Agreed, he I don't think he is the player you build your franchise around, but he is a player that is all star calibar and integral to a championship team. His versatility at the guard position is alone what took the lakers to 7 games, Phill Jackson mentioned it in a post game once. What I mean is, he is not the tim duncan, but the Tony Parker. I think we will find that type of player in the draft or FA b.c it is deff. not Yao. If trading AB lands us someone like Amare, I'm all for it. But anything short of an able all star big man just so "Lowry Can start" because he has "PG" qualities is lunacy.
I don't even know where to begin. Apparently its never Yao's fault when he doesn't seal his man off, and its never his fault when he misses too. Don't understand why you would post this.
You reall have the guts to say Yao didn't seal his man off after you looked at the video. Making false claims seems to be one of you habits now.
Apparently, your all-star standard changes based on person. In Brooks' case, it's really low. A nice 10 points in 16 shots, 1 reounbd, 1 steal, 1 assit 4TOs, -23 in 35 minutes all star caliber player performance.
Perhaps I was making a general statement as well? Would you disagree that apart from a small youtube clip that Yao doesn't seal his man off properly? Can you seriously dispute that claim? Yao is slow laterally and might not be fully capable but its pretty clear that most of the time he doesn't seal his man off, bill/clyde, everybody on here can testify to that, its a common fact. As for the video, he didn't demand the ball, but another poster already brought that up so it was useless to reiterate it and sound redundant. Let me ask you a question, why are you going to great leaps and bounds to defend a player that doesn't even play on this team? Do you not think that he has castrated our organization and pushed us back many years?
Classy. I guess I can live with the cowardice that doesn't show up for weeks on end as he posts all star numbers, but crawls out of the dark like roaches when he plays bad. I don't understand how you people hold yourself to such a double standard especially when it comes to you 16 million dollar player sitting in crutches year after year and inability to lead a team.
chouje, why didn't you post the whole team's numbers and leave out the fact, taylor, temple, dorsey were also playing. And that Landry was playing SF and battier a SG? None of that stuff matters right? All that matters is that brooks had a bad game and that Lowry should start because he can lead us to the promised land.
In general, Yao seals his man pretty well in his later years, his trouble is against fronting. So your claim is again false. So raise his hands isn't demanding ball? So guards ignore 7'6 best player with his hands raised is the fault of t'6 guy? Didn't the guards have a brain? Didn't the guards have eyes? Now tell you this: Yao is still a Rockets player, even though he is injured. And he needs to come back be the best player on Rockets again, that's the best chance Rox have to be a contender in the near future. Don't dream you can draft a super star with low lottery picks, and don't dream you can sign a super star in FA market, that hasn't happened since Shaq left Orlando. If you are truely a Rockets fan, you should pray for Yao to com back strong, instead of plaing around AB. That won't take you anywhere. How is Yao pushed Rockets back for years? Did Rockets have a championship team with Francis/Cat/Eddie Griffin? That's a false claim again.
You still don't get it? Because nobody else is claimed to be an all- star player. Do you believe Yao wouldn't get framed if he had a game like that? I wouldn't metion that if you didn't AB an all star player. This is just to show you AB has a long way to go to be an all star. Another false claim by you. Read my posts, I said AB should start even after this game. Don't put your word into my mouth. How many false claims have you made in such a short time span?
I have been consistent througout the season if you check my posts, no matter how well AB played in some of the games, I had same opinion on him. No matter how poorly Ariza played in some of the games, I had same opinion for him. I don't hide. There is no double standard. Yao when healthy is leaps and bounds better than AB. It's just a fact. True, Yao has injured quite often, but being so big and work so hard for Rox, banning under the basket all game lone instead of roaming around 3 point line are all reasons for Yao to get injured more than other players. Yao didn't get injured because of freaking motocycle accident, it's not Yao's fault when he got injured on the court, just like it's not soldiers' fault when they fight for your country and injured or got killed.
This is Yao's team. When you have the best offensive big man in the league, you cannot afford to underuse that. Anyone's job on that team have to be make it easy for him, you should make him feel confortable, you must squeeze the best of him. More if you are the starting PG. Some of you are talking about Bibby (the best Bibby), about Parker... They both can score, but they can also run an offense, lead a team. I really don't think some of you realize how bad Brooks really is as PG, scoring apart. He has terrible IQ for what a PG is, he's a subpar passer, turnover prone... and simply not good enough to assume Parker's responsability on a contender team against elite defenses night in, night out. Not-good-enough, doesn't have that superb talent, Parker's reliability on the title years, his p&r game, his elite penetration... Aaron Brooks has improved, he's currently on his best possible scenario, and he's a player who aspires to be a star on a mediocre team, so please, wake up. The best Parker could be on a 24-8 season on a team like this.
This is NOT Yao's team. The guy may never reach an elite level again. This is the HOUSTON ROCKETS.......and it will be up to Yao to find a way to fit in... DD
True, this is not Yao's team. We'll see if Yao can come back strong. That's an unknown. But that's the best bet for Rockets to be a contendeer again. If that doesn't work out, Yao's contract only last for one more year, a rebuilding process might just begin after that. Once Yao comes back, I don't know which system is the best, it will have to depend on the personal change before next season as well. It's just too early to tell, but Yao is still the best bet at this moment.
All of Beaner's recent posts were anti Yao. Yao could have paid off all of America's debt and Beaner would still find fault with him. It is difficult to see any good when you are blinded by extreme prejudice. There is no point in explaining anything to Beaner because anything that has to do with Yao is a negative.
Sorry, I read wrong. I think he'll comeback at this level. If he doesn't, then we talk about changes. But we don't talk about championships.
And the ironic part is he claims himself to be a true Rockets fan. I can't see how a true Rockets fan would so eagerly try to get rid of Yao after this year's team showed how much they missed Yao's presence on both ends.
(I complete the sentence)... and Morey is talking about championship for a reason. -Sorry, it's obvious that's not my language, I make an effort but often I misread or can't make a good translation. To be on this boards, discussing with you, helps me improve my english-.
