You do know JVG is in Houston and Yao is in China??? Is JVG supposed to personally keep tabs on every player during the summer and make sure they are staying in top shape??
He shouldn't have to. If you want a "discipline" guy, that includes instilling self-discipline in your players.
Com'on, all the Chinese reports indicated that Yao only do weight lifting and no cardio excercise. Maybe that's the reason he is in good shape but has no endurance. You DO remember last year, the Rocket had a full list of training schedule for Yao after he return to China. He don't even follow the Chinese NT's practice routine when he was with the team. He was grant the permission to following the Rocket's training plan. I am sure the Rocket had a new training plan for Yao to follow this off season. It's all under control! JVG's no dumb and he's a control freak.
I knew that the Rocket had a great routine to stay in shape but damn, where does Clemens come up with the power to tell Yao how to stay in shape?
There is a picture taken on 6/26/ for Yao and Pavel Podkolzin (7'5") in the article linked below: http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/p/2004-06-28/0927964673.shtml
Did anyone mention here that Yao has been playing "practice" games lately, preparing for the World Basketball Championship (or something like that). In fact today the Chinese team defeated the NBA FA team 98-85. Yao dominated (of course).
I found this link from www.sina.com.cn http://2004.sina.com.cn/cn/bk/2004-06-28/21521.html You may not understand Chinese, but click the pictures.
