Since I don't live in Houston I don't get to hear local Rox broadcast so some of Calvin Murphy's quotes during the Rox game in Boston surprised me. Is Murphy always like this? http://celtics.bostonherald.com/celtics/celtics.bg?articleid=293 Some quotes: Those comments sound like they came straight from some of YOF on this forum. I wonder what Francis thinks when Murhpy is calling Yao "Franchise"? Plus where how does Murphy figure the Rox have always been a guard oriented team? Did he forget he played with Moses Malone?
I think he means with the current crop of player, this team has always been a guard oriented team. You just have to read b/w the lines sometimes. You can't expect someone to always spell out literally what they mean. People can infer from the comments and come to that conclusion.
Is there an assistant coach position avaliable for Murph? He gotta be frustrated to see the guard play night in and night out. Yao needs to toughen up, but a lot of passes even Shaq could nothing about it.
Well thank you for the lesson in reading comprehension. I gathered that's what he meant but I still find it odd that he phrased it that way consindering the Rockets have been known for great centers for about 90% of their history. From what I gather Calvin has a gift for hyperbole.
You're welcome. I understand that English isn't the first language of all people, so am always glad to help.
Calvin has gone to far in kissing Yao's you know what IMO. However, I do tend to agree with what he said to a certain degree. It just seems to me that Yao and Steve are not a great fit, at least with Steve at 1. However, I really like Cat at 2 and don't want to see us move Steve to 2 at the expense of Cat's game.
Calvin's a very excitable person, and he has been known to exagerrate. He's also a notorious Rockets-lover, and has spent his entire career in the NBA and broadcasting with the same organization. That said, Calvin is also a very knowledgable person about the NBA game, with not only a Hall of Fame career under his belt but the advantage of having watched pretty much every Houston Rockets game ever played. Ever! While it doesn't take much to get Calvin excited and heaping praise, I don't think it's incorrect to say that he loves Yao. Last season several times Bill and Calvin interviewed Yao after games and Calvin and Yao would trade wisecracks (through an interpreter!). All hyperbole aside, I agree that the Rockets will almost certainly find players to adjust to Yao rather than trade him or continue on with other players that can't get into a rhythm with him. I still have hope that our current big pieces will eventually click together, but I trust the Rockets' coaching staff has a better grasp than I or perhaps even Calvin Murphy, world's greatest (Rockets) broadcaster, as to how to maximize the tall dude.
Well said. I dont think Calvin would say the same thing if Wang's playing for us. Like the Celts annoucer said post game last night, rox opened up a fortune cookie and found a way to pass Yao. That needs to be done on a consistent basis. It's inside out, inside out and inside out. Guards gotta try to set up Yao first, it will then open things up. Fronting cant pass? How did it work out last night? BTW, MoT on the high post is much more effective than Cato. Cato could never send a pass to Yao from them. I think that's one of the keys to beat fronting.
FYI I'm a native Houstonian, albeit currently exiled in the American Gulag of Minnesota. But lets not make this personal.
A "Yao-only fan", as invented and defined by the BBS, is a fan of Yao's and not the Rockets. Generally they root for the Rockets because it benefits Yao to win, but it's not first priority. They also generally aren't rational or can't look at the team objectively because they are primarily concerned about Yao's numbers. A good example would be Xenogears. The best way to define a "Yao-only fan" is if Yao Ming was traded or left via free agency, would that fan still be a Rocket fan? So point being Rockets fans can love Yao and believe he needs to be the focal point, or Steve needs to be dealt, or whatever... but they will always be Rockets fans. That's Calvin, so clearly the answer is no ... Calvin is not a "Yao-only fan". I can promise you this: If Yao ever does leave, a decent-sized chunk of fans here will revolt nastily against this board, the posters here and the team.
Another HOF from the Celtics side was also all over Yao Ming last night. I wonder why all these HOFs turn into YOFs.
Clutch pardon me some for hyperbole. I didn't mean to imply that Calvin would start rooting for Yao over the Rox and would quit rooting for the Rox if Yao was traded. Some of Calvin's struck me as coming straight from the YOF on this forum. I love Calvin but I'm surprised he would talk about making other players fit Yao or else they would be replaced surprising when the Rox just won a game where the leading scorer was a guard and almost all of them played a great all around game.
Sucks, cant edit my own post. I mean, why should a YOF care about the team? Isn't it more rational for a YOF to care about Yao Only? After all, that is how YOF is being defined. Shrimpie
The Celtics broadcaster could not say enough of Yao last night. Actually in the game 4 days ago, they kept wondering why the Rockets's offense was not designed around Yao. They even went as far as saying that since Yao could make the outside jumpers, Houston should fully take advantage of letting Yao taking 18-20 foot all night. And last night it was ridiculous. The Celtics broadcasters could not make enough jokes on Blout. Poor guy. He had to deal with double blows from both Yao and their own broadcasters.
Oh, I'm sure there are some Cold Fusion tricks up your sleeve to prevent any damage from that.... Let me know if you need some hardware to help back that up.... We can CF Whatever all day on some of the servers I can put up.....
He also has a lot of criticism for him too. He has made comments about Yao being a good volleyball player because of the way he tips the ball instead of grabbing it.
