Cuttino is not the problem. He has really toned down his jacking, and typically has played pretty good D this year. With exception to the Dallas game. Who could the Rockets get that you would rather have. No one. He's shooting a lot less than previous years. Sacrificing his offense. It's just that the team is still trying to find a consistent team offense, when they have problems they all resort to the playground 1 on1 style. This is a young team, and only two starters have consistent amount of time playing with each other. Eddie wasn't a starter ( and some games he still isn't), Yao was not here, Posey was not here. It takes a good amount of time to gel, so get over it and start really b****ing 15 games down the road if they're signifcantly below .500.
I dont know if you guys look at the boxscore or what, but there is no way that Yao Ming is going to LEAD this team THIS year. The guy has been much more than I ever thought he would be this year. That being said, if you watched the Dallas game you had to see how tired he was in the ssecond half. When he got the ball he was just throwing up prayers or turning it over. The guy needs to take a long break and next year we can run the team like many of you (and I) want. This year Yao must learn how to play with the team and the team play with Yao. next year we can start to play the dump it in and let the big man work. The only real question I have with regards to how ming has been utilized is why Rudy never allows Yao to direct traffic fromt he high post? It seem like with his passing ability and the fact that Steve and Ccat and other look to score that this would be an optimial situation.
