Agree! I can't believe the overreaction to an extra 4-5 minutes of game time. He's cut back a ton of practice and lost some weight and people are calling for RA's head accusing him of not caring. Ridiculous.
I want to make two points: First, This would be a drastically wrong plan if it is true. Playing in a game is no way the same as playing in practice, no matther how seriously the player treat the practice. Second, playing 32 minutes and 40 minutes in a game is totally different. When one is tired, one has much larger chance to be injured. Adelman should understand this. He play Yao so much is simply because we do not have a backup who can anchor the paint in defense. This is a problem the management should solve, and Adelman is just showing it to the management.
Adelman should explain this:: Year Team G GS MPG 02-03 HOU 82 72 29.0 03-04 HOU 82 82 32.8 04-05 HOU 80 80 30.6 05-06 HOU 57 57 34.2 06-07 HOU 48 48 33.8 07-08 HOU 55 55 37.2 08-09 HOU 3 3 39.0 Career -- 405 395 32.5
its only the 3rd game of the season, some of u should really take it easy. we won, so cheer up. minutes for Yao will eventually be regulated at an optimum level. right now, it seems to me his conditioning is at its best ever for his career. usually he looks tired easily but this season, he doesnt look fatigue especially at the end of games. Yao will be fine but i believe, we need to sign Deke. certain matchups which needs more defense, Deke can cover for Yao.
Yao told the media that he didn't want to play that many minutes throughout the season after the game. He is concerned with the toll on his body. Rick take notes!
2 of the 3 games were against mediocre opponents. the next 10 games are tough. i don't see any changes. the thing i have with adelman is MOREY himself said in the preseason last yr the reason he wasn't in a hurry to get a backup center for yao was that STATISTICALLY, we played some of our best ball going small (scola/landry combo). i have not see nthat combo once. i think adelman plays yao just to play yao. i mean, he rarely played deke last yr until yao got injured. then we knew deke still had some gas left.
yes, i just read that news. Yao said he was confused by RA's plan. and at the end of the game, he has been very tired already. RA is really crazy now....what's in his head???
Maybe Yao wants to win MVP and the Championship and Adelman see that he needs to keep his stats. Yao is pretty fresh people so relax. It's only 3 games in. His minutes will go down when the team become much better.
You sounds like using slaves. Do you know his income from advertisement is much more than his paycheck from basketball? What can you get if he got injuries? Cut paycheck can not give you a championship. Be reasonable for a tall guy, how many Centers can play 40 minutes. Does Shark can?
My job is all about winning. I'm not the family doctor who tells you don't have excess excercise. Rick Adelman
