I miss Yao !

I would put the chances of him coming back and being healthy at <50%

 

Yao used to frustrate the hell out of me but now I really miss him. I also miss Deke.

You never appreciate the things you have until they're gone.

 

Then you would probably start another I miss Yao thread after watching Griffin play for half season.
Oh, I forgot, you will not have a chance to watch him play. He got injured before the season started and cannot play a single game in his rookie year.
Then you will probably start another trade Griffin for John Wall thread.

 

That's true. So why don't we give a little bit more support and patience to our current players.

 

I love yao but adekman was the one that blew this game, there is no reason for us to start the 2nd quarter with this lineup.

Temple
Bud
Battier
jeffries
armstrong


horrible decision

 

I completely agree with you.

 

Trading Yao for a proven young guy I would understand.

But Griffin hasn't proven anything in the NBA, not to mention he might've lost some athleticism with the season ending injury - yet you're so willing to trade Yao for him? Hmm.

 

Give it time. Like Bud said, "Its like starting over."

You have to allow RA to find combos that work.

 

Chalk that one up to "I'm never trying that again".

 

Ideally, the 2010-2011 Houston Rockets will feature Brooks in a "Bobby Jackson" role as a reserve. Ariza will be the 5th option, with Battier traded away for PF or G help. Martin will be the primary scoring wing, playing off of Yao.

 

Who else dosen't?

 

Interesting thread and post coming from you DD...

contrast this seemingly optimistic post to ones from but a couple days ago...

as well as...

While i agree with you that Yao is the main culprit with post entry passes, I absolutely disagree with the notion that Yao will no longer represent the main piece in the puzzle. For better or worse, Yao when healthy, will continue to be the face of the organization, the player morey builds around, the player the ball goes to first and most often, the defensive anchor and the most important and figuratively and literally biggest "piece" of the puzzle.

Barring the rockets acquiring a player like bosh, amare, stoudamire etc, or kevin martin suddenly becomes dwayne wade, the rockets will barely be a playoff team, if Yao is barely playing over 20 minutes a game or if hes isnt a main piece to the rockets puzzle. Even with a fully recovered Yao, i doubt the rockets are title contenders, imagine if Yao was just another player...

 

Why are you responding to the part where i explicitly agree with you? I've never been one to blame Francis, Alston, Sura or anyone else, (unless its luther head :grin: ) for failed entry passes to Yao. Its simply Yaos inability to a, hold off his man and b, go get the ball that makes it so difficult.

 

i think yao coming back will help the defense moreso than the offense. b/c we struggle to defend in the past few months, guys just try think "we have to outscore people." in tonight's game, all i saw was a lot of guys trying to get theirs.

and yes, i don't think yao will ever play more than 30+ minutes on a consistent basis anymore. however, at 20-25 minutes, that is still better than what we are getting from our other big guys.

hopefully he can come back and play like a much better version of Z!

 

Criticism, if correctly observed, are merely analysis and indicators of existing problems, as are interesting observations or commentary on opinions and writings, dont let them cast a negative connotation that might not exist.

 

What's your basis for saying it? Big Z came back healthy with the same surgery. Rocket's medical staff believe that Yao will come back healthy. So how did you determine your percentage at <50%?