NO WAY should Yao sit out just because there is nothing to play for. I feel as if you wanted Yao to keep his points per game average and are scared the his production will be lower. Of course it will! No one can dominate if they are triple teamed and have teammates that can't hit a shot. No one. If anything this stretch will test Yao to become even stronger in the future and completely dominate those single and double teams.
Just because you are mentally fragile for Yao Ming, that doesn't mean Yao Ming is mentally fragile. this worry and fear you have for Yao has nothing to do with Yao and everything to do with you. It's all your stuff, not his.
"Just another 20/10 guy?" How many other 20/10 guys are out there? You're worried about his confidence being shattered by only being a 20/10 guy? You don't think his confidence would take a hit by being BENCHED for the rest of the year because poor wittle Yao can't handle getting double teamed? If he get double and triple teamed for the rest of the year, just wait to see how he handles single coverage next year when he has better/healthy players around him again. Sorry, I still don't get your logic. At all.
Ridiculous. You are assuming nothing is to be gained from here on out for Yao and the Rockets? Yao is playing his best basketball, building confidence and continues learning how to adjust to defenses that have been adjusted to defend him. Even in losses, Yao is learning more and more about what type of defenses are thrown at dominant players. When to shoot, how to shoot, what's effective, what's not, when to pass.... And on the same note, when Yao chooses to pass, the other Rockets will learn when is a good time to shoot, when to re-post and how to work with Yao. Head, Alston, Bowen etc will learn and be prepared for the shots that will be coming their way. It's an adjustment period for the Rox right now, yes, but it's ridiculous to say we should rest Yao for the rest of the season. Stuart
IF you could read, then you would've been able to tell by no means I was implying 20/10 is normal with that "just". Instead, I added that word "just" only because I believe he is capable of much better after watching him play since the ASG. Are you capable of something better than barking on my choice of words?
... How is sitting him the rest of the season going to make him believe he is a 28/12 guy? If anything, he'll get down on himself for being a quitter. That's just how humble and down to earth Yao is. Awesome man. BTW if this club played better defense, he'd get so many more chances at grabbing boards which would increase his rebounding. I'd say 12 is a good number, maybe even 13. I highly doubt he'll be scoring 28 a night with a healthy T-Mac on this team. More like 22-24. We'll see.
That's exactly the best kind of training Yao and his teammates ever have! It's probable they might lose most of the remaining games but other teams are assisting with the growth of our team free of charge. Also, our younger players are learning how to play with a dominant inside-force in real game situations. What else can you expect? Sitting-out Yao will give the whole team a quitter/loser feeling, which is the most detrimental thing you want to give your team. What they need to learn now is a Never Say die attitude. Experience gained under adverse conditions are the most valuable and durable. We need to uphold a team's image most importantly under unfavorable conditions. Go Rockets! Play hard in each remaining game and grow from there!
Because he's been like 28/12 for the past month or so consistently. I think to some extent he's got the idea that he is capable of doing it in the future. A bad stretch may kill that idea in his head. Before last game, I post in another thread and I said I did not understand why opponents hadn't put 2 or 3 guys on Yao from tipoff, why they waited till 2nd half or 4th quarter to do it. Then Avery Johnson played the game exactly as I proposed and we got blown out in the first half. Now every team knows the easiest way to beat Rox is to do all they can to shut out Yao from 1st minute. Let's face it, we don't have the shooters to keep them from putting several bodies on Yao. There is a good chance that Yao will struggle game after game like yesterday. Do you really think that will do more good than bad in his development? This is a fight no one can win. It is not like we will need him dominate against such defense. If we are in similar situation next year, then we are doomed again.
yao's not going to improve in the nba by playing less games or excelling in a weaker environment (ie, chinese team) without t-mac and the rockets looking less likely to make the playoffs. this is the perfect opportunity for yao to play selfish in order to try and workout how to play against such aggressive defense.
Is he a guy capable of being selfish? no. Is he a guy who will simply ignore 3 guys wide open on the perimeter and say forget you all i am taking these 4 guys around all by myself even if I miss 10 shots in a row? I doubt it. He was brought up to play the game in the "right" way. With the defense he is facing throughout whole games, I see him not much more than passer of bricks to all the bricklayers we have on the team. Before all you guys jump on me with how great Yao has been lately, I just want you to look at his performance in the 4th quarter when defense totally collapsed on him. From now on, teams are likely to play that defense not only in the 4th, but also in the first 3 quarters. It is simple as I put it before last game: you put 2 or 3 guys on Yao, then you shut down his offense, right away Rox cannot score, then you win. AJ did exactly what I said and they blew us out by 17 pts by half time.
Give Yao some freakin' credit. IOW, cannoner, you think Yao is a moron. If his numbers go down - as he's repeatedly double and triple teamed - you seem to think he's too stupid to know exactly WHY his numbers are going down. Do you even understand how flawed your argument is? Or how you sound with the babying you want given to Yao? He's a man, he's playing like a man, and he's smart. Letting him play will not stunt his growth. Treating him like a fragile child will.
Wow, that's fresh... Well, I'm certainly not capable of understanding your logic for this bizarre idea of sitting Yao for the rest of the season...so he'll improve, if that's what you mean. But judging from the rest of the posts in this weird thread, clearly I'm not alone in my lack of understanding. Now I don't feel so bad. Just for clarification, does anyone here actually agree with canoner2002 and his strange theory of sitting Yao for the rest of the season to improve him? Speak up. I seriously want to know.
No, I don't agree with it at all. Tis ridiculous to think that we should just bench one of our two franchise players and leave a team of scrubs out on the floor. Yes, the rest of the season is a waste. Yes, we aren't going to make the playoffs. However, that doesn't mean we just shelf our best player . Yao doesn't need rest for the handful of games left. He needs to keep playing and learning how to deal with every sort of defense that's thrown his way with Tracy out. He'll get plenty of opportunity for rest when we're sitting at home watching TV. He needs to be out there and playing and playing his heart out as usual. Again, Yao needs to be out there and playing. IMO, that's the best path to his continuing development.. My .02 cents.
EXACTLY. Yao Ming DEFINITELY hates to be treated like this. Resting him and not allowing him to play while he is healthy ? You called yourself a YOF ??? When have you got this idea that all Yao Ming cares is about his own stats ?? All he cares is about winning for the team. And how will a bad stretch kill the fact that he can be unstoppable and most dominant centre in the league ?? Resting him and not playing him while he is healthy and while he is on the upswing of his learning curve will, and not any bad stretch only caused by incompetent team mates around him or by double-teaming/triple-teaming by the opponents. Let me tell you the response of Yao Ming in a recent post match interview right after the loss to LA Clippers, when he cracked 5000 career points scored. A reporter asked him this question: "What is your personal target for the next 4 seasons on total points scored ??? 8,000 ???" He smiled and did not object or comment on it. The guy is confident to score another 8,000 points in 4 regular seasons, which come up to close to 25 ppg. He is not satisfied to be just another 20/10 player.
Of course not. And I'm bored or I wouldn't have responded again in this thread, but we all know it's time for it to die a natural, inglorious death. I am surprised canoner2002 has been defending his premise for so long, I've usually found his posts reasonable.
Personally, I find it hard to believe that this guy is capable of making reasonable posts, considering the massive amount of drivel he has spewed over the past 48 hours or so (and his incredibly stubborn stance in defending the indefensible).
Actually, I don't think this is a bad idea. It sounds bad, but it actually isn't. It makes sense. The Spurs are a master for this kind of thing. Look at where they are right now.
Go easy on using color, size, bold. When did I call myself a YOF? Are you another one incapable of reading?
