At least he made the playoffs three out of four tries, while Kobe and his all-star buddy Odom are like 6 games out of the playoff race, resting nicely in the 10th spot as we speak But no, this is not a knock against T-Mac for me to say that we won't go far if he plays well, I meant completely the opposite: that I KNOW he will play very well and will be a handful in the playoffs, however, in order for us to go FAAAARRRR into the playoffs, and have serious success, Yao BETTER bring his A-GAME! That was what I meant. But we don't have to guess for much longer, the playoffs are acoming I am so pumped up for it! BTW, the best thing about the playoffs is that whomeevr we play, we will be the underdogs, so nothing to lose, everything to gain. Just the way I like it...
With TMac's shooting and play like he did tonight, obviously we would try to get him the ball on ever position. What rockets really need in the center position then is the guy who plays good defense, rebounds the ball well; who does not need to have a good offense game. Deke is exactly the type of player. Mike James played a great game. But his cry whenever he got some contacts is kind of anoying. Jazz fans even mocked him whenever he was shooting the ball
I'd like to know who the other "YOF" is being referred to... I just don't like this argument about "Well, less minutes for Yao in the regular season means he'll be fresh for the playoffs and will definitely get more minutes!" JVG does not change things overnight, he's a pattern guy and sticks to what's been working.
I don't think we have to worry about Yao he played 29minutes thats his average for the season but he was pretty productive pts wise Yao isn't a good rebounder so we have to surround him with a guy who is a good rebounder We're playing well this season, Yao is playing well come playoff time he should get better and step up the intensity and that in its self should result in more PT We also have probably the best backup 5 in the NBA, a defensive beast and a great rebounder Deke really clogs up the boards and if you look at our record when we outrebound the opp. team it shows how important rebounding is to this team
Milk Carton Alert: Yao. Last seen a month ago. If he stopped tipping the ball and just grabbed it, maybe he could log some more boards. I'm convinced he'll never be the Force we all hoped he'd be. 20-10 is not realistic with Yao. I'm content with him as a great role player. He's just soft and doesn't have the fire. This is McGrady's team. Tmac is the shizzle. Let's just hope our shooters and Deke keep it going.
who still consider us underdog? if JHoward returns in time, plus Duncan still out, I see us a west conference champ favorite.
Good game, not a good 3rd quarter. That Snyder kid can kiss TMac's a$$, what a clown. Anyways, great game by TMac, James did a great job scoring when we went into our slump. Question: What can the Rockets do about Yao's rebounding? Is there anything that can be done?
anti Yao? that's just stupid. and I don't have to try, you do pretty damn good job of diverting the topic of great rockets win into a emotionally distraught YOF voicing his logical concerns? Let me ask you this: could you possibly be any more full of ****?
drop it, man. I recalled some guy did a count of your votes and some 90 plus percent of your post is about 'yao' or 'yof'. that is pretty boring.
Even if JVG doesnt give Yao more minutes in the playoffs atleast he will be more fresh at that time. I do think JVG will try to increase Yao's mins in the playoffs to about 34-35 a game. Not a huge increase or anything but a good 3-4 more mins than he is getting currently. I am assuming of course that Yao can stay out of foul trouble or this whole post is a moot point.
So just curious, but are you expecting him to be a 20 - 10 guy come playoff time, assuming lets say JVG throws him like 10 more mins a game. Because right now, only Duncan, Shaq, Dirk and KG are averaging 20 and 10, and Yao is not in their league yet. If he can stay at or a little bit above his season averages, then I'll be happy, whether he gets more time in the playoffs or not. Really as long as he contributes something, and the Rockets win, I'll be happy. Other than I tend to agree. Like a shooter in a slump, who keeps jackin shots to find his touch again, Yao needs to keep playing the same min if he is expected to rise out of this funk he's in...but at the same time, I understand JVG wanted to rest him a little bit down the stretch (for the playoffs), and giving Deke more min cause Deke has definitely earned 'em.
you somehow totally misread my post. I knew he had great playoff stats, and still magic could not go far. that is exactly why we need yao in the playoff. tmacs is not enough as great as he is.
Not complaining since Rockets are doing fine, just some thought about Yao and the system. After 4/6 shooting for 9 points in the 1st quarter, you'd think Yao would get a lot of shots tonight. What happened? 5 more shots for the entire game after that is what Yao got. Granted, Tmac was as hot as he can be and took a lot shots, but Yao was hot as well. JVG chose to stick with his defensive plan and play Deke instead of using Yao a little differently, like the 4th quarter against Suns. I'm not sure why Rockets can't win games playing that way. JVG is a heck of coach, but he needs players to fit his system, not the other way around. All the Rockets players right now are basicly hand picked by him, playing his style of basketball, except Yao and Tmac. Tmac was not effective until he broke out of the system, and JVG changed a bit to fit Tmac. That proved to be very smart. But the way JVG is using Yao doesn't look good for Yao's development, Yao's strength is not fully utilized in this system, and his weakness is being exposed but JVG didn't do much to make Yao look better. Right now Yao is playing to his weakness on the court. Yao is getting blamed, and I believe the system should be blamed as much as Yao. Since we have Deke who fits the system perfectly, the team is doing great so everytying is OK, but is it enough to elevate Rockets to Championship level?
