Has anyone noticed this, but after watching the last few preseason games it appears that DA is absolutely smitten with Yao. When we acquired T-Mac, there were talks that they're going to be the next Kobe and Shaq. But if the last few games were of any indication, DA and Yao might be better suited for that title. T-Mac is a scorer and he's going to find every way he can to get the ball into the basket. DA is more of a pure shooter with a pass first mentality. When he's on the court, he always looking to get the ball to our big man. It also helps that Yao actually converts on 80% of those passes from DA. Which in the end, makes him look good and increases his assists.
I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean. DA's a good player, but he isn't close to the level of any of those guys (Kobe, Shaq, T-mac or Yao). I mean, it's nice to have another guy that can get Yao the ball, but that doesn't suddenly turn Yao and DA into any sort of tag-team.
Okay..well they might not be EXACTLY the next Kobe and Shaq, but what I was basically trying to say is that there is quite some chemistry developing between DA and Yao if the last few games were of any indication.
DFisher and Shaq maybe... Kobe never consistantly fed Shaq the ball without trying to score first. "Kobe and Shaq" means a dominant big guy play with a dominant wing guy, not necessarily a play maker feeding a post player. "Stockton-to-Malone", on the other hand, should be the model that describes Anderson and Yao.
OK, guys, be gentle to posters with less posts (maybe less garbage as well). But, next Kobe-Shaq? Come on!
Ok, I get everyone's point, DA and Yao is not the next Shaq and Kobe or Malone and Stockton. The reason I wrote Shaq and Kobe is because that's a term the press used to refer to "potential" of T-Mac and Yao when T-Mac came to H-town, and now I'm simply borrowing it for reference on DA and Yao. All I was trying to say is that just from judging from the last few games, I found that DA and Yao has forged a special chemistry (trust) between the two. It is very likely that DA will be giving a lot of sweet butter passes to Yao as the season progress. Who knows, I could be wrong, but that's all I was trying to say.
D.A. played well, Yao played well...but come on...Kobe and Shaq? There's a post for you in Hang Out, Dealeck it's "Pho"
Your reply doesn't make any sense to what I wrote. What #@$% are you talking about? Would you reply to the starter of the thread with that comment?
the two lines of his post are un-related. i don't know what the first line means, but the second line refers to the fact that he started a thread that had a funny flash cartoon about vietnamnese Pho in the Hangout section of the board. Which you should look at if you haven't seen already because it's pretty funny.
OK, I got it. Thanks for the flash, I am watching it now. I still didn't get your first line. I didn't suggest the Kobe-n-Shaq thing... OK, forget about it...
Yep. It was a beautiful pass off of a pick and roll. Yao rolled to the bucket and DAnd hit him in stride for a dunk.
Speaking of Kobe-n-Shaq, has any of you visited the Lakers fan boards? There are some of the most shallow lowlife fans there. They worship Kobe as a god, and bury everything that are criticizing Kobe/praising Shaq and the Heat/praising DWade. In fact, to them, everyone is an idiot if he/she doesn't praise Kobe publicly. I remember last summer, they wanted to lynch PJ. Now, PJ is back with them for the money and he again became the best coach in the history of professionaly sports. It's freaking hilarious.
I like DA so much that I am gonna compare DA-Yao tandem to the great Russell-Jones (Sam Jones and K. C. Jones) tandem that won Celtics multiple titles in the 60s. I don't think that I am that off.
