Its a culture thing......... move on to next thread All superstars carry their team regardless of position. Yao doesn't make superstar money....so why do you consider him a star? OH right because he is close to Dreams statistics. Take this tire argument to ESPN and fonde street ball lovers.
Is it time for everyone to forget about seeing Yao ever duplicate what Moses Malone and Hakeem Olajuwon did for the Rockets during their respective eras, which is at least lead the Rockets to the NBA Finals? That is a thread I've thought of starting, but I won't do it at this time because I have not given up on this season. The earliest I would start such a thread is after the Rockets' season is officially over providing that they failed to at least reach the NBA Finals. One other thing, if Yao leads the Rockets to the WCF, then he'll have duplicated only what Moses Malone did during his era because he did lead the Rockets to the ECF in 1977 in addition to leading them to the NBA Finals in 1981.
I have always said this, wth is up with Yao, he is so damn mentally weak whenever he misses a shot he is too busy looking down at the ground.
Would he be the strongest mentally in the NBA if he began to stare upwards at the ceiling after his missed shots instead of down?
Actually, I forgot all about 1997, when the Rockets only reached the WCF during Hakeem's tenure. My bad. So that means that if Yao lead the Rockets to just the WCF, then that will be enough to say that he duplicated what Moses and Hakeem did during their respective tenures.
That's the 100 million dollar question isn't it? Every team can only really afford 2 "max" guys. Is Yao worth it? There are certainly bigger "max-contract busts" than him but there may be better ways to spend the money too. I personally think he is definitely worth if he can stay healthy. But that's been a big if recently. From a business side, I assume that Yao increases $$ revenues for the team. As fans, does that $$ translate into spending more for better players?
Seeing that video, Wow! Brings a tear to your eye. It has been so long. So many disappointments since then. Let's face it people, Morey is likely our only hope, if he can find a way to lock Les in a closet, but still spend his money, we got a chance in two to three years. Yao may not be playing, however.
Olajuwon was truly amazing...I mean a 7 footer who could take you off the dribble and even stick with guards (for a short amounts of time) on defense. Then add his arsenal of moves in the post and his shot blocking and stealing abilities as well. The closest player to him is KG, and he is nowhere near as good as Hakeem was almost 15 years ago. Olajuwon would be ahead of his time in today's NBA. I just wonder what people thought back then when they saw a 7 footer crossing guys over and having them jump at every pump fake. To be quite honest, he just simply embarrassed Ewing and Robinson. They had no chance guarding him for 6 to 7 games. Its not that he just outscored them, he kinda shut them down too. Robinson was probably the best athlete as far as pure speed and strength, but Olajuwon showed him what it meant to have coordination with that athleticism. He showed Ewing that you can't rely too much on your jumper. Shaq actually played him pretty well. Especially as young as he was, he played him well, but he was probably the reason why Shaq became so dominant. He proved that it takes more than just power to be successful. Shaq learned a few moves and expanded his game and dominated both ends with the Lakers. Dream was all in all a truly special player. It may be a long time before we see anybody close to being that good and skilled on both sides of the court as a 7 footer. We were priviliged to be able to watch him for so many seasons.
Not sure I'm following you. Les has always shown a willingness to stock his team to the salary cap limit, so it's not the case that he would take the Donald Sterling route without the revenue. On the other hand, even with the generated revenue, we've stayed beneath the luxury tax limit. And I don't even think vastly exceeding the limit necessarily equates to greater on-court success as the team loses future flexibility.
Yea, Dream didn't take his team to the Finals in his second year. That you weren't yet born at the time doesn't negate its occurrence.
I apologize that the logic behind my argument completely went over your head. Good grief, the quality of discussion on this board has drastically declined in the last few years.
Smush couldn't get along with his coaches and staff so he's out of the league. he played for Phil Jackson and couldn't be coached.
The same thing can be said for Jordan... He didn't win CRAP for 7 years, so according to your scale... Jordan sucks just as much as Dream... In the words of tinman... [NewB]
