Since fans here complain unfair treatment Yao gets from officers, I want to know a little more about the NBA rules. If someone knows that, please let me know. Thanks in advance. I have watched NBA since Rocket won the first Championship. Looks to me, In perimeter area, defenders can not touch opponents, or it's foul. But under glass, like Yao's position, defenders can fight position like boxing, and no foul. Does NBA rules tell office to do so or it just people already used to it? Did NBA change the rules because of shark? But shark still able to bump people back and Dunk. But If Yao did that , He would get a offence foul.
The rules are handled as follows: superstars - walking ignored, hand-checking generously allowed, palming/carrying the ball allowed, six additional invisible fouls allotted average players - the rules are strictly enforced as stated jack haleys - receive complimentary fouls when near a superstar and said superstar actually commits foul (keeps superstar's foul count lower...see invisible foul mention above) In all seriousness...I'm guessing you are questioning why Yao seems to get no calls. I think most of us are wondering the same thing. I guess among the officials, Yao might have developed a reputation for being soft and therefore does not get most of the calls you'd suspect. What I don't understand is that the NBA wants to market Yao as a superstar, yet they don't afford him the same calls that T-Mac or Kobe gets. If you'd like to get an exact definition of the rules, check out the NBA's website here... http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_index.html The rules are specific...but each official's interpretation and application (towards each individual player) is subjective. If you figure it out, let us all know.
There was also a rule for Michael Jordan it was something like this Since he is a super super star who is carrying the popularity of the league... If he drives the lane and misses the shot he was fouled.
What NBA TV when Ronny Nunn (Head of officials) is on and you'll get the "official" explanation of the foul.
Yao gets unfairly pushed around under the basket.....players are allowed to leverage him out of position, and that IS a foul, but it is not called. Yao needs to throw a few elbows in there to keep those flies from buzzing around him. DD
There were times last night that Collins was throwing his forarm into Yao Mings back in an attempt to dislodge him which is clearly a foul. What is worse is that he was doing it over and over to the point where he knocking Yao's upper body over while his feet remained rooted. I was really hoping that Yao would have punched him since the ref refused to call it a penalty. What was really bad was when Yao was called for the charge late in the 4th when Collins was clearly in the restricted area. The officiating last night was very biased against Yao Ming.
If Yao is to improve under NBA rules, he must adapt to them quickly. Mainly he needs to learn to take 3 steps, and sometimes 4, after picking the ball up. It is not traveling in the NBA. I promise!
That's what i mentioned in chat. If Yao is denied position (when he's actually trying to get it) by Jason Collins, then it has to be a foul. Yao has at least 50 pounds on the guy, and as Shaq mentioned, really is one of the strongest players in the league. Collins had 2 hands in his back all night long, and for some reason, he's just one of those guys who gets away with it. Brian Grant, Lorenzen Wright, and Dampier are others.
There are a lot of problems with the way a NBA game is called. Here are some. 1. The action is so fast that a lot of times refs can't see a play clearly. So sometimes they simply "assume" a foul or a non-foul based purely on reputation and what seemingly took place. 2. Actions in paint usually involves fouls by players of both sides that refs usually makes "judgement calls". In another words, they'll call fouls whenever they feel like it. 3. Players argue with refs to get good treatment. And this causes problems because refs can't see everything. 4. Players flop. And it works because watching a play at normal speed, it's hard to determine what may cause a player to fall down. Now it's a bit easier to see why Yao has problems with officials. Because he's bigger than his defender, and operates in the post, the defender can usually do stuff to him that officials can't pick up. The refs can't call what they don't see. On the flip side, every time Yao makes an aggresive move, the refs can see it clearly because he's so tall. And even touch fouls look obvious. Yao is also prone to flopping defenders, because his size make it seem more normal when defender suddenly hits the ground. Even if Yao never touched them.
