Pardon me if you find my 2 cents ridiculous. Our problem is not with the players, but our tactic. "Find Yao" simply does not work on Yao because Yao is a typical nice Chinese guy... yes I mean Chinese guy... because Chinese people are not taught to be dominating. I am Chinese myself and I understand this very much. There is a deep, rooted thing in our teaching that we should not be dominating, but to seek harmony with the nature and surroundings. Yao does not want to be the most dominating player, he just wants his team to win and rejoice as a whole. When the whole worlds ask him to do things that go opposite to his true self, he cannot be himself and cannot focus, in effect causing numerous fouls and turnovers. You can see how uncomfortable he is on the court and everyone expects him to do something alone. He is good at bring out the best of others, but not the other way round. Am I the only one who sees this? Can anyone here go tell JVG to stop this "Find Yao" tactic ASAP! It is this cultural thing that makes Yao and Houston Rockets underachive.
...it sounds ridiculous to you I know. Time will tell. Once they stop expecting too much from Yao and play more DA and Head, things will change.
If your theory was true, wouldn't that mean that JVG's "culture" would prevent him from listening to your idea and try to force Yao to conform? I'm also sorry that you paid $10 to post something that has been repeated some every two weeks. However, like the Rockets, there is nowhere else to go but up!
you're right you are ridiculous. Yao's problem isnt because he's chinese, its because thats who he is. Would you think all black players are soft because of Allan Houston, or that they're all crazy because of Ron Artest? Don't speak for all of us, in fact you shouldn't speak at all.
You certainly weren't TAUGHT to try to not speak for the entire Chinese population (which is in the billions)
LOL, this is really personal, not national that much. Did you see they won 32 gold medals and 2nd place in Olympic games and is expecting to be dominate in 2008 Beijing ?
So explain to me why Yao has no problem taking over games and dominating in the Chinese Basketball Association or in the Asian Championships. In the game against Korea, Yao was so angry about their dirty tactics, he was ripping down the rim every other time down the court. The way I see it, Yao's ability to dominate has nothing to do his background, and everything to do with the level of competition. He's not capable of being that dominant force every single night by himself against NBA caliber teams. More than anyone else, he needs the other half of our team's dynamic duo.
Compete. Dominate. What's in a name? What would Tawain say about the Chinese culture of peace and tranquility? There is a difference in competition and domination. People compete in everything, which doesn't mean they have to have a me above everybody else bad attitude to go along with it.
The Chinese culture works pretty simply. It emphasizes humility, and the idea of humility includes not to stand out very much. Chinese respect this concept very much so at times they mistakenly make themselves to be humble to a fault. Humility doesn't go against domination and aggressiveness. When a Chinese fairly accessed the level of competition and obstacles and the caliber of himself, finding out he can dominate, more likely than not he'll try to. It's a matter of accessment, of which the result determines the attitude. Yao works in the same way. The NBA's competition is higher than that in Asia, and Yao's role of exclusive post play creates new obstacles for him. Some he can overcome, some he cannot yet(or never will), such as the lack of stamina, unfair officiating, lack of fun and passion etc... as a result he doesn't have the swagger he showed in the Asian games.
I'm Italian and I know people who know people! Seriously, stereotypes are marginally useful here. Culture is an issue with Ming, but so is his temperament, his situation or circumstances, and many other factors. Remember the new board mantra, "It is not just one thing."
What a great idea! Let's tank the season less than 15 games into it for an inknown commodity! Not smart. EDIT: Oh, sorry...wrong thread
Good post! I'm Mexican American and I hate stereotypes people try to label me with, but I must admit that I do it as well. It's something within all of us that we jump to conclusions based on our observations and/or past experiences. We should strive to see people and things for what they truly are. In Yao’s case I think the Rockets don’t use his abilities and Yao himself is still developing his game. He’s still a work in progress.
