this is what i have been saying ALL ALONG. EVERY year to start the season, we speak of high hopes of yao in trying to make him THE guy. everybody in this organization wants yao to go to the next level, including all fans here. we all know if our big guy goes to another level, this team goes to another level. if he puts up 25, 12, 3-4 blocks, shoots 55%, this team could be unbeatable. but EVERY year, yao doesn't fulfill those promises. i mean, he scored 16 pts, but i don't remember an impact basket. fortunately, yao did make an impact on defense with 5 blocks and that was encouraging. but more and more every year, you see that yao is simply not a centerpiece offensively. we didn't go to yao to end the celtics game. the blazers game he was probably our 3rd option with that last shot even. in the clippers game, we only went to him twice in the 4th quarter last night and tracy didn't even play. that's why i think we should rest tracy more and more so he can be healthy for the playoffs b/c it is so obvious he's the ONLY guy who is able to create his own shot and make it in the 4th. play him 30 mins a game and only play him more in big games.
Camby 10X better defensively than Yao? Zach Randolph, Dirk Nowitzki? I can't wait for Yao to get into his grove and make you guys look stupid. Bye and don't come back to the Yao bandwagon.
main thing I've noticed is that he is not elevating at his normal rate. at this point I think he has already missed more dunks than he did all of last year. I hope its just because he is still recovering from his foot surgery and there are no other lingering factors causing it. and for all u haters that have decided to come out from under the bridge, your baseless knee jerk posts will be remembered when yao returns to form... you choose to take yaos recent performances to establish a case against him. instead of considering his recent numbers an abboration, you choose to think that his recent slump is a revelation of how overrated he has always been... I can't wait! I'm looking forward to when all u trolls can go back to where u came from...
even when he is playing bad we still need him on the court just b/c he creates so much space for everyone else~~~ last night's game was a good example: Landry & Scola all got big numbers along side him.
I can totally tell the difference between rocket fans that criticize Yao for bad games and just YAO HATERS. And I thought TMAC HATERS were bad, Rockets have some backward fans.
yao was injured on friday apparently with a bruised knee. helps to explain why he's been struggling to some degree.
Ok but Yao bruised his knee against Clippers where he actually played better. So this is not an excuse for Portland and Boston games.
The so called three-head monster, no one is really comfortable with the system right now. You can say that two out of the three are suffering from health issues (both still recovering from surgery), but you can see they can be unstoppable when they feel it (TMac in Portland, Yao in Dallas). Coach RA's system is a "lazy" coaching system. It depends on the gel of the players and their ability to read the defense and make plays. It is not working for now!!! It still depends too much on individual plays. Plays are seldom called. IMHO, both TMac and Yao can be more effective with some designed run for them. Both Yao and TMac looked confused. They each played one of their worst in their career in one of the past few games. It is up to the coach to adjust now. Or the Rox is in danger with the brutal schedule.
Yao just cant understand how he gona play with a weak T-mac and ron because they all want the ball at low post and at the same time Yao needs to get out the zone and after t mac shot the ball he has to run back into it with his broken legs to get the rebound ....... he is tired and Yao does not fit with the Princeton SYSTEM We need Jeff Van back~~~~~~!!!!!
The more I think about it the more I think it is chemistry, lack of a tall practice partner and injury recovery. Chemistry in that Yao is not comfortable with his role yet in the offense.....and it is effecting him everywhere...overthinking things. Also, not having Deke to practice against is making him lazy on his turnarounds in practice....he can easily shoot over Hayes, Scola and the bunch, so he doesn't have to elevate...I think he needs Deke to challenge him more in practice....someone taller. Also, he is still recovering from injury, and does not have his lift. All of these will be worked out....over time...IMO. DD
same here. i don't mind reasonable critics to our players. i am a huge yan ming fan, but i also try to be objective seeing his weaknesses. i don't like mcgrady any more, but i also try to recognize his value to the team. like you said, big difference b/w fans who criticize and pure haters. well, guess no matter where you go, that's always part of a message board.
i never agreed with the dismissal of van gundy; it wasn't his fault we lost, we just didn't have enough talent. i wonder how he'd so with artest; i'm sure our defense would be very good.
Everybody is in a funk when tmac tries to be the man and holds on to the ball too much. Look at Ron when tmac goes off. Tmac just holds the ball while everyone stands around. Tmac needs to play the system, score 17 points, get 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Yao and ronny wont struggle if tmac does that.
Yao's steps are severely deformed in both ends. There are only two reasons for that: He is experiencing some pain; or he is really tired. Under JVG, he usually play for 6-8 mins a quarter, and rest quit a bit in the 3rd for the last quarter. Now, I see him often play through the entire first or second quarter. That just drained his tank much too quickly, and significantly affect Yao's effectiveness on the court. Rick needs to use Yao smarter. It's a horrible sign to see Yao's fatigue this early in the season.
Yao IS tired! And Adelman REFUSED to rest him for so many games! He could go down in a few games seriously. I wonder how Hakeem would look like if he has to compete in NBA and all the international games all year long for his career, and never has any summer off to rest or improve the skills/strenghth.
