Steve worried about is Creditability in the League

All it takes around here is for someone to start a thread with pure speculation about Steve's feelings and people are more than ready to chime in. It was stated in this thread that we should forget all the positive things that Steve has said and continues to say about Yao because actions speak louder than words... here are some of the actions that I see...

I see Steve bring the ball upcourt and call for Yao to post up
I see Steve wave off other players in the post and call Yao
I see Steve wave off other players for the p-n-r and call Yao
I see Steve being the first person over to help Yao up when he falls

Yeah, all those actions seem like jealousy to me...

I see Steve calling the team into huddles trying to keep everyone on the same page
I see Steve getting on other players when he has been beaten on a p-n-r and his fellow teammate didn't show or step out

Thats a leader


I see Steve penetrating and lobbing to an OPEN Cato, who is open because he follows Steve to the basket along the baseline. (how many times do you see Yao do that... thank you. None)

I see Steve giving it to Cato in the post, because he is just flat out better at getting position

I see Cato hustling for rebounds and not getting them stripped by smaller, weaker players and getting rewarded for it

I see Cato moving w/o the ball to the basket and getting rewarded for it

These are things that I see... if you want to spew the bad, how about we balance it with some good and have a little objectivity instead of constant negativity regarding Steve.

 

In my opinion, Steve does make his teammates better. If you look at last season when he missed all those games, the team wasn't playing their game and they lost...a lot. But when he did come back they picked up the slack and won some games (maybe not many games, but they won). Steve's presence on the court makes him the leader of this team, and even though you all hate his And1 style (which I happen to enjoy) you just have to look deeper than what happens on the court. Look into the locker room before and after games. When they win, Steve gives props to the team, and when they lose it's him who takes the blame. Steve's a great leader, even though he tends to try too hard sometimes.

 

Y'all should look at the Washington Post thread. Steve looks good in that writer's picture!

 

As much as I like Cato, he is nowhere the player Yao is. Your view of the world seems to be skewed. I have seen numerous time on PnR plays when Yao was wide open but Stevie chose to do his thing instead. Jealousy? I wouldn't go that far, but to say that Yao doesn't move around without the ball is ridiculous.

If you are serious about your "assessment", would you take Cato over Yao for your team's center?

 

It is weird that everyone is hyping this team as Yao's, but it's steve who is leaving his heart on the court each and every night.

It should wear on Steve, but by what I've seen, he isn't too concerned as long as the team keeps winning. After all who wants to be the thorn on a winning team?

 

hmm..i figured it out...if we could somehow transplant brains..give yao steve's attitude/personality...and give steve yao's attitude/personality...the rox would be unstoppable...

 

Here's what should happen given time (hopefully)...


Steve's 1st year: All natural altheltic ability, speed and strength, with very little fundamentals or basketball-IQ.
Yao's 1st year: All fundamentals and basketball-IQ, with very little natural athletic ability, speed or strength.


Steve: Has 3 years in the league. He has 3 more years to learn fundamental skills that up to par with Yao.
Yao: Has less than 1 year in the league. He has 3 more years to gain speed and strength that's up to par with Steve.

In 3 years, they should meet in the middle.

An unstoppable duo.

 

Not when it means he doesn't play defense, and ends up killing us in the win column.

 

Go Steve!!!

Keep up the great work man! F*ck what everybody else says -- including ESPN. You know what it takes. Sometimes you just gotta take the game in your own hands. There'll be time later for that team-game crap that only moron purists care about.

And don't worry about Yao. You shouldn't have to share the ball -- or the limelight -- with him. Because you know he won't share the ball or limelight with you.

Keep doing things your way, the right way. Maybe if you make a few more acrobatic plays, people will get off your back. A highlight-reel dunk always makes fans forget about losing.