I know yao's weakness but I also see what cat did to yao

man, thats rough. to make it worse, the scout didnt even mention olajuwon in his list of "spectacular" centers.

 

Why do people sounds as if they enjoy seeing Yao posterized by Chris Mihm?

 

I must say I see the "cat freezing out yao" observation when I watch the rox. I think it's mostly that cat handles the ball a lot. He can't pass it to Yao every time he has the ball so it seems like he's avoiding him.

I have seen cat pass it to yao in the post often. I have also seen him not pass to an open yao and swing it the other way. It happens to every player, every game.

 

If I were Yao, I wouldn't even contest these dribble drives to the basket due to the matador defense on the perimeter. Steve and Maurice let their guys go by so much that it is becoming a joke on defense. Even Hakeem would be pissed if he had to block every single shot off these drives.

 

If I were Yao, I wouldn't even contest these dribble drives to the basket due to the matador defense on the perimeter. Steve and Maurice let their guys go by so much that it is becoming a serious liability. Even Hakeem would be pissed if he had to block every single shot off these drives.

 

I don't see why people complain and then don't support a major trade.

 

Rudy actually designed his defense to funnel everything to Hakeem. Not only was he not pissed about it, he thrived. That's why he's the all time blocked shots leader.

 

No offense to Steve, but I think Kenny Smith was a better defender. Otis Thorpe at least was a decent defender at the PF position. Mario Elie was an excellent perimeter defender. Vernon Maxwell was a great perimeter defender. The Rockets had Hakeem as the paint defender, but they also had a pretty good perimeter defense. Clyde Drexler was not chopped liver too.

 

To continue the thought -- isn't JVG doing the same thing now? Funneling players into the Yao/Cato defensive middle?

 

The two do not necessarily go hand-in-hand. Sadly, most people don't realize that.

 

Good teams make trades to get better. The Rockets do not have the luxury to have a team that does not have players who don't fit with the coach's system. The Suns are going with Mike D'Antoni who is familiar with the European players. Is it a coincidence that the Colangelos made a big trade that got him a bunch of euros? Get guys who play the coach's game. Van Gundy thinks that all players can be molded to play a certain way. I don't agree. Some players have been bred to play one way, and it takes a long time to change that way. Forcing a change is very inefficient as it takes too much time.

 

Haha, I only play 8 mins quarters, cause 12 mins quarters would take too long to play. Also Yao had a quadruple double that game.

 

he's never recieved the ball when hes that wide open so how would you know it wont work?

 

Several times this season Yao will appear open, a teammate will try to pass him the ball only to have someone intercept the pass. Most of the time it’s because the defender will actually aggressively go after the ball and snatch it away. As opposed Yao who usually will stand there like his feet are stuck in cement with his hands open waiting for the ball to come to him instead of coming to the ball.

 

According to your observation, Yao can do nothing right in the low post. Either he can't get his position or he gets his position and wide open but he can't catch the ball or the ball will be easily stripped.

If Yao is such a horrible low post player, then we should seriously consider playing him high post more.

 

If Cat tried to pass it into Yao as much as you want him to, then Cat would have 7 TOs a game and yall would roast him for trying to force the ball too much.

Simple fact is that Yao is not in great position to get a pass due to fronting, double-teams, or just plain getting pushed too far out. I don't totally blame Yao for this, I think alot of it has to do with the NBA allowing the zone defense and yeah it sucks, but Cat can't do much about that.

If we want the Rox to make safe passes as I am sure most do, then Yao is getting the ball most times he should(I will concede that sometimes they look away from him too early).

 

Don't have those....but I got a better one since everyone is so into facials.

 

No. I don’t think avoiding Yao’s weaknesses is what is needed. Nor do I think blaming his weaknesses on everyone else and trading all his teammates is correct. Yao just needs to make some dramatic improvements.

 

There's definitely room for improvement in Yao. It justs takes time to adjust to a ME first attitude like Francis, instead of the team first attitude he's grown up with.

 

but that will not support his biased opinion...