[Chron] Knicks' Curry pays big price for waking Yao

good find, now i want to see that fake yao had on fryre, links anyone?

 

Yao is looking good. Time to give him some love .

Since he's come back from his toe injury...

21.7 ppg --- 10.1 rpg --- 2.29 bpg

Is it just me or has he been looking relentless lately going at the other teams?

Also he's been showing a few more moves besides just powering in down low. What's up with that?

Keep it up Yao!.

 

Yao is becoming a problem solver on the court. Good news to Rockets.

 

Heyyy.. i think the word is "woke me up" , isn't it?
is it me or Yao is speaking broken english? >_<

 

Weird. It's almost like English is his second language.

 

Yao is dominating and making it look effortless.

I think Alston hit the key word there: confidence. Yao is oozing with confidence, he doesn't lay down and take a beating anymore, he responds in like fashion.

This is the Yao we have wanted all along, it's been 4 years in the making, but it has been worth the wait.

Yao is becoming a leader, and it helps SOOOOOO much to have a guy like Alston with him on the court, because he seeks out Yao like no one does on this team besides McGrady, and Jon Barry when he plays.

Now, if JVG can insert a lineup of Alston, McGrady, and Barry at the same time, Yao's production will shoot up even more.

 

I think he has really worked on that up fake. He might have taken a page out of TMac's book on that one. TMac uses that up fake like nobody else on the perimeter. Now, Yao's using it in the post. I had to laugh, he threw the fake so hard on one of those possessions, it actually threw him off balance and he traveled.

 

Eddy Curry is a load offensively. I had no idea he was that big and strong, but he was moving Yao and Deke deep into the post and holding his position.

Yao looks damn good for coming off a 21-game layoff. He's playing the best basketball of his NBA career. His minutes are up, yet he's still effective, and I don't worry about him on back-to-backs anymore. He looks like he hasn't missed any time out at all. He still gets blocked a lot, but 24 points on 13 shots? I expect he'll have a lot of games like this in the future.

 

Yao is looking quicker, more like the old Yao. Must be nice not to have a red hot poker sticking in your big toe. I was struck by how he was operating further away from the basket, on offense, making his spin moves and jump shots from mid range. This has been missing during the last year. I had wondered if the old Yao had dissapeared because of weight training and Pat Ewing training. I now think his game was hurt by the mangled, diseased, festering, big toe. Yao might be ready to soar. Also, huge respect and admiration for pracitcing and playing in massive pain, doing his job and not compaining. Yao is heroic.

 

I'll bet his English is better than your Chinese

 

The one difference i see in Yao is that he's no longer afraid to miss. He used to miss a shot and get down big on himself and he'd disappear the rest of the game. Now he's got the short term memory going and has forgotten about the last miss and keeps shooting it with confidence. the one dunk he had when he came down after being fouled.

Was that like a slight shimmy?

 

Oh dude, liu is a Chinese if Im not wrong .... Don't take that too far, liu was kidding about yao's english

 

I was at the game and was impressed with his game - in particular, I sat in my seat most of the night marvelling how far he's come since his first couple of seasons. The blocks he had were aggressive and sharp. He's making decisive, assertive moves in the paint with tons more confidence. Really great to see out of him.

Here's to him shutting up guys like Bill Simmons that love to take ignorant, undeserved shots at him.

Evan

 

nice to see yao play the way he is, also i like how he tries to go up for dunks now whenever possible instead of laying it in. other than the laker game he has been pretty aggressive in the games he has been back. hopefully barry will be back soon, he used to be the best passer on the team after tracy last year. yeah if he,t-mac and alston are in the same lineup as yao you can expect yao to get a lot of good touches

 

whats impressive is he drew 2 charges in 1 game

 

Does that mean he is mastering the art of flopping?

 

I hope he doesnt become a master flopper but yeah to Yao finally playing to his potential (minus the rebounding).

Once he learns to position himself better for rebounds which includes sealing his man and timing his jump better he will be the total package.

J

 

yeah that means hes getting fatster and better at getting to good defensive position.. so next is getting to good rebounding position..

 

It also appears at Yao plays more aggresively and takes it to the other team, the refs give him more respect.

He's getting foul calls this year that he hasn't gotten in the past.