Yao is making progress and he has flaws, but he works so hard and is an inspiration to people everywhere. I love him...but, I don't think he would be having the same success anywhere else. He is PERFECT for a Yao dominated team. A guy that can take advantage of the creases and space created by our big fella. If he was asked to dribble drive consistently, I think he would be exposed, but he is a 23 year old athlete that is a PERFECT fit at SG for Yao's team. And, it makes it a lot easier for the team to tell players that are not putting forth the effort to "take a hike". Nothing like having hard working players showing lazy ones that their job is in jeapordy. And by proxy....their next contract....WOOT ! DD
I never said Yao has accomplished anything. In fact he's no different than T-WACK a first round failure. Will he ever be a champion player? maybe he will maybe he won't. we dont know because winning champion take more than just HIM. The only thing I wanted to point out was he has a track record of being good to the league while T-WACK cried from team to team.
how much time is yao spending to practice that mid range j he used to have? not much, or not at all? if you know, please tell us and i'd appreciate it. i think yao being able to hit 15-18 footers consistently will open our offense up a lot.
Also, people are still putting up with his cry because of what? because he won the NBA scoring champion? because he won the.................wait that's it. NOTHING ELSE.
I hope I'm not coming off as Tracy's backer. I don't care who is on the rox team as long as we win. Whether that means tracy,yao,artest, or whomever is here or traded, doesn't matter to me. It does shed some light to a extent I will say I'm a huge Adelman support despite some of the rash of poor decision he has made. People said Tracy through the coach under the bus after one of those games in the playoffs, but to be honest, who didn't think Deke shouldn't have been in for that ft vs a rookie? Who doesn't think Brooks should be starting vs alston? I've seen some decision being made this year that have me really scratching my head. DD, those guys have never won except wade, but to have a chance at a joe johnson or chris bosh would be really good because their ages and ability will still be really good unless they suffer some major injury. Also when he said Kobe said shaq can score in different ways, this is my interpretation. Shaq used to get 4-8 pts running the floor getting quick post up position under the goal. He would get 4 points from alley oops off pick and roll. He would get 8 pts from just dogging someone and 6 pts from the 12 ft attempts he would get. That was shaq's 20-30 pts. So even though shaq touches the ball a lot, they were a good transition team even with shaq. They could uptempo off the rebound, then shaq would come in, post up, and make a quick decision. Right now, kobe has the right mix. He has a post threat in gasol and bynum, but they don't just occupy the blks. That's why u see kobe start backing guys down from 14 ft without worrying about a guy taking up a lot of space. Also, a lot of those 2010 guys like having "their team." If they come here, by hook or by crook, this is yao's team. Guys want to win, but they want their due contributing to winning. Joe Johnson forced a trade out of phoenix. Miami is Wade's team without question. Denver,Cleveland,and Toronto belong to Anthony,Lebron,and Bosh. They come here, with a older,slowing Yao, and its still going to be his team. I still think bosh would be the guy, but he might be eyeing Miami.
QFT. The thing is, I think it'd be great to put Mac and Wafer on the floor at the same time. It would work so well.... Mac/Scola/Yao/Wafer/Alston or Brooks would be a killer offensive line-up to go to at the end of games. You could dump it down into Yao and let him work the classic inside/outside game and have Wafer available to knock down the outside shot or get to the basket on an over-aggressive closeout. Also, if you put Wafer around McGrady and run PNR with either Yao or Scola, good things are bound to happen. Mac can create going to the hole either for himself, the guy who set the pick for him on the roll (Yao or Scola), the one who didn't set the pick (Scola or Yao) if his defensive man collapses, or Wafer spotting up in the corner. That PNR would those options would be deadly in a must-have possession. It puts McGrady in his element to be the playmaker. I'm just hoping they don't mess up his dimes!
IBM- That mid range J would do wonders for Yao and the offense. It would open the whole thing up. The thing about that is, its a summer thing. You don't get better during the season , you do it in the summer. Look at how much better Landry is as a shooter now. The summer is when you have time to lift weights, then shoot to get your range. He needs that big z mid range shot next summer.
I agree that hitting J would free up Yao big time. The number one problem with our shooters are they're JERKYL & HYDE. More consistent shootings would fix alot of problems when u have a big dude that demand double triple team.
one of the occasions we actually agree with each other. if amare can have a good jumper, i don't see no reason why yao cannot. plus, he sorta used to have it before.
Tracy has his philosophical and style differences, Yao has his, coach has is. Maybe its best in a business sense for Tracy to seek what he wants outside the current company he's. Instead of staying perpetually miserable in the current working environment. I'm sure Yao is TIRED not just hearing from McGrady but from EVERYBODY what he needs to do to get better. But his ears will be freed away from his main critic... I'm sure the coach wants to implement his system the best way he can without certain players' personal ambitions and differences detracting from the process. (Artest? Who the heck knows...the "best thing to happen" in McGrady's career has now turned into a dime dropper and scene stealer I guess...) Time for everyone to move on? I say no time better than the present, but thats what its looking like...Thats just business though. And the NBA business is wing players wanting to volume shoot and grab team control and the headlines. Rockets are like a model NBA franchise after all.
H-m-m-m-m? The offense seemed pretty crisp most of the night against the Lakers even when Yao was in the game. As long as there is ball movement and you have active players like Landry and Wafer, Yao shouldn't slow things up too much. The biggest slow up due to Yao is when he is waiting for a double team to develop -- or not. Maybe it gets slower with T-mac coupled with Yao because T-mac sees himself in much the same way -- he is trying to set up plays based on how he is being defensed, rather than being part of a "team" offensive flow... in other words maybe two "facilitators" on the team is not good.
To me this is not surprising. From what I have heard from a source who is daily contact with the players is that to a man the entire team despises TMac. Battier in particular hates him. He will not say that in public but I have no reason to doubt my source. The stories I have heard about TMac make him even more unlikeable than his lazy, no heart play. Dude is a ****ing douchebag and is a cheap ass mofo as well.
The evidence piles on. If this is the case, then the locker room is irreparable. Especially from Battier, this hatred probably isn't some juvenile grudge, but more of a loss of respect over time. Once you lose that respect and trust, it's almost impossible to win it back.
Its true. This source is not high up in the Rockets organization but he has constant contact with the players and is similar age to most of them. A few players even hang out with this guy off the court because of similar backgrounds.
out trainer macha? adelman's son (one of the assistant coach )? gotta be someone has daily access to the locker room.
I am not saying Deke's on TMac's side, but he might be the only player that can talk to TMac now. However, Deke seems have closer relationship with Yao. To be honest, I give up on TMac alreaday. I care more about the relationships between Artest and Yao and the other teammates.
