if yao's stats seemed inflated before in the CBA, they're gonna explode now with muscle he's putting on. he's gonna be averaging 50 points and 30 rebounds all b/c of what he's picked up here in America.
One word means one word. Even if otherwise, I don't see how not knowing the phrase has to do with education.
Anyone notice how Amare's left hand always 'swiping' or 'pressing' the opponent when he dunks. Do you see this as a foul? Early in Suns VS Clippers, the dunk he had on Olakwandi that stupid ESPN shows time and time again was the same way with the replay. That's how he got away with that giant dunk on Ola.
This was from the Marc Stein chat on 3/17: Mike (NYC): Hey Marc, I want to give Rudy a shoutout cos we all want that biopsy to be negative. My question: will Yao's chances of being ROY be impacted if the Rockets don't make the playoffs and the Suns do? Marc Stein: Me, too, Mike. Rudy is one of the nicest guys you could wish to meet. Our prayers are with him for a fast recovery. As for Yao vs. Amare, I can't see how the No. 8 wouldn't have some impact. Their numbers are almost identical and, for some voters, the playoffs will almost surely be a tiebreaker. I'm leaning toward Yao no matter what, but I am taking the rest of the season to make final decisions, just like MVP and Coach of the Year. Lots of tough choices this season.
They don't tell you that Pau played 36.7 MPG last year, or that he took 13 spg. Yao 30 MPG and 10 spg. Clearly Yao's stamina and ability to play a lot of minutes has hindered his chances to pull away from the other rookies...thankfully his stamina seems to be getting better as the year goes on. Yao could very possibly put up 18/10 numbers if he could've gone for 36 MPG this year. That would've made the ROY winner obvious.
I agree... I don't think they want to pick one over the other... Remember, Franchise was co-ROY... Although, I think this may happen, that would be a waste b/c YAO is the man...
Good points. One other thing to remember, Yao's stats in Novemer were horrible. That was his "Training Camp" for him. They are killing his averages this year. I don't want to do the math on this (maybe someone else can) but I would love to see Yao's averages this year after that 9-9 breakout game against the Lakers in November. They are currently 14 and 8, but if you discount those crappy early November games I bet they are closer to 17 and 9 and still playing only 30 MPG and still only taking 10 SPG.
I actually thought he would have been a bit higher with this numbers but I didn't take into account the little funk he had in January when he hit the Rookie wall. I have been very pleased with his numbers this year. I think his numbers will get closer to 20 and 10 next year as the team gets more comfortable with the offense and Yao begins to exert himself more.
