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How to play against Yao

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by sun12, Nov 22, 2002.

  1. sun12

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    "I had played him before and had moderate success for short periods of time. You couldn't play him conventionally because he was so big. The only thing you could attempt to do was either front him, and in that case they'd try to lob it in to him, or beat him down the floor and set up where he wanted to get and force him out a couple of extra steps. The guy weighed 300 or 270, so that wasn't easy, either."
    — David Budd, New York's 6-foot-6 backup center

    I am not suggesting anything, it is a quote on Wilt Chamberlain.
    http://www.hoophall.com/exhibits/chamberlain_quotebook.htm.

    Another way to play a dominant center is to have guards attack the rim, draw fouls on him and take him out of the game. I remembered the Sacremento Kings did that in this year's conference final against Shaq. The US did that in WBC games against Ming as well.
     

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