I dug up some fun articles to amuse myself: Jack is funny ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is not long after the NBA Draft drawn: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/jack_mccallum/news/2002/06/27/mccallum_insider/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And this is 5 months later: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/jack_mccallum/news/2002/11/01/mailbag/ I was curious to know your thoughts on Yao Ming. How do you think he will handle the tough NBA game? I have read that players who are taller than 7-foot-4 have limited mobility and are susceptible to having smaller, faster players push them around. I didn't see Yao a lot before the pick was made. People in the know swore to me that he was the real deal. I'm not so sure. I would not have have made him the No. 1 pick. Too risky. (But then, I'm not a GM.) I was at Manute Bol's first game some 15 years ago. He blocked Kevin McHale's first three shots. But as soon as teams saw Bol once or twice, they figured him out. He was too slow to react. He wasn't a "spring"-type jumper with that ability to go up quickly and move in the air. These giants -- Bol, Gheorghe Muresan, Shawn Bradley -- have never been able to dominate. But maybe Ming is the guy to start a dynasty. It happened once, about 3,000 years ago. Incidentally, though I've met many careless people, I've never met a true Careless person.
the 2nd one made on 11/01, the beginning of the season. b4 his new thoughts come out, too early to label him as 'the most ...'.
One of the reasons that lots of people missed on Yao is that Yao actually has an offensive game. People just did not see it initially.
