no. that country with a billion people overuses him. he's gotta start resting in the offseasons. his frame won't hold up.
I think Yao won´t be overused anymore because Adelman has realised that all Scola-Hayes, Scola-Landry, Scola-Mutombo, Landry-Mutombo combinations work pretty well so you have 3 player that can take Yao minutes without really giving a great advantage to the other team. This year he was more reticent to sub yao for sparks but i think many answers have come from this injury.
I have to wonder if the fears about Yao's career ending early due to his height are overblown. Is his athleticism going to decrease? He's not all that athletic now quite frankly. His strengths are his height and his shooting touch and those two things don't diminish with age.
Yao may be our best player, but he's far from being the most important player or the most impact player. You lose your most impact player and the team crumbles. The Suns crumble without Nash, the Hornets crumble without Paul, and the Jazz crumble without Deron. We were supposed to crumble without Yao, but in fact, we stayed afloat and even got better in some areas like defense and rebounding. I put Yao in the same category as Gilbert Arenas. People consider Gilbert to be a superstar and the best player on the Wizards, but without Gilbert the Wizards have a better offensive rhythm and are a little better as a team, just like how the Rockets are better defensively and not as stagnant offensively. Btw to all the ***'s, I agree Yao's our best player, but he's not our most impact player.
Except that I'm mad at Tmac for saying Yao is our best player. WTH? Have some confidence in yourself, Tmac!
Scola is indeed one of the best players in the world, NBA not excluded. Scola is an established starter for defending Olympic champion team (Argentina). Scola is one of the top players in the toughest leagues in the world (ACB). Scola is the MVP of a tournament, over other NBA stars (2007 FIBA Americas Championship; Kidd, LeBron, Kobe, Dwight Howard, Amare Stoudemire, Carmelo). Scola is a starter for a top-10 NBA team in his rookie year (Houston Rockets). If you do not want to acknowledge the fact that Scola is one of the best players in the world, please give me an example showing an active player, not belonging to the best in the world, has had such achievements.
One star rating? How generous! Scola is generous to say that Yao Ming "is our best player". The reporter is generous to say Scola is "one of the best players in the world". We, as fans, are so generous as to rate this post a one-star.
Can I say the world is a beautiful place but still needs fixing? I do agree it's a wonderful place BUT?
I do not know what you are trying to say. When Scola said Yao "is our best player", and rofflesaurus agreed "Yao's our best player", my comments above simply implies that there is no need for him to extend the topic to whether Yao is the most impact player or not, no need for others to extend the topic to whether Yao is the strongest player or not, to whether Yao is the most fragile player or not, to whether Yao is most humble player or not. Please save the BUTs whenever possible after you have agreed with others, since in this case those BUTs are most likely off the topic.
You have to know that this rofflesarusholz is a known Yao-hater. Don't be fooled by what he says in his posts lately. He is just being forced to be more conciliatory in his comments because so many people have called him out before. Actually he might hate the posters from a particular region of the world even more (while he was probably originally from the same region/close to that region of the world too). That's why he can't help dissing posters from that region with the lame label (which is replaced by the ***) before he ended his post. Anyway, back to the topic. What's the point to argue which of them is the better player? We all know the Rockets need both of them to be the team to beat in the league. Let's just pray both of them will be healthy for a full season. Beat the Jazzholes.
Scola says Yao is our best player, Adelman has said Yao is our best player, even TMac has said Yao is our best player, great. But frankly, since arriving in Houston, the team has always gone has far as TMac has taken them. We all love Yao , but we are still waiting and hoping to see him really dominate as he should.
Scola has proved as an Olympic starter that he's one of the best players in the world. It'd be interesting to hear what Adelman would say regarding whose team would have a better chance in the playoffs: a) Rockets without McGrady - or b) Rockets without Yao. The McGrady-less Rockets made big strives this year, with a winning percentage and Yao leading the team; guys stepped up to fill TMacs roles and played solid team basketball. Yao's shoes are much harder to fill. Game 5 looked good. Let's see some more of that!
I think when the outside question how the rox win, the players like to use yao to let people know what they've done. A team doesn't win 66% of their games in 2 yrs without their best player. Anyone that watches and has any rational sense know Tracy is the rox best and most valuable player. U think the the lakers or hornets can win 66% without kobe or chris paul? I hate to be harsh, but it seems threads like this are created to keep yao relevant. Right now he isn't because he's not playing. No one on the rox sit down after a game and wish yao was playing or they're beating utah without their "best player". Out of sight, out of mind. BTW, people like to use tracy as a whipping boy, but even when doesn't shoot or score well, how many times do u see him disappear in other categories? We see games when yao let scoring effect his rebounding and shot blocking. Say what u want, but to grab 12 rebs and to block 6 shots the entire series don't do it for me. Proof is in the pudding, this team relies on tracy more than any player. Put tracy in street clothes and yao in the lineup and this team woudnt make the playoffs. Period.
Well when you say that team Argentina is the best team in the World, then its players are the top players in the world.
