i'm so disappointed that you are a Rox fan,you should at least respect our player,and what Yao said is just the truth
I would like to see the entire Rox team just get up and walk out one game. The refs can kiss their collective team ass. Maybe that would finally wake Stern up to the fact that he's treating his global cash cow like ****...
I was waiting for that. Thank you very much Yao. It is what Adelman should be saying. You just can't leave it, it is gonna kill us in the playoffs.
I am disappointed in your post too. Yao only showed that he's a mature man and you criticized him with ridiculous remarks.
Admittingly, Yao did foul on at least couple of his charges. The Jazz just made it looks worst. The last one is questionable. anytime a defender is outside the painted circle is not an auto blocking foul. However, Bewer wasn't taken charges either. he was just stepped in front of yao with his side and Yao was going to the basket. Brewer's flopping made it worst. The ref instantly made it a charge foul on Yao. The foul on Okur was the biggest act of all. seeing the replay Yao did fouled Okur as Yao extended his elbow on pushing off okur. however, OKur made a big flop by flying across the floor like 20 feet which draws the refs attention for a foul. It doesn't take much to change the tide or tone of the game. one or two of these charges would take a player out emotional. Jazz will never get pass the Lakers as they are the love of the refs.
Totally agree about Adelman. Jeff Van Gundy...hell any other coach might have been suspended several games over that. JVG was pretty vocal about how Yao is ref'd. Adelman pull your head out dude.
For me, Yao have 2 options. 1) Get the ref attention. Where he should yell and shout everytime he gets down. And when the defender start pushing, stumble forward, yell and with the arms flying in the air. or 2) Get some intimidation factor to other players. You play fair, i play fair. You play dirty, i play dirty. When he get the ball, instead of making a move to the basket, just start swinging his elbows. WHAM!
Exactly. I don't thing the 1st option is gonna work, though. The thing is, everybody know Yao is not gonna do anything about that. That is not right. Yao should break few noses to just show that he is tough and he isn't accepting this.
didn't see last night game.but didn't take me long to figure out what happened( specially form the refs,cause those kind of calls happend form refs almost every rockets game i watched). so either the NBA really needs to do something, regarding the Great Wall's postgame speech,or, as a Chinese, a suggestion for Yao, if next time those floppers try to win an NBA game like this, and the refs agree, foul those b****es HARD, since the refs will give a foul any way. Peace.
bahahahaha ahh man i'm in a computer lab on campus and nearly busted out laughing, people looked at me funny but that was too good
they're calling the second foul, yao is getting shoved so far from his position and he's being wrapped up and held down, so swings his arm to get him off of him...what he needs to do is devote a game to sending a message to anyone who f's with him...thow a dikembe elbow right in okurs eye, if there is anything i learned about basketball from my brother, it is when people are constantly fouling you, you send them one shot, that's all it takes, and they won't f with you again, yao has asserted himself as a good guy, that doesn't complain about alot of things, he takes it most of the time, he shows that he doesn't agree but that is usually the extent of it...what yao needs to do is try and change this image, it isnt about him being soft, i dont think he is, i think he knows if he plays stronger hell get even more fouls, but he has to punish the floppers i wouldn't mind him being suspended for a game or two for a cheap shot against a jazz player haha
Say something?? JUst boycott.. that's what I do.. when we play the jazz and they start rewarding that BS.. i stop watching.. and the commercials become less effective one person at a time.. sooner or later.. that one turns to hundreds turns to thousands.. then PEACE OUT NBA.. had fun knowing you.. i'll be watching the more objective NFL hope it doesn't come to that.. but there are always ways in the masses to rid of tyrannical forces and idiotic refs.
I agree, not sure if in a couple, but the last one was a charge here and in any other country. The bad thing is that your franchise player cannot be the one with those momentum killer mistakes in the clutch. I think the reffing overall was very bad, Jazz were allowed to be very hard on both Scola and Yao and we were unable to touch them, but the last one of the fouls on Yao was a foul and is unexcusable.
What the hell? Look - as much of a challenge it is anytime Yao has to go up against Shaq, it's gotta be a relief to know that Shaq isn't going to be falling down every other play when guarding you. You can actually play real basketball , instead of this p***y horse**** that Utah's been playing the past fifteen years or so. There's nothing wrong with admiring or respecting your opponent - especially when Shaq has given Yao nothing to feel unfairly slighted about. I'm pleased that Yao voiced some displeasure about what's going on with the refereeing, but some of the things I've read in this thread are ridiculous. Bringing signs to say that referees are biased against Chinese people? I'll fully admit that Yao gets the short end of the stick many nights and it frustrates the hell out of me...but don't use a game against UTAH as a barometer for how games get called. It's ALWAYS like this against Utah when you play in Salt Lake - it just is. Now I don't know what the solution is for that, but I don't necessarily know that there is one. You try to overcome it and you're grateful you only play two games there a year. As far as what happens in other arenas, there are some players who just don't get the benefit of the doubt, for whatever reason. Unfortunately, Yao happens to be one of those. It's up to Adelman's staff, Yao, and the team to attempt to adjust to that. I don't know if any of you have been paying attention to basketball for the past I don't know, forever, but the game hasn't exactly been called FAIRLY across the board for quite some time. You have to try to adapt to the game conditions. And seriously, enough with the ridiculous petty attempts at ripping on the state of Utah as a whole. You haven't lived there, I'd wager most of you have never been there - but the garbage I've seen spewed here in this regard makes us appear as little girlish and and completely immature. Sure, their fans behave like little children a lot of times and collectively have the basketball IQ of a six-year-old, but the insults about the state and the people as a whole make us look just as stupid. As one who grew up in Utah, I assure you that those of you who have engaged on personal attacks on the state couldn't be more wrong about it. It's a fine place to live, and quite frankly has nothing to do with the Utah Jazz organization. Let's just get back to hating the Jazz for all the wrong they've done to this league by endorsing their ridiculous style of play, and let's just back off from the stupid 'yeah, find me one non-pasty person in their whole state' type of garbage. I'd hope we're better than that.
Hey, I put this on Yao. It's all his fault. He gets beat on every night because there are no repercussions for beating on him. Why not hack him 24/7 if you know you will rarely catch an elbow. Why not try to posterize him (yes, everyone tries) when you know you will feel no pain for your attempt? For example, I rarely see anyone try to dunk on Shaq. I vividly remember how Dirk tried to drive in the 06 Finals...then he caught a bow...then he started shooting jumpers. If Yao wants this to stop then all he has to do is start hammering folks and make it stop. Yeah, it's "dirty"...but that's how **** is sometimes. So Yao....I don't want to hear you whine for help anymore. Help your self!!!!
Instead of letting the opponent FLOPS. Why don't yao just elbow OwussyKur's nose and make it a true offensive foul. I really wouldn't mind if Yao elbows couple of those floppers and send them to hospital just to make a statement regarding what a TRUE offensive is like. In the past decade of NBA, how many elbows have we seen Shaq gave to his opponent? and yet he didn't get nearly as much offensive fouls called on him throughout his years of dominance. Why? Because Shaq has earned his respect through many ways. Coaches, Refs, Stern, players wahever.. he had earned his respect by raising his voice and standing up for himself. He even got into a couple of fights and swung his opponent (Hi Brad Miller. It's ok. No one can beat Shaq in a fist fight) Players from the league right now has no fear from Yao. Any player would try to draw a charge from Yao (from 1-5) because they know that Yao doesn't run over people and they won't get injure if they just bum into yao and fall on their azz. On the other hand, you RARELY see player would RUN into Shaq and TRY to draw a charge. Why? Because Shaq would actually tackle you down and fall on top of you at the same time and probably try to injure you in someway. So this is my advice for Yao. Next time when little people (aka Ronnie Brewer?) try to draw a charge from you, you just fall right on top of them and act like they tripped you or something. Gawd. ACT WITH THEM YAO! give them a bloody nose and a broken bone here and there and next time they will learn not to run into you. gesus.
That wouldn't achieve a damn thing other than putting him in foul trouble or getting ejected. Shaq's gone through this his entire career, and he's as intimidating a player as there ever was.
LOL, I noticed this at the game. I was walking around and saw one other Asian guy and he had a Rockets shirt on like me. Everyone else was white (hispanic?) and a Jazz fan.
No, Shaq has not gone through this his entire career. In his prime, they rarely called offensive fouls on Shaq. They allowed dudes to hack him but they also allowed him to dish out just as much punishment on the other end. Shaq knew he was a star and they weren't going to foul him out of every game. They wouldn't do that to Yao either. You never saw dudes take it to the lane against Shaq like it was a game, trying to out-highlight the next guy. Shaq fought back. The same goes for Mutombo.
