Yao was raped by Shaq tonight. I felt really sad when I was watching game. He was just COMPLETELY dominated by Shaq. I could feel the fear from Yao's eyes. But, Yao, be a man. The Only thing you need: muscle and strength. Without it, Yao has no future in this leagure. Without it, all his skills become useless when facing guys like Shaq. This summer, show us some muscle after the training camp!!!
Yao really needs to work on his agility and explosiveness. Doesn't jump enough for my liking. He gets beat on jumpballs too often. I hope this summer, he can work on his explosion.
Then Shawn Bradly would have been a dominate play like Shaq if Yao can improve so much. I don't think Yao can improve his strength and exposiveness that much. Like Shaq said "He is a GC". Only a GC.
maybe yao needs to work on a cross over move, ala hakeem between the legs fake left fake right shake and bake then hit a fade away jumper, man i loved when hakem would do that. maybe if he works on it he might be able to use it in about 2-3 years.
Well, you don't realize that NBA strength and conditioning coaches are much better than any Yao has had in China. Hell, I wish Yao would just wear "The Strength Shoe" when he's not on the court. Imagine how tall he'd be in those.
This year, the NT team will call Yao back immediately after the season is over, and they will play the Asian tournament from 9/10 on. There is no summer for Yao. Next year, the NT team will call Yao back immediately after the season is over, and they will play the Olympics from 8/12 until the beginning of September. No summer for Yao either. You figure Yao can handle that ? Wang ZZ never got any major improvement from his Dallas days as he had to fulfill the NT duty every year as well. Until of course last summer, Wang decided to stay and play in the summer league. I was pissed when someone said Yao has already peaked (16 points, 9 rebs). Now I am realizing he might have a point.
Did anyone seem to notice that Yao Ming just did not know what to do about Shaq! He needs to learn so much more about Positioning and Footwork. He does need more strength but little bulk increase!
