ClutchCity.net Game Thread: Rockets @ Spurs 3/27/2003

Ok, so Yao gets 2 more rebounds than his already low average rebounds per game and he's labeled as having an aggressive game?

Some rox fans are so easy to please...

 

Has anyone noticed how terrible our two best players' offense has been the last 3 or 4 games? Not a good sign, no sir... Even Mobley has been struggling from the field.

Our role players have been the only ones who've been able to keep us in or win us a couple games lately. I guess in a way this is both a good and a bad thing. Very good if they can stay hot at the same time as Francis/Yao/Mobley.

 

Yeah maybe he's not that familiar with the players' qualities so he wants to give everyone a fresh chance to prove themselves for the playing time.

 

Why did you say his rebounds is low when he ranks 15th in the league. His rebound average is quite high, unlike what you said idiot. why did you say his FG% is low when he rank 7th in the league

 

I said in the games he was the reason why we lost his FG% was low idiot.

 

I agree. If the Mr. Mean doesn't know **** about how to use Yao and fans don't like him, the rockets should trade him after this season. Maybe trade him for a lottery pick. A lottery team without a lottery pick sucks! The future of this team is in the hands of Mr. Mean and Mobley. Yao is too soft for the Rockets. A bully type player like Shaq is what the Rockets want.

 

If this is the attitude of Fans to Yao Ming I hope the Rockets give him a chance . to go to another young team - The Memphis Grizzlies- There Yao Ming will be developed as the focal point of the team and given every support to develop at his own pace. Gerry West realy wants to have him! Then the Rockets Fans and players will be happy with small ball and dribble mania, highlighted by the discussion of Francis and Mobleys relationship to one another on the BBS.
Of course I know that Les is an astute business man and wont allow this fracas to destroy his gold mine.

 

Why don't you go to another fan web site. You are such a friggin hypocrite. You have constantly made suggestions about trading the rest of the team and keeping Yao and now you have the nerve to say everyone is negative against Yao. You are crazy. Everyone knows you are the biggest Yao only fan on this board. All players have received there fair share of criticism on this board, for you to claim that the Rockets fans don't want to give Yao Ming of chance and just root for everyone else shows either a severe lack of intelligence or objectivity. Take your pick.

 

I am not trying to unjustifiably defend Yao or other Rocket players; but we have to recognize how tired our players have been. Even before the Laker game, we can clearly see Yao was dead tired. Part of it was the seven games in ten days. The other part was the way Larry played him. Another part was the well-publicised three years continuous playing ball.

It certainly did not help since Larry took over. The way the plays was set were exhaustive for the Centre and good for street balls. Also, the timing he gave the player a rest was strange at best. Look at Rudy, when he saw Yao was tired, he rested him a few minutes and then put back him back for a few minutes before another rest. Larry was different. He rested Yao for a quarter and played him three quarters. In a couple of games, Yao played the whole second half. Yes, we might have won the game that way; but since then, Yao seemed to be dead tire and became a non-factor.

It is not an aggressive issue. It you are tired, you cannot be agreessive. I think Yao is currently in a second rookie wall. He could get better at home court; but the real solution is for the coach to play him smart.

 

I buy that fatigue excuse about as much as that pathetic "this team is young" excuse. The Rockets are 12-6 on the second half of back to backs this season, so fatigue can't be THAT much of a factor. This is the NBA! If these guys aren't used to playing back to back games and games every other night, then they need to become accountants or something. San Antonio went 8-1 on a 9 game road trip this year. They sure didn't complain about being tired...

 

This is exactly Mr. Mean's idea.

 

Yao Ming had to be dead tired.
For the 1st 10 minutes until he checked out because of 2 fouls against opp outside players, in every single play, we allowed the opp drove by to the basket and made Yao having to defend. Go look at the tape, I am not kidding ... every single play.

 

Larry is completely an idiot. He didn't know how to use Yao. Yao is not a physical player. Larry treats him as physical one. That is why Yao performed so poor. Rox will go to hell directly with the SOB Larry!!!

 

So its Larry's fault Yao was walking up the court and letting Duncan jump over his back for rebounds. If you want to say Larry can't coach, that's one thing, but to say it's his fault that Yao shot 1 for 9 is stupid.

 

Part of it is Yao's fault. Part of it is the coaches and other players' fault. If Yao has to play defense against other people's men, and set picks on every play on offense... then he has to be tired ...
Roz has many video coaches, they ought to see this ... they need to tell everyone to play defense ... and let Yao rest some on offense.

 

If Larry forces Yao to play ISO game and shot one on one, then Larry is stupid. Yao is a team player. He screens, he passes, he helps out, he takes open shots, he only dunks when he should. ISO is the game the rest of the Rockets including Larry are good at. ISO is not Yao's game. If you force him to be ISO, or in you guys words be strong, be physical, or in my word be stupid, then he will have to settle with fadeaways and shot 1/9 or 2/12. He is not shaq, he has not shaq's body and strength.

You cannot say 'you are 7'5", so you should be under the basket.' He is not as strong as shaq, it is just a fact, not his willingness. He should work on his strength but he does not have it now. You cannot force him mentally and magically, his muscle grows 100% more. Larry is an idiot.

As I said, if you don't know how to use him, trade him for someone you know how to use.

It's the coach or coaching style. It's the game planes that destroyed Yao's touches. He should not shot in those situation but he was forced to shot.

 

Suns have an 11 point lead over Detroit at halftime. There goes your theory.

 

Tradng Yao to another team is actually good for him since the Rox does not know how to use him, but this will be a big loss for the Rox.
The funny part is that the Rox sucked big time last year and ended up with the first draft pick. This year with Yao who is one of the top rookie, they still suck and all the idiots are now putting the blame on Yao after 2 bad games. Yao is not the reason why the rox is crappy, They were crappy last year and this year their record is better with Yao and SF healthy.

Two bad games do not prove anything, and Yao is still one of the top rookie. Does 2 games really change how we think about Yao or any other player?

 

Are you stupid enough to judge Yao based on one game?
The other night he got 19 rebounds, obviously he has the ability.
After Larry took over, everything went downhill for the whole team. Larry destroyed the chemistry.

 

Hey, Troy Baros, you created the profile in February just for bashing Yao, right?