Adelman post game: "Yao has got to demand the ball."

"Yao is 7-6. Today he got a lot of touches and he did a great job, but you can’t go to him every single possession. You might want to, but it’s not good for the team." - Brooks

No wonder this fool don't want to pass the ball to Yao sometimes even though he's opened.

 

uhhh.... aren't you the coach?

 

at LSU the coach said if you have a problem with dumping it in to shaq, then you can sit on the bench next to me.

 

Yao needs to do a better job of sealing his man. He needs to get wide and low and go get that entry pass. Instead, he's standing like a willow tree, and the refs let defenders go through him to steal or deflect entry passes. Big fella needs some stick-um on his hands, too. All of the above make entry passers scared to make the entry pass.

 

Not only is that college, Chris Jackson took more shots than shaq. Plus, we're talking about Shaq.

 

Basketball can be a very simple game. Particularly when you're 7'6" and coordinated.

 

Mr. obvious.

 

I am confused, two weeks ago, coaches/players/fans talked about not force feeding yao the ball, do not make our offense predictable, now this?

I guess ppl slowly realized that we do not have guards like Kobe, Parker, Roy, ... to close games for us. The best we have is Yao post up and shooting open 3s if they double Yao. It's not perfect, but it's just how this team is, and it's much better than Artest one on one or Brooks penetrations. So let's stick to it and try to practice it to the perfection.

 

not me, mcgee. the best shots this team has are down low with yao. it's why i don't like him in the high post. it's why i get frustrated that he can't seal off his defenders. it's why i get frustrated that they have such a difficult time getting him the ball.

 

it's about the coaching style. JVG will tell and must tell. Sloan will tell and will become fierce if anyone didn't act accordingly. a lot of NBA coaches work this way, they are the Masterminds, they don't allow the players' ego compete with each other's in a playoff to decide any tactical plan. and they coached many great players.

Adelman is not one of this kind. unfortunately, Yao's NBA mentor is JVG, one of this kind, and all the chinese coaches are of this kind. Yao would never consider it his own job to overcome his teammate's dumbness or too big ego, with b****ing. he takes teamball for granted.

Even in NBA, a coach tunes himself into his key player, not the otherwise. leadership is not all about b****ing. Adelman need to think deeper about the player's mindset. when his pivot man can't be a b****, he must be the b****, instead of asking the player to be. after all a coach is paid to be b****ing all the time.

 

but at the same time, u cant put ur players down and tell them ur not doing anything but pass to yao, i think RA is right when he said so. being so aggressive to ur players makes them doughtfull sometime imo

 

Interviewing Yao after a game:
"Yao, do you think the Jazz deserve to die?"
"Yes, they deserve to die, and I hope they burn in hell!"

 

It must come from Yao. He's not like other stars who score a lot of points. He needs other players to get him the ball. That means he has to be more vocal about demanding it. And its more than words. He needs to fight for good post position and hold it, particularly when he knows the other team doesn't want to send a double team.

 

In yao's eyes, brian cook is just as worthy as he is, and that is a true team leader. yao only follows orders so yeah... adelman needs to give him that order.

who is this leebigez? He is such a fan of yao. =)

 

rofl this adelman is a bozo

adelman is the coach, adelman needs to tell his star player "STOP REMOVING YOURSELF FROM THE POST TO SET A PICK-n-ROLL 4 FEET OUTSIDE THE 3PT LINE"

it's obvious that yao wants each victory to be a team victory, and no one's opinions are above any others, but yao isn't the type of guy that says "my ball my ball", yao won't hog the ball and force plays, yao is not artest

artest is persistent when trying inflate his stats in the boxscore, and it's always good to have a guy like that as oppose to barry who might resign to passing the ball on an open shot because he missed the previous 3.

but yao will never be that selfish of a player, he wasn't raised on the streetball of queens, or have played pick up games at the Y, where the objective is to out-shine everyone else

adelman dragging his opinions to the media is not warranted, during the yao-mcgrady saga, yao even hinted that discussions and dissent amongst teammates and coaching staff should be handled in the locker room and only the locker room

i'm sure yao would have liked adelman to make these statements to him in person, and not through the media

of course, we don't know the whole story, maybe adelman has already told yao behind closed doors and yao has not followed through, who knows rite

 

Adelman: Yao has got to demand the ball, that is right, it makes sense. But another way to do it is you tell Artest to stop dribble the ball and take the stupid shots, do you have desire to do it?

 

I agree 100%. Yao is taking less shots under Adelman and his scoring has been dropping. A couple of years ago he was averaging 27 ppg until he broke a bone in his knee. The Rockets are 14-0 when Yao scores 25 pts or more so Yao needs to score more.

 

Back then, when Yao scoring all those points, how good was the team without Tracy? Answer: not good at all.

This team has more weapons, and it's good to use them. But if the opponent plays single coverage on Yao all game, of course you want to milk that.

 

That's the same thing i was saying last night. Yao needs to be more vocal. But its crazy how coach says that's something he has to continue to work on. Your telling me after 7 years he still has to work on that. Come on that's ridiculous. That right there tells you Yao still doesn't get the respect he deserves.

I agree though. He made 3 or 4 shots in a row and then he decides to go to a pick and roll. At worst it was with Artest who doesn't really pass the ball. Artest is no McGrady or Lowry where Yao would have gotten the ball back. Yao just has to be more vocal and demand the ball when he is hot.

 

Agreed, however, Yao has to do a better job of moving when teams try to front him and sealing off his man. Yao gets to the post, plants his feet and doesn't move. I liked when Det fronted him and move out of the post, set a screen and the received a lob for left handed layup.