the W or the L is the most important to me... 18.3 PPG, 9.8 RPG, 1.9 APG, 2.1 BPG, .531% FG, .803 FT%
25pts, 14reb, 4asst, 3,blk I think he will be a bit more physical.......almost like garnett's numbers....
19 ppg, 11 rpg, 3 apg, 2 bpg, 53% FG, 83% FT, 34 mpg. Yao will get better rebounding numbers next year because Juwan is about half as good a rebounder as Cato is. Yao will have to become the primary rebounder for us. In fact I'm worried about our rebounding next year A LOT. Our frontline looks too soft to me. I don't think that Yao's scoring will go up a lot. TMac will be our No. 1 option on offense. In addition, one thing that Howard does well is scoring. I expect him to have very good offensive productions (around 15 ppg) and taking advantage of the double-teaming on Yao. Expect Yao to make some nice interior passes to Juwan who will not fumble them like Cato did. One thing that I'm afraid of is that Yao may get into a lot of foul troubles next year. Without Cato by his side, he's really going to take on a larger defensive responsibility. And we all know that Yao doesn't have the best lateral quickness out there...this is why we have to get a backup center somewhere.
Conservatively, Yao could get this stat next season if things work out between him and TMac and JVG: PPG: 25 RPG: 12 Block PG: 2.5 APG: 5.9 Minute PG: 38 FG%: 58% FT%: 88% Double Double: 80 Triple Double: 6
In fact, the Rockets should make a trade everytime we get bored. Maybe they can set up a permanent deal like sending McGrady and Shaq back and forth every couple days till the season starts then play with whoever happens to be on your roster - kinda like musical chairs.
I am not too worried about that. In Yao's first season Cato was stictly a backup but we still had a big rebounding edge(+3.2 rbs) similar to Last season(+2.9 rbs). We were also the 7th best defensive team then. Granted Cato did provide 5.8 rbs 1.3 blks, his production can easily be replaced and we won't miss his offense. In fact, teams will be hesitant to double or triple Yao and we all know what Yao can so under single-team.
This is compleatly off topic, but it has to do with Yao. Has anyone checked rockets.com and the one of the headlines reads something like "Warriors to make a run at Yao" or something like that? It's one of those online newspapers where you have to register and I'm too lazy to do that. has anyone gotten that article here?
K Martin's "best" years: 16.7 PPG 9.5 RPG 2.6 APG 1.66 BPG .488 FG% .684 FT% Career avgs.: 15.1 PPG 7.6 RPG 2.4 APG 1.36 BPG .467 FG% .663 FT% Not really KMart numbers...just don't see Yao being a 20/10 guy yet unless he drastically improves his rebounding technique...I'm just lowballing Yao's PPG and RPG because I believe he still has 1 more year to go before he finally learns the aggressive edge it takes to get a 20/10. I guess I'm just not nearly as optimistic as rvpals with his 80 double doubles... i don't know, i thought it was pretty funny
Yao should average 21-10 next season. I think that he will peak out at 25-12 in his 5th year in the league.
About Yao's rebounding numhers.... There was a post about them in another thread, and the poster showed that Yao actually rebounded quite well compared to the other good rebounders in the league. I think the poster used RPG per 48 or something to show this. Basically, since Yao only plays in the 30-35 MPG range, while other guys like TD, KG, etc, play a few more MPG than Yao, so they end up getting an extra few RPG. Plus....they're good. Basically the key to Yao's rebounds are his MPG. Give a few more MPG, even with last year's Yao, and he'd definitly get at least 10 rpg. Of course, being stronger and more aggressive is a plus as well. I don't really have an exact prediction for Yao. If he's putting up 20/10, I'd be happy. Just imagining him and T-Mac working pick and rolls gets me extremely excited.
That article has been posted at least five times by various posters earlier this week. Where have you been? This is the one with the most replies. I think all the other threads were locked. Warriors will make a run at Yao
