Ok, so you are presenting a point rather than just leave a "stuuuuuuuuuuuupid" remark. Good. What I propose is, we can probably afford to "risk" a couple of wins against lottery teams like Portland to give Yao more rest, who clearly said "he can not recover fast enough like previously". Heavy minutes once in while is ok, but constantly, maybe not a good idea. I am not talking about NBA finals, when whether Rockets can make the playoff is now up in the air...
first off, Last time we played Portland we lost, so dont underestimate any team in the NBA and trust me, if we are in the 4th quarter and we have a comfortable lead, JVG wont let Yao in. JVG is not that stupid to leave play him in "garbage time" of the game.
no, no, u still dont get my point I said "why didn't u ask to trade Tmac" because the organization is really bad and Houston fans treat their players like commodity (like u said). if you are not a YOF, why do want only Yao to get traded and leave such a terrible organization while on the other hand u dont give a crap about any other player?
I think Portland is a lottery that wouldn't matter that much in the west, so a lose to them is OK. For example, I didn't propose a lose to Minny. Get that? How big a lead is comfortable? We blow off a 21 against Lakers. It is not about the lead. I am talking about the entire regular season. 42 mins average for 10 games is probably a bit too much for the big guy anyway. Then again, we still lost to Portland this time even Yao played heavy minutes...
I didn't bring up a single word about trading... I was picking up your points in your reply to other's post, along with labelling me as a YOF...
Boy oh boy, you still don't get it. You said earlier Yao's magic limit of minutes is 38. How do you know that is the breaking point of extending his career? How do you even know that 4 extra minutes per game over a two-week stretch will shorten his career? How do you have a bloomin' clue about Yao's long term health? Are you a sports doctor? For the season, Yao is averaging slightly less than 36 mins/game. In only 6 of our first 26 games, did Yao play more than 38 mins. The one and only time Yao played 42+ minutes the entire season was the 2OT game against the Lakers. One time! I repeat: This is a stuuuuuupid thread. Do us all a favor and don't start any more. Pleeeease. People like you give YOFs a bad name. Just post your stuff inside existing threads.
well I got u mixed up your fellow YOF rfila. he was the guy was said that we should trade Yao, but u misunderstood my post and I corrected that.
Yeah I see what you mean. You mean 38 is not that different from 42... Your first several posts were great and enlighting, but lately, more like a whining baby... Frankly, I don't know how you link my post to your comments here at all.
Unfortunately, this is what happens with open registration. A flood of YOFs who would otherwise not pay $5-10 dollars come in with a trickle of good posters and flood the forum with crap about "fan royalty" and "I found Yao Ming's girlfriend's sister's roommates toenail last tuesday! It was a royal lovely super happy feeling!"
There's a good reason you didn't think of it that way. It's not true, unless Yao plays in some other basketball league that plays games every day. When exactly has he constantly played 42 minutes? He's played 42 minutes exactly once this season, and that was a double overtime game. He's averaging 34 minutes a game this season, and has played 40 minutes only 4 times in 27 games.
There is a reason fans here do not like what you said because in this season, Yao has never played 42 minutes in a game except for the double OT game against the Lakers. You'd better check the numbers before citing someone else's misinformation. Check the numbers yourself. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3599/gamelog;_ylt=AsxPVC4xAmad0XZ4.uKXt.ikvLYF
My bad then. Read the article and took whatever it said as true. I was concerned if that was true... I would appreciate it more if somebody points the mistake out right away rather than throwing out "stuuuuuuuupid" and "YOF" garbage.
yep, you are right. but there is another reason (at least for me) not to like this post, it's because this post reveals a YOF. the guy is asking JVG not to play Yao extended minutes and apparently doesn't care if the team wins or not, that's what makes his post disturbing. lets assume Yao is playing 42+ minutes a game, u cant just ask the coach to play him less minutes because u are so worried about Yao not "getting tired". he is a man, people like that give him his false reputation of being "soft". Yao Ming is a great guy and he doesn't mind giving it all for his team. I would love to hear what Yao has to say on this topic. I am sure he will say something like "no, I want to play more minutes, I would play 48 minutes a game if that is what it takes to get win". again, it's the NBA, u are getting paid the big bucks and you are expected to play in a way that proves that u deserve it. above all, you are playing the game because u love it. unfortunately, a lot of players in the NBA today dont have this anymore and all they care about is their pay check. fortunately however, Yao Ming is not one of these sick individuals and he is ready to do whatever it takes to win.
I am not suprised you said "Master Baiter did a good job doing that". He had said what you would say. It is internet, right? I indeed followed Yao Ming to the Rockets. I am not those "born to be Rockets fans" like you claim to be. I do not take Rockets as a religion. I hope Yao has a successful career as Rockets and I hope Rockets do well with Yao. I like Rockets because of Yao and I am getting dissappointed and frustrated with Rockets because the way Yao has been used. If that makes you think I am a perfect YOF, That is OK with me. And I do not feel shame about it. I want to make one thing clear: I will follow Yao to which ever team he goes. But it is not the reason I said Yao should demand for a trade. I said this a few times, the first time being a few days before Yao got injuried. The reason? well, I do not think you care and I am not going to waste time typing them. In case you are curious about it, you can look at the thread "Yao should demand to a trade" by Van Gandier. Ironically, that guy was trying to show his smart whatever by trolling and making fun of "YOF". Unfortuantely he was not smart enough to know what he was really doing and it ended up back fired. I have seen enough arrogant,ignorent yet cold blood posts on the net, and yours just qualified in that category. But that is just my opinion, not really matters. You and I registered about the same time and you are already sinor member while I am still rookie. You must have done something right. But suggesting ban another member or shuting up another member just because he is not same type person as you are is not something good.(I know you were not the one said I should be baned, but I would not be suprised if you said that after reading enough posts from you).
It's foolish to start threads that the Rockets should trade Yao on this board for his own good. If that's what you want, fine. No one here (except "YOF"s) are going to agree with you. So if you're itching to start such a discussion, I suggest you do it on a Yao fan message board.
