You are not answering my questions How is RA destroying Yao instead of Yao having not figured things out? Having Yao on the high post sometimes during a game is definitely a good thing to me. It makes the tactics more varied, opens the space up for guards to penetrate, and makes Yao's duration longer as it is less physically demanding on the high post. These are conventional wisdom and I feel bad for having to repete all this Yao, of course, is more effective on the low. and RA himself has said that he will want to use YAO more on the low and only shift to the high post from time to time. Don't you think this is a very sensible approach? Do you remember that in addition to opening up space for guards to penetrate, we also have a certain Bonzi Wells who's got very decent low-post skills that can be utilized when Yao goes to the high post? Don't you think that, if we always camp Yao in the low post, we will be facing the risk that, once Yao is not performing, there are few other options to score? Contrary to your belief, Yao is not always dominant in the low post. When we meet teams like the Spurs in the playoff, Yao will not be a dominant force guarded by TD. In this case, do you not want him to be more out on the high post, creating opportunities for teammates, and letting Bonzi wreaking heavoc on the Spurs in the low post like he did with the Kings? And do you not remember last year's playoff with the Jazz, when Yao was successfully single-covered by Okur? What are the Rockets to do in these situations? These are arguments for why we need Yao to be on the high post from time to time. As to Yao's subpar performance right now, as I said, it is more likely a result of Yao not having figured RA's system out and getting lost on the court, as opposed to RA's system suck. Please, it is you who should really watch the game and THINK, rather than following others' opinions blindly
Why don't you admit that you've created another ScreenName to hide your real ScreenName? Are you "doublehh03"?
T-Mac should pass more balls to Yao since he always has off night with bad shoting percentage and trade the bunch of average PG to a IQ PG. Otherwise, Rocket cannot win in playoff again!! The same old story!!
Watch the game How do you know he doesn't have a free pass? How do you know people are dreaming that he has a consistent mid-range shot? These statements are full of sound and fury, backed up by nothing. At least have more patience to wait until the All-star break or at least for another 10-20 more games to see what Yao can do once he figures out the RA system. It's ridiculous to see people like you starting the blame game after 4 games.
He has a point. There's no reason Yao cannot adapt to the high post. He will get plenty of low post opportunities and I expect him to get better in the high post as the season goes on. Good lord it's only been four games and people are rioting about Yao/Adelman, T-Mac, Rafer, Francis, Bonzi, Scola, etc. Look back in two months and if we are still in the same predicaments, then we have a problem.
Why do you not answer my points with valid reason and arguments? Because they are in short supply? I just registered. Although I've been coming here for some time. I don't know who doublehh03 is. And I've got a life thank you
Exactly! Can't stand people start whining after 4 games and demand a change when we are 3-1, simply because their favorite star is not performing
T-Mac is a streak shooter. So he has the tendency to continue jacking up shots in the hope that he will finally "get the feel" Of course, when he is successful in doing this, he becomes unstoppable.
Yao had 1 turnover. made 8 points from low post. Watch the game? Didnt you? 1>8? not a big fan. Sure I dont know. I also dont know if Tmac's got a free pass. But I do know that RA looked very happy after the Dunk, I do know that Francis is content about his role on this team, more than anything, I know that Rafer's teardrop is the deadliest weapon in the league. I stated my concern since preseason. Something's trainable, something's not. Yao doesnt have the speed and quickness, hes never been a quick thinker, he has not been developing his mid-range game since day 1. well, Yao might be able to sorta "adapt" to the system, at some stage, he did a good job tonight by giving up his low post game. I think it takes too much for him to "adapt" the system that isnt working, especially at the certain crucial moment. I didnt see the so-called flexible RA last night, in the 4th Qtr, the biggest mismatch was at the C position and Yao was the only one whos got the upperhand, I expected RA to adjust his strategy a bit to win the game. I understand the importance of learning curve, but when we certainly had the chance to win the game, we should have gone for it instead of throwing "getting more people involved"/"Yao shud be more aggresive" kinda crap to back himself up. anyway, you do have a point, lets wait and see what happens next.
Agree. McGrady is a shooter. He didn't have his best shootin' night last two games but he was able to score by his agressivness. He is above 46% in the season right now. I do not think it's so bad.
LOL. You don't adapt a #1 Dominant center who average 25/10 last year to take away his strengths. You just don't do this. Name 1 coach in the entire history of NBA who does this. Shaq moved around in his NBA career, yet each time, despite different teams, coaches, cities, he's played the same way. It's not like Yao was an average Center these past years. He's the best #1 Center in the game. How do you justify changing his game to suit your System?
Please, you are repeating yourself again and again. Please tell me how it hurts to have Yao on the high post at least some time during a game? Is Yao as dominant as Shaq was in his prime? Would Shaq be successfully single-covered by Okur?? Not even Duncan could guard Shaq one on one in his prime, no one could. What about Yao? When we meet the Spurs, should Yao still camp in the low post?
Actually , I dont mind as long as the role change benefits the team in order to win. But so far, the improvement we made from Yao moving to high post is much less than we thought. It almost killed me last night when we could have won the game by utilizing our players strength down the stretch but ended up beating ourselves. well people can always bring up "we havent scratched the surface blah blah", I agree. But imagine once we really got into it, what kinda team we are, whats the team's identity? I can only wish we dont end up being another Kings-wannabe. Princeton? whatever.
yes, Let's wait and see. At this point, arguing too much is pointless. In priciple, at least, I am not against Yao going out to the high post during stretches of the game. btw, he has 6 TOs during that game
Yao's clearly not at Shaq's level, otherwise we would have won it all last year. He has matchup problems with certain team, Utah Jazz for one example. Other than that, he has no problem dominating against other teams. He is the most dominant center Right Now. The problem isnt Yao spend sometime in the high post.Its Yao was forced to stay in the high post too much to adapt the system that" we havent scratched the surface yet". I also dont see Yao becoming as good a passer as Divac and Webber . Hes never been a great passer but for some reason was hyped up to be able to pass with flair. oh well, lets see what happens then.
Um..Shaq in his prime had to play under different Rules. If Yao played with the same rules, Yao would almost be as dominant. You do realize that nowadays, the rules favor the perimeter players, right? IT's a totally differne game today. Even Shaq has not shown the same dominance due to foul trouble. And I know you are doublehh03. Stop lying.
Oh, then i'm sorry. I was meant to say the Jazz game. (that's why in my original post I differentiated between during the ... game and today)
