and when will Yao pull a Quitten on our beloved Rockets? can't believe some of you people would support him on this issue.
Dude is embarrassed, and should be. The horrible conditioning's on him. The crappy guard play . . . well, let's just say I'm glad we won't be going into Yao's contract year with the same old backcourt. 'Cause that stuff he's saying about the national team's failure to improve, he might have ended up saying about us.
although his conditioning sucked and he didnt play well for the most part, it was just awesome to see all that emotion from him. hopefully, he brings some of that to the rockets next year.
I hope we don't overblow this into a bunch of -- "yao may now do this to the rockets" posts. If the translation is accurate, it merely seems that Yao's frustrated that the Chinese team was not even competitive. Maybe he feels that his time and energy is being wasted and would be better spent on his NBA career. I would rather have a guy that pissed off and frustrated after a loss, versus a guy that's content or accepting of losing. IMO
That's true, we never we seen that desire to win when he played in the nba like on the cnt team. looking at the cnt team, i just wish they will go away. its an embarrasment watching these guys play that is suppose to represent your country. My god, they had 4 yrs from Sidney to get an ex retired NBa coach like Del harris to coach the team and teach them something called heart and determination and NBA agressiveness and they squandered those years and now have a team that has totally been retooled but only marginally better (if that) than 4 years ago. Winning any medals at 2008 beijing games would be a joke the way the system is organized and the crappy guards that we have. these guys just jack up shot have shot without any idea about low post offense. its just sickening to watch their games. I rather watch the women's volleyball team. China vs US yesterday was a great game, the chinese volleyball women's team showed more balls than our crappy BB team. what the hell does that tell us about the state of the program and the pansy players we have.
It's been awhile since I posted, but I'm very surprised that China's player can't shoot the basketball straight. There are over a billion people over there. Can noone make a jumpshot consistently? The communists have done a poor job of setting up basketball camps. This is the year where Yao is going to have the best core of shooters around him for the Rockets since he's been here. It's arguable that this core of shooters is up to par with the core of Kenny, Elie, and Horry. You knock out Steve's poor shooting. You add Ward's 40% 3 point shooting. You add Lue's darn good 3 point shooting percentage. Mobley is gone, but TMac more than makes up for his departure with his ability to can the midrange jumper. If Yao is getting single-teamed, this year in the NBA, he needs to be able to score at a very good clip. If he is getting double and triple teamed, then he needs to trust his teammates with the open looks he is creating for them. This is a pivotal year for Yao since he will still command excellent trade value especially to teams like the Warriors and Lakers after his 3rd year if the Rockets feel that he is not capable of living up to the max contract he will want.
Chinese Basketball Association is the LARGEST Beuraucrapic Arseholes in China; their only objective is squeeze as much money as possible out their players. Yao should quit CNT ASAP & spend the summer in Houston or New York.
I listened to the record of that interview. Yao didn't say he will retire from CNT. He only said he would retire before other younger players in CNT. That's it. Just bad translation to create a huge news. Shame on that reporter.
I've never seen Yao so angry when he fouled out. He sat on the bench angrily venting his frustration to the translator. He just kept going on and on and on, and the cameras kept showing him. At one point it even looked like he MIGHT have flicked someone off. Did anyone else see something like that? Maybe he stuck up his ring figer, it was too quick for me to tell for sure.
What the f**k was Yao talking about? He was the one got dunked on, and he was the one faild to dominate inside. Yes, other players didn't do their part, but as a star player and the focus of the team, he was as much a disappointment as anyone in the game. Shut up and play the game. We already have a quitter in JVG, we don't need another one.
i was following your post, up until you said we have a quitter in JVG. Now you're jsut being an idiot. I know you watched the game' i didn't, but from the reports they said they doubled and tripled team yao. When there are 5 players on each side, and 60% of the opposing team guards you, it's pretty hard to score. You expect your teammates to score as they are the ones that are open. That's why it's a team. so daoshi, "What the f**k are You talking about?
Clearly Yao is expecting more from his teammates. Say what you will about the Rockets but the last two years Yao has been on the Rockets he saw a team that busted their ass. Sure they made mistakes but they left it all out on the floor. They worked. And now Yao has that experience to take back to his national team. Yao has experienced that level of committment from a team in the Rockets and doesnt want to look at his national team and see any less of a committment. He is expecting much more and isnt getting it and thus he is frustrated.
The translation is terrible. What Yao said was that although most players were young, they still played like old crappy national teams assembled in last few years. He felt he would not be able to change that because he was older (means that by the time this generation of players retire, he will not be around, either). He was very disappointed because he used to be the younger player on the national team, so although other players played like sh*t, he still could see hope (because older players would retire before him, and he was looking forward to play with players younger than him). Now everything seems hopeless.
To be fair, Yao did draw double team a lot, but those double-teams weren't very aggressive, they just surround him. Zone defense did neutralize star player signifiantly. But we still expected Yao could do better than 12pts 8 rebs. Del Harris said the best after the game. He said Yao maybe too much a team player tonight; he should have shot more and drawn more fouls. Instead he passed to perimeter too often, which is an ancient problem for him, even though guards couldn't make a shot to save their lives. And I was a little disappointed the way he grabbed rebounds. Spain dominated boards in this game, and Gasol out rebounded Yao. I don't understand why some posters are so sensitive when people cast doubt on Yao? All of us agree that Yao is a very good player and very telanted. I repeat, he is a very very good player. But we doubt he could ever be the dominate player we all hope he becomes, some of the posters just can't stand it. We all expect too much from Yao, what's wrong of lowing your expectation? He maybe give us a surprise some day.
With Yao's endurance always in question, I don't think it's wise for the Rockets to be going into the season thinking Yao should be the main rebounder for the team. The guy is not Duncan nor is he Shaq. He needs the support of strong roleplayers around him. With that being said, the Rockets should try to pursue Antonio Davis from the Bulls. He's old but not Oakley-old. He can play alongside Yao in the PF position being the board guy and hitting jumpers. If the Rockets do not address the frontcourt, there will be issues that will hinder the Rockets. Yao's endurance will not allow him to be the main rebounder and also be the primary go-to guy in the offense.
