I don't think that was a good idea. I know what he's going to say, he's going to say that Yao Ming makes Shawn Bradley look like Bill Russell. But, if he follows that up by betting that he'll kiss somebody's ass if Yao scores 20 points, that would be pretty cool.
Skip is not an idiot, he knows more ball than anyone here except me. What he said is true, Tmac has the ball ALOT more now that Yao is out and hes producing. There is reason to worry about chemistry issue anytime you add a player who will dominate the ball that much more. AGAIN HES NOT SAYING ROX ARE BETTER OFF WITHOUT YAO Hes saying there is reason to worry about chemistry problems, Im sure there will be a adapting time period for the team where they lose to bad teams or struggle to win but in the end they will be better for it.
^^ Never mind I just re-read it and he does say he likes the team better without Yao. Well its up to Yao to prove him wrong
Take away T-mac and Yao, and we are the worst team in the league - or at least we can't beat the worst in the league. Not sure if the same is true of Phoenix without Amare/Nash or Dallas without Dirk/Howard. I don't think we have the role-players to be the best. We may make the second round, but I will be SHOCKED if we go past that. It just isn't possible for this team to knock off Dallas and Phoenix in the playoffs - it won't happen. But we can still have fun watching and dreaming...
You're an idiot. Enough said. Bayless says stupid **** about everything, be it football, basketball, baseball, or whatever. If you agree with him, you're as stupid as he is.
Yao is probably one of the best big men to enter the league in the last 10 years. Even though he is 7'6, he is probably more skilled than players half his size. He has shooting range that could probably match some guards and small fowards in the league. He is a great FT shooter (83% - 84%) and cannot be consistently foul. He has got an array of offensive skill set unlike Amare and Dwight Howard. He has a defense that above average. He was showing over the last couple of season that he at times can carry a team by himself.
The fact that earlier in the show they had a segment pronouncing Dallas as one of the best teams of recent times since they had the 3 12-game winning streaks, only to have San Antonio and Pheonix hated above them in the power rankings 5 minutes later tells you all you need to know. The other guy also ranked the Suns above Dallas based on experiance...umm, which team beat the Suns and reached the NBA Finals last year? How is reaching the WCF's and the NBA Finals in consecutive years not enough "experiance"? And the whole Yao thing left me shaking my head. Tmac may get more of the ball when Yao isnt around, but he also gets an extra defender or two hanging around.
Yao is a rich mans Shawn Bradley, very unathletic and boring to watch. He may put up big numbers, but he cannot dominate a game himself. Without tmac, this team would be nowhere. I’ve been a rockets fan for a very long time, and its sad to say this, but Yao going down (which woke up tmac) was the best thing that happened to this team. You cannot argue that this chain of events made this team 10 times more fun to watch. Its unfortunate that we will never be able to trade Yao because of the huge revenue he brings in. I really don’t believe Yao will ever be able to bring a championship to this city. I hope im wrong. That’s just one mans opinion…. See you at the raptors game, go rockets.
Wow, how many usernames does Charlie Rosen have on this BBS? This one even masquerades as a longtime Rockets fan. Maybe this one is Skip Bayless? You are totally wrong. Yao can and has dominated games. Unathletic and boring, well isn't that what they said about Timmy D? If unathletic and boring is good enough for 25-10-3-2, I'll take that any day. Rich Man's Shawn Bradley? Do you want to kiss a donkey's ass like Barkley? That comparison has been proven totally false, if you don't want to look like a f*cktard don't use it. If you're going to make the silly assertion that Yao's injury is the best thing to happen to this team, then I'll make the far more reasonable assertion McGrady's back troubles last year were a blessing in disguise, because it gave Yao the attitude to dominate. Without Yao dominant the team will never win a championship.
You're right, 26/10/2 on 55% and 86% isn't very dominate. There's been at least 4 or 5 other players in NBA history that have done that. Gosh, when will Yao ever meet up to expectations and do soemthing that NO other NBA player has ever done? Where are his standards. Maybe we can dig up Wilt and clone him and then we can have a truly dominate big man.
I just got home from a bowling alley in the middle of Spurs country. I get more intelligent Yao discussions from bowlers who are Spurs fans than CoolGuy gives. Granted they feel the Spurs are the better team, but then nobody's perfect.
EJ: "Rockets are playing great basketball even without Yao" Barkely replies "They can't beat Phx, Dallas, SA or Utah.(Not sure if he added Denver and LA)" Barkey is just full of crap, he never said WHY. He is just going with his feelings and i think he never watched a complete rox game. This recalls me couple of years ago when he made a bet about yao scoring no more than 19 points in a game and NEVER said why. Glad that he had to kiss kenny's (DONKEY NAME)big fat butt right in front of all the rockets fans which implies that he IS JUST FULL OF CRAP.
everyone here is calling skip an idiot, but i've seen nothing yet to COUNTER his argument that we are better without yao. skip says we're better DEFENSIVELY with mutumbo than yao and i agree. mutumbo gives us an interior rebounding and blocking presence that yao simply does not have. mutumbo is better by far in rebounding and blocking shots than yao because he has better basketball instincts and is more skilled at it. we are better without yao on defense and our chemistry without yao has never looked better. that said, we still need yao to dominate the post but in return our chemistry will suffer.
Barkley said we couldn't beat phx, dallas, sa or utah. he didnt need to have a reason because it's pretty damn obvious. we've done nothing to show that we're than phoenix and dallas because they spank us everytime they play us. we have beaten the spurs twice this season but right now they've turned it up a notch and are playing better basketball than us. utah scares me because they are flying under the radar. they are a GOOD team and people here are quick to discredit them. in fact i'd say they are just a little bit better than us because they have so many weapons. if we play the jazz, whoever gets home court will win. i truly believe that so i hope we get the 4th seed.
I shouldn't need to be addressing this point, but I guess I will. Mutombo at this point in his career is NOT better defensively than Yao. You forget that Deke is 41 years old and on the twilight of his career. He is quite slow now, gets beat a lot more often than before in his career, and although he will block a few shots is not nearly as good at it as he was earlier in his career. At this point in time Yao is quicker and a better defender and comparable at shot-blocking, if not better. Deke is still better at rebounding, but that's really the only edge he has. On offense, it's no comparison. Deke can't score anymore except off putbacks. Yao can pretty much score at will. What if Skip Bayless had said T-Mac is weak-minded, selfish, and quits on his team? What would be your reaction if some Rockets fans agreed with him? That's how ridiculous I find Skip's garbage and it's my reaction to your agreeing with him.
