Rockets just need to run some pick n' pop plays with Yao Ming, how hard is that? He is literally money around the ft area and anywhere from that distance. After Yao makes a few jumpers using that play they could run a pick n roll with Yao flashing inside for easy layups/dunks. You can't have Yao on the low post all the time. If you notice everytime Yao sets a pick up high, his defender leaves him to defend the inside. He is literally open everytime and yet the guards don't pass him the ball for the easy 15-20ft shot. Does anyone else notice that? You can't have Yao on the low post all the time, gotta mix it up to beat the fronting defense and double teams.
Morey said yesterday that Yao shoots 30% on pick and pop plays, though he seemed to shoot the outside jumper better towards the end of the season. Still, I wouldn't call that "money". He's no Ilgauskus, that's for sure.
Thats only because they don't practice/run that play enough. Yao is a good shooter and he going a great look at the basket everytime since he so freakin tall.
Remember the 2 high post passes from Yao to Scola when we played San Antonio (iced the game)? Oh man, I wish they would run that regularly. That was beautiful.
Yao, hasn't even reached his offensive potential and a big reason for that is the lack of creativity by the coaches to design plays for him to get open and take advantage of his passing and shooting skills.
When the coaches need to be "creative" to make you a dominant offensive player, maybe that's not really who you are.
Yao is one of the least mobile players in the NBA, but he also has other amazing skills. Call it what you want, but it sure seems like there is untapped potential still there.
He's not great, nor is he dominant. But who else is dominant on the Rockets team? Since when you have to be perfect, to get different plays called for you to contribute more? We can call plays for AB, Ron, Shane, Scola, and Landry, but can't call something different for Yao, the not so great/dominant but 55% shooting center?
So Scola should shoot 100% of Rockets shots, nobody else should? By the same logic, Yao Ming is still the one with highest FG% on the team. Shouldn't he get all the shots, no matter he's fronted, doubled, or trippled, shouldn't we FORCE to get the ball to him?
The offense is still revolving around Yao, even though (as you say) he's not dominant. It's not like we're running more plays for AB, Ron, Shane, Scola, and Landry. They're just getting more looks because of the way the Blazers have chosen to defend us.
What play was run successfully in game 3, except for the quick swinging from top to side and quick pass from Artest where Yao had Przyilla pinned for a short hook in opening minutes?
That was incredibly dumb. Nash has the ball all of the time, and he has to create for himself and for everyone else on that team. No one turns the ball over trying to pass it to him.
Um no, Yao should shoot only a handful of midrange jumpers a game. If he wasnt very good in the regular season, don't expect him to be good in the postseason.
