Well, it was ugly last night. Rox were getting killed on the boards. So Rudy tried something different. We got a few minutes of the Yao/Cato set. And, to my eyes - it looked like Yao was lost with Cato in there. I though Cato has his job down ok (box, board, power hoops) , but Yao was not so clear (not boxing, not sealing, not getting caroms, not working the 10ft j or the passing post). Good thing is, I think Yao can learn. Of course, Guards on Crack continued to miss the opportunity to use the set, as well. But enough of that. eliminate the guards from the equation. If Posey sets the entry to Yao l elbow and Cato drops down low R, this looks like it has potential. On D, Cato clogs effectively, and Yao needs to learn to seal and slide. If we only had some perimeter d. And a frickin' jump shot. Just a clean Wesley Person stop and pop, Jimminy Christmas, that would open things up. No shake and bake, no dribble dribble dribble cross cross fade clank, no cross cross palm, cross - oops my foot.
I was against it while everyone TERRORIZED me over it. But yesterday, he tried it. I liked it. Cato is a good rebounder and is just waiting from one side. And Yao is on the other doing his stuff. It didn't work out greatly, but I liked it. Two centers...like Jason Collier and Kelvin Cato. They have to worry about two centers...but we lost. Jason Collier and Kelvin Cato both scored more than Yao yesterday...
They weren't in together that long. Last night you didn't see the real Yao Ming. He was tired and he wasn't running the way he used to. Cato did his garbage work and did a great job on the boards. But we won't see that combination work together until later on down the road when Ming is well-rested.
the double high post didn't work. when Yao moved to the lane from that set, Cato's man backed off Cato and fronted Yao with Wallace behind Yao. No chance.
Nay! Why exhust the two best Centers at one time? So Collier gets more minutes. It doesnt make sense.
Cato rolled to the basket for an alley-oop at least once.... but I don't think that an entire offense can be predicated on the threat of the alley-oop.
