CBA offical said :"Yao will be back with China NT after the playoffs"

It's not Yao's choice and you also have to know his background to really understand why he's so loyal to CNT. Basketball players in china aren't like that of the US. They are literally picked at an young age by coaches of basketball training schools and that's like their life from then on. In the states we can pick and choose whether we wanna ball or go be a doctor. Communism sucks!

 

It's up to the Rox organization sent up management team, more than one team, sit down with the CBA aholes, face to face talk to them. Those aholes want Yao to train for the Asian Tourny whole summer. We are talkinging teams that can be beat by any local YMCA teams.

 

Yao is going to have surgery this summer. The CBA can't force
injured Yao to play.

 

Aholes will say he can have it in China.

 

To keep Yao here this summer would probably be impossible. I think the only way to keep'm here is by rockets inviting the CNT to come over and train in Houston.

 

Bottom line, the CBA doesn't give a damn about Yao (or any of their athletes) or the Rockets, but the exposure and only what he can bring to them four months a year. If he's dead by the time he's 30, they got the money and the prime years out of him. The hell with whether he's in a wheelchair.

 

On one hand, I get sick of Yao to keep playing against inferior teams in China for financial purpose. On the other hand, I wonder if Yao can only improve his game in US. He has trained with Rockets for 3 years and has he shown satisfactory improvement yet?

Yao's major problems from Day 1 in the NBA:
1) playing against fronting defense
2) rebounding
3) foot speed/general athleticism
4) stamina

Yao's major problems after 3 seasons in the NBA:
1) playing against fronting defense
2) rebounding
3) foot speed/general athleticism
4) stamina

He might have improved a bit in every area especially stamina, but his improvement has been disappointing. I think he regresses in certain areas such as perimeter shooting or passing. I mean if he works with the rockets coaching staff in the summer, do u expect dramatic improvement? If the coaches have any methods to improve Yao's problems 1) and 2) above, why wait until the summer? They should have stopped Yao's ANY daily training already and focused on those areas. Yao could easily be a 22-10 guy already. Unfortunately it didnt happen and I cant even see steady improvement. I dont mean to blame the coaches. Maybe Yao just flat out sucks. Then he wont improve anyway even if he's in US during the summer.

Yao's lack of improvement has been frustrating. It has become a major concern as rockets may offer him a contract this summer. If max contract is offered, it's his off- rather than on- the court ability. It's just too sad.

 

Are you kidding me?

 

Communism does suck.

 

Yes, but since when did they pick people's careers? I can imagine something along the lines of high school guidance councilors:

"The CCP, choosing your future since 1949."

 

I know the PRC other sports programs do that with atheletes so I would presume they would do the same with basketball players.

 

I'm glad he's going back to China to represent his country. He should be an immense help to the CNT, it will better prepare them for the Olympic games, it's a great honor for Yao, and will help ensure the cash flow for Yao and the Rockets by propping up Yao's international fame while sacrificing very little in the way of competitiveness in the NBA -- despite the common perception.

 

If they don't outright pick them...they narrow the choices considerably. You think Yao Ming would be allowed to open a Starbucks or something?? Hell no. Its a good thing he enjoys basketball.

 

Which common perception? Why it is wrong?

 

Faint, you know nothing about China. If you would invest a
starbucks in a small town, the local government will treat you
like Prince William. China right now has the worst form of
capitalism. If you have money, you can do whatever you want
(politics excluded, but politicians will help you to seize money).
In fact, US is a socialist country compared to China.

Try to be a worker in China for 1 month, then you know what
I mean.

 

That totally sucks...He needs some R&R or burnout will set in soon...I'm not saying he needs to sit on his azz, but man, at least have some competition if he's going to play pick up games...

 

It is true. This is the system learned from former Soviet Union. It has been an efficient system to produce world-class atheletes for Soviet Union and former/current socialism countries, including China. I am not against this system, though I think they can loosen it up a little bit.

 

Faint, I didn't say nobody could do it...I said Yao probably couldn't. My guess is the government wouldn't allow him to open such a place and work it. They want him to play basketball. That's what I meant. Sorry for the confusion.

 

They pick athletes, absolutely true. So does every country that comes to mind. However, they don't force them to become athletes or what to become. If you don't want to do it, give them the middle finger and do whatever the hell you want.

Of course, you could be young when given the choice (or that your parents made the choice for you) and realize that you made a wrong choice, that you wouldn't want to be an athlete. Once again, nothing forces you to keep being one.

And I also hardly think that they told you whether to become a doctor or not. A note here. During the 80's they had job placements for those that just returned following the Cultural Revolution, partly because after they screwed the people, they had to provide them with jobs (also, being a neo-socialist country, they had to). But they don't do it any more so that point is moot.

Finally, I also hardly think they selected you into national teams just so they can suck the life out of you. If there is anything, most athletes back then tend to think favourably of the programs. They called it the "iron bowl" back then, precisely because you can't lose your job no matter how much you sucked.

 

Ah, if you read Yao's book, it will tell you that he had a chance to choose whether he should to go to college just like any other kid or play professional basketball. Communism does suck, but not as bad as many of you think.