...to put Les in a closet somewhere? Anymore of his season-ticket hawking BS hype about how good Yao Ming is going to be and what little respectability we've acquired over the last few months is history. Go skin an animal, Les... Medium well, please.
What are you talking about... THIS IS BIGGER THAN JACKIE ROBINSON!!!!! Yao Ming - Yao Ming - Yao Ming Yao Ming Yao Ming
No doubt... I'm just saying let the walking do the talking. He excels, the team wins. If nothing else happens the corporate fair-weather, were-you-at-the-game-last-night? types will spend their bread again and pack the place once it becomes obvious what the potential is. But the more he compares Yao to Jordans and Tigers, the bigger target the little ass paints on Yao's chest. Bottom line: Ming IS big... and will be bigger. But it's got to happen, not be force fed.
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While I have my doubts as to how effective this kind of marketing will be for the typical fair-weather fans of Houston, I see it as something of an initiation to Ming. He has been "the man" in China for a good while now, so I think he is used to pressure and national attention. However, if for some reason Ming starts out slower and takes longer to adjust than we expect, the marketing and generated hype really IS going to backfire. Oh well, attendance can't get much worse than it was last season.
OPening night is a sell out and so are a few other games, so we know that marketing this way has some effect....the long-term gain depends on how the Rockets do, not Ming necessarily. If the Rockets, open up November in the top 8 in the conference, I think attendance will be up....Ming will attract some, especially early to see him, but long-term Ws matter most!!!! When sac-town was not the hottest team around, you could had a sac-town game ticket pretty readily...still close to sell outs, but not quite. Do not think this town is fair weather compared to others...all towns are! There is no team with perfect attendance when losing and finishing out of the playoffs three years in a row! It all comes down to the W
This is definitely not bigger than Jackie Robinson. If you honestly can't see the difference, I'm sure a lot of people on this board could help you understand.
Bigger than Jackie Robinson?? Only in height and in China my friend. Comparing this to Jackie Robinson is ridiculous.
This isn't bigger then Jackie Robinson because Chinese players were never banned from the NBA and they weren't harassed, mocked, and didn't receive death threats. Also Ming isn't the first Chinese player to make the NBA. Comparing this to Jackie Robinson is a slap in the face.
I agree. International players were never barred from the NBA, they just weren't good enough to have a strong presence until about 20 years ago. That was never the case in the US when african americans were barred from playing in the big time just for being black.
