still had flipped Hayes for Dally, we'd still be right there.

    A couple points I want to make:

    1. Injury, NOT MOREY, has cost this team, big time! For all you Morey haters out there, if you can't see how good we would be with a healthy Yao, then you don't know basketball. Morey is a top quality NBA GM.

    2. If Dwight could only see our team in this light and just sign outright here in the offseason and play with all the veterans we currently have, all the good youngsters with potential that we have (Parsons, Morris, Patterson, Lee, Dragic), all the shooters he would need, all the pesky perimeter defenders he could want, all the bigs he could want to play alongside of, and a good young PG with plenty of guts, brains, and balls to get him the ball and be there in crunch time for the remainder of his career.

    It is silly to think that our team with Dwight would not have a better chance to win a championship next season than New Jersey with Dwight and Deron, Marshon Brooks, and garbage. No sales tax here. And Dwight would be the single big enchilada in the whole stinking state. What endorsements is Dwight going to get sharing time with Melo, Amare, Deron, and now Lin??? Is that market divided up amongst other superstars going to be superior to our market??? I don't see it.

    The Rockets should be the single team that Dwight and Deron set their sights on for 2012-13 if they want to win championships and be in the Finals year after year. All the pieces are already here.
     
    #29 jopatmc, Feb 22, 2012
  10. solid

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    Couldn't agree more, but if we trade everyone away to get him, then he is in worse shape. He just needs to sign, he is the next Hakeem, well close anyway. He and Williams here with our supporting cast, instant contenders. I just don't see it in NJ.
     
    #30 solid, Feb 22, 2012
  11. coachbadlee

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    Too good. We are basically a Kaman away from competing for home court in the playoffs.
     
    #31 coachbadlee, Feb 22, 2012
  12. thetatomatis

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    Who knows? A healthy Yao never translated to finishing the season even if he was completely healthy. The trend was even if healthy he would get injured during or before the playoffs and we would lose again at some point.
     
    #32 thetatomatis, Feb 22, 2012
  13. coachbadlee

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    LOLLLL!!!:grin:
     
    #33 coachbadlee, Feb 22, 2012
  14. MONON

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    Can anyone say b2b2b championships!:grin:
     
    #34 MONON, Feb 22, 2012
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    This and much more. But why even bring this up. It's so sad thinking about what could have been. It still haunts me every once in a while how we could have beat the fakers if only Yao was there. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
     
    #35 RedNation, Feb 22, 2012
  16. Tfor3

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    not sure what a healthy Yao is...........
     
    #36 Tfor3, Feb 22, 2012
  17. ballerboy001

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    Healthy...Yao = Oxymoron. :(
     
    #37 ballerboy001, Feb 22, 2012
  18. Blaster_333

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    I'll take even a 50/50 Yao, as long as we get him back sometime after the all-star break and he stays healthy for a playoff run. Ah, if only he didn't get hurt, we may not have won the chip, but we could have prevented a Laker Championship.
     
    #38 Blaster_333, Feb 22, 2012
  19. Seth

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    Where would this team be if lightsabers were allowed to defend the rim?
     
    #39 Seth, Feb 24, 2012
  20. juanm34

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    How good would we have been if both Yao and mutombo stayed healthy???
    Champs!!!
     
    #40 juanm34, Feb 24, 2012
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