ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Timberwolves 2/4/2008

It's good to get Yao traded. Any trade involving Yao is going to be involving a weak eastern conference and probably a rebuilding team as it's rare for Rockets to trade with western conference team that compete with them in
Championship. I don't want to see Yao get traded to an Eastern team that has no chance of winning the championship like Toronto, Milwaukee or any Eastern team except Celtics or Detroit. I don' think Celtics or Detroit will break up their current team to get Yao and that is only if Rockets would do it. They are also championship contender, so Rockets will not want to increase their chances of winning the championship. Furthermore, Yao is huge in terms of financial perspective to Rockets. So from both perspectives
of Rockets and Yao himself, it is not a good idea to even think about any trade of Yao.

 

like I said, NO BARIN

You think it is about who score well? It is about team ball, it is about discipline.

Go watch hollywood, more clutch moment for NO BRAIN.

 

I mean it is not good to trade Yao.

 

Big Coaching mistakes:-
a ) By now it is well known that Yao Ming can't guard jumpshooting Power Forwards. Even when it was so blatently obvious the coach made zero adjustments.
b) AB is seemingly being called upon to be a shooting guard, Coach needs to remind him that he is a playmaker first.
c) The Coach still overplays Yao Ming and even now when Yao is playing poorly, he is not making adjustments.
d) In General the Coach has a poor substitution scenario.
e) Why when the Rockets played so well against Golden State did the coach not learn from our excellent chemistry in this game. In the last couple of games we played just a most unentertaining game, almost a bad as a JVG game!

 

I am not trying to make up an excuse for Yao's poor play tonite. it is just a bad matchup for Yao, Al is pf but not a center and is too fast for yao to guard. AD should have put Hayes on him like last game...

Coach might have used this game to further test whether or not to put Yao on Boozer next game; and I think we should rotate Yao to Okur

We win anyway, great game,

 

but i did not say they were not a playoff team. what i meant to say was they are not one of the top 5-6 teams like their record shows -> the same way the blazers are not one of the top 8-9 teams in the west.

 

There are two groups who say trade yao:

1. those who are being sarcastic and mocking the YOF's cry to trade t-mac
2. YOF's who are mad that Yao isn't appreciated enough and so advocate trading him to some place where he will be dominant and fully "appreciated"

 

You are talking about trading Yao because TMac won the game for us tonight?? And you call me no brain? Team ball? How about ask Yao to rebound? He had 5! Anyways we won! who cares! No one else was making the shot so TMac took over. Thats what super stars do, thats why we pay him $20MM! Before you say, he didn't attack the rim, jumpshooting is part of asketball, if its falling for TMac I say take it! Look at the Suns, they are ALL jumpshooters! Anyways, I would rather TMac shoot than Rafer, Battier, Wells etc anyday.

 

what a perv

 

Yao just have an off night even though A. Jefferson is kinda mismatch for him. Perhaps there are reasons why Yao is off for consecutive games. Only Yao knows and perhaps the coach can find out why and see whether there is
any way to rectify it.

 

i only think yao have no promise in rockets , any team in NBA can win a game,the importance is whether your team can get stronger and stronger ,is whether you can succeed in the playoff,is whether you can have championship,any player's performance include 'good' and ' bad' ,the importance is whether you can add more 'good',reduce more 'bad',as a YOF,i may peacefully realize yao's 'bad' and point it out directly ,why our TOFS cant accept criticism on t-mac ,good is good ,similarly ,bad is bad ,bad cant be changed into good for ever due to TOF's defence !some fans and media give too much coddle to t-mac ,under this circumstance ,t-mac and rockets cant make progresses!rockets have no promise!

 

Ugly game, fortunately we got a win. T-Mac wasn't concentrated and have 7 TOs, but also had a few big shots. Yao had a awful night with only 5 board. That was n't even in the top 5 of the team. Should I call it a shame?

 

Ugly game, fortunately we got a win. T-Mac wasn't concentrated and had 7 TOs, but also had a few big shots. Yao had a awful night with only 5 board. That was n't even in the top 5 of the team. Should I call it a shame?

 

Good win.all i can say is that the Rockets are winning and i'm happy with that .

 

Another amazing post. You guys need to quit being sensitive just because T-Mac saved the game and not Yao. Al Jefferson straight up owned Yao tonight, and that's a fact. Is he a better player? No, of course not. He's just too quick for Yao to handle.

 

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I understand the situation. There will be games Tmac played badly and Yao will also play some bad games. Fans are often over-reacting and it's good to discuss about it but I do agreed some of the comments or criticisms are very strong and sometimes insulting. I personally just want Rockets to win because that is ultimate purpose of basketball (a win for the team).
I still remembered the pain when Yao played his first game against Dallas during Franchise period, he score his career high then 30 pts and was unstoppable but Rockets lost that game. There is no enjoyment or happiness when Rockets lost. Anyway your explanation in this matter is appreciated.

 

Not compatible doesn't mean one of the two has to be bad. Your love for Tmac has fogged your mind totally. You have to label everybody as YOF.

It just means 10 + 10 becomes less than 20. Yes, maybe a 15 can beat another team who only has 12, but what if you face a team having a 24? We beat 4 bad teams.... barely, with our role players playing better. Can you beat a good team in a 7 game series playing like this?

Yao will never be a match winner? He won a few matches a week ago. Your memory is really short, I guess.

Yao definitely has his limitation, but tell me why once Tmac comes back his production and play level has significantly declined. The "he has exhausted" hypothesis holds no water to me. Yah, he SUDDENLY wears out once Tmac comes back.

Yao needs other players to cut in, to move and he plays low post to beat the fronting. That's his limitation. Tmac instinctively likes to have the ball and hold on to have his rthym, and I don't believe he'll fully grasp the motion offence, that's his limitation. These two players just won't be compatible to give us a 25.

 

What's going here?? Mutombo looked elated while Yao trying to score though
they are not in uniform?

 

Tracy McGrady and the other Rockets in action.....

And Yao Ming raving and supporting them by the court side.