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Does anyone care about how Yao feels about the trade?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by fa7999, Jun 23, 2004.

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  1. fa7999

    fa7999 Member

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    Obviously according to a Chinese article, Yao told the reporter that he has heard about the rumored trade and SF3 has called him to give him a brief idea of the trade. When asked whether the Rockets organization asked his opinion on the trade, Yao said 'no'.

    And finally Yao specially mentioned that he wish that Cato were not in the trade.

    http://sports.sohu.com/2004/06/23/50/news220675064.shtml
     
    #1 fa7999, Jun 23, 2004
  2. uac

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    no
     
    #2 uac, Jun 23, 2004
  3. leroy

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    not really.
     
    #3 leroy, Jun 23, 2004
  4. BranJ17

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    I heard, I think it was ESPN's David Aldridge that Yao gave his blessing for the deal, and said he was excited about playing w/ T-Mac
     
    #4 BranJ17, Jun 23, 2004
  5. The Real Shady

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    Yao hasn't been with the team long enough to earn the respect for management to contact him before a trade goes down.
     
    #5 The Real Shady, Jun 23, 2004
  6. AGBee

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    On SportsCenter last night, Mark Stein said that Yao had given Rockets management his blessing on the trade.
     
    #6 AGBee, Jun 23, 2004
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    Well there u go, Yao wants to win after all.
     
    #7 shawn786, Jun 23, 2004
  8. fa7999

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    Not true.
     
    #8 fa7999, Jun 23, 2004
  9. Willis25

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    yes - that is what was reported on EPSN (I saw it too) - whether the report is ture (i.e. Yao is OK) is debatable, but ESPN made that claim
     
    #9 Willis25, Jun 23, 2004
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    I saw that myself. I am commenting on whether it's true that Yao okayed the deal.
     
    #10 fa7999, Jun 23, 2004
  11. JuanValdez

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    Whether he blessed it or not, we should not care. If I were the Rockets, I wouldn't ask him about it. Yao will learn to live with it.
     
    #11 JuanValdez, Jun 23, 2004
  12. m_cable

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    Yao has played the good soldier his whole life. I'm sure he doesn't want this deal to go through but he'll live with it.
     
    #12 m_cable, Jun 23, 2004
  13. No Worries

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    I for one do not.
     
    #13 No Worries, Jun 23, 2004
  14. Willis25

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    if you saw that report then what makes you believe that Yao has not OK'ed the deal
     
    #14 Willis25, Jun 23, 2004
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    Yao who? We're getting T-Mac!
    Just jokin. I'd be surprised if Yao said ok to the deal to send Stevie, Cat and Cato for T-Mac and crew. He seems to be a really loyal guy maybe to the point it would even hurt the Rockets.
     
    #15 munco, Jun 23, 2004
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    Yao may be loyal, but he should knw that this is a business. If we get Tmac, it will be worth a little hurt feeling of Yao's, he'll get over it.
     
    #16 xelloss12, Jun 23, 2004
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    He is witnessing the Rockets trade a "star" player even when he asked to not be traded. Fine too bad, he will deal with it, but why would Yao believe the same will not happen to him. He might as well go to a team of his choice that will not trade off star players unless asked. Why not play for the coach who went over to your country to bring you to America. Why not play in front of the biggest asian population in America. Why not succeed Shaq as the next dominant center in the city of LA. Why should we bother with asking if Yao cares, because if he is not happy he will leave . What makes you so sure he will stay. The fans that say he will never be great. The awesome great wonderful city of Houston. A staff that traded off all the depth in the team for superstar who calls himself greedy. Espn even said T-mac doesn't like to share. Yao is not an aggresive demanding type. He will go along with management and then do the passive aggresive thing and leave no harm done. Then we will have to deal with it right. T-mac couldn't lead Gooden and scrubs to past the bottom spot, where can he lead us if Yao is gone? Great the Houston Magics. Maybe the next number one pick will have the luxury of being informed about changes to his team. Are we saying this is not Yao's team? Maybe it is important after all.
     
    #17 DoDo, Jun 23, 2004
  18. snowmt01

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    He understands it's business.
    But don't expect Yao to be loyal to the Rox right now.
    If he were not happy here, don't be surprised if he would deline the extension
    and go to other team.
     
    #18 snowmt01, Jun 23, 2004
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    Do you really think the Lakers are only hiring Rudy to lure Yao to LA next year? It would really suck if Yao left.
     
    #19 12345, Jun 23, 2004
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    Yes, from what I've seen, it's very important to Yao to become even more famous. So he is definitely all about going to play in front of the largest asian population in America.

    And if he thinks the fans in Houston are tough, wait until the fair weather LA fans get a hold of him.
     
    #20 Jebus, Jun 23, 2004
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