brooks and lowry are too short to pass to yao's chest and battier try to force feed underall circumstances
Yao is a SUPERSTAR. Not a star, a superstar, and you can prove it with defenses like that of today. He's attacked for the defenders, 2on1s, traps from the baseline. Sometimes, no matter the shots he tries but we must approach that defense to take good shots. That's gonna be a colective job, but Adelman is the main responsible. Hopefully, listening today's press conference we still can and have time to fix that. Yao can improve at that situation, definitely, but is a luxury to have a player who causes all that adjustments on a defense. We just must take advantage of it.
They don't have to go to yao for the shot but they got to play INSIDE OUT not 2 guards F-ing around out there aimlessly
Having a Tmac (dosen't have to be himself) to feed the ball would make all the differences. It reminds me, yeah Tmac was playing the last time.
Artest had just an awful game, but Yao didn't play very well, either. He had 4 turnovers, but I don't think that tells the whole story. I'd have to watch the game on my DVR again to be sure, but I remember the big guy fumbling some rebounds he should have had, plays where he had his hands on the ball and simply didn't keep a grip on it. Scola, with the same chance, has the ball, IMO. Hey, they could have won this game. Some of the guys didn't play well, with Yao only one of them. It happens.
Good call on Brooks not having many good games against good defensive teams. It's probably not abnormal for young player. You pretty much answered the question, but since I like pictures I did this to represent his games this year graphically: Notice that gaping hole in the lower left of the chart. No really good games (talking statistically, here) against the good defensive teams.
He could certainly play better, no doubt. But it's not like he doesn't butterfinger a few every few games.
Every mistake is magnified in a game like this. The pity of it is that we could have and should have won the game. The Lakers were ripe for the picking, if we'd just have a solid game from everyone. Yao certainly wasn't the only one who had some problems tonight.
Adelman actually made a good point in the post-game press: they don't get open IN ＦＲＯＮＴ of Yao, that causes problem for Yao when lakers double from the weak side.
Question did you seal your man against professionals players in YMCA. Did you try to catch the a bounce bass while using your elbows and while being 7'6? Did you get call for offensive foul every time you try to seal your man with your elbows? Btw I think in the YMCA they teach how to make a entree pass the correct way
typically when you have a game plan that includes the caliber of a lamar odom and then find out hes out, it changes everything. the lakers had to play more aggressively towards the paint and that usually opens the door for lamars backup (powell), who historically speaking in situations like that, that player gets an opportunity to show he can compete and usually performs well. game plan changes and lakers change their style on defense and the rockets never adjusted in the 2nd half, along with ron attempting to go mano y mano with bryant. btw, yao's lack of shots had to do with the lakers double teams more than the inability to get him the ball
On your first question, michecon, I searched the play by plays this season, and these are the games in which Yao was not subbed out in the 1st quarter: Code: date opp win/loss 10/29 MEM W 11/01 OKC W 11/17 OKC W 12/22 NJN W 12/27 UTA W (2OT) 01/13 LAL L 01/21 UTA W 01/31 GSW W 02/11 SAC W 02/17 NJN W 02/22 CHA W 02/28 CHI L 03/01 MIN W 03/08 MEM W 03/12 LAL L Not sure if that answered the question.
Kobe ignored whoever he's guarding. But still, if they created more movement on parameter, it would make harder to double.
Once again your dragging butt behind me . You know, I used to think yao despite the cultural differences that he could overcome and be that dude. I think the summer ball and the injuries have prevented him from expanding his game by increasing his stamina and working on his mid range jumper. Although he isn't a dumb basketball player, its seems like he can't learn simple things like sealing his man, being strong with the ball, and using the fronting defense against them. I mean how long does it take. I'm just to the point where I don't know where the franchise can go with yao. I mean, he opens a lot of doors for Les, but unless the rox can get a true star or just have a bunch of really good players, I don't think they can do much. This isn't a 1 game knee jerk either, its reality. I'm telling anyone that want to listen, there aren't a lot of guys that is clamoring to play with yao either. He's so limited, it takes so long to establish him, that the wing players really don't want to go through that. That's why before the microfracture, I was hearing tracy was going to get a extension. Reason is, he doesn't mind playing with yao. He's not a runner anymore, so waiting on yao to get position isn't that big of a deal.
