[Video] Shaquille O'Neal: Healthy Yao could be a top 5 center ever

OHHH.

So once someone spends a few hours with Hakeem Olajuwon, all prior and future coaching is null. As long as he practices the moves he was shown him over and over (which we can just assume he's doing), from that point forward Dream will take all credit for all of his improvements. I think I understand now.

I'm sure it's got nothing to do with him putting together, and practicing what his other coaches have been beating into him for the last several years. Couldn't be.

 

I believe Dream/Howard sessions were multiple days (3 days).

Howard says in the video, it's the little details that he's learning from Dream, not relearning how to play basketball.
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I agree with you 100%. I never said the time he spent with Dream was useless. They wanted to take Dwight's existing game and polish it up. Give him some extra things to think about when he catches the ball on the block.

None of that means Patrick Ewing is a horrible coach.

I think we saw a natural progression of the kid maturing as a player and wanting focus on his game, instead of twitter and video games. He's finally taking ALL OF HIS COACHING seriously (not just 3 days of it), and we're seeing results on the floor.

 

All this arguing is usless... Top ____ Player is a statement of personal opinion...This is pointless. Move on, Geez

 

that's not true at all. statistically Yao's DWS per game is higher than Shaq's. his Defensive Rating is better than Shaq's. his DRB% is equal to Shaq's. Morey commented that Yao was worth 8 wins or so per year for Houston

Having Yao on the floor also helped his teammates grab defensive boards as well the boards Yao himself grabbed. Having Yao in the paint altered shots of everyone from 1 to 5 positions. NOT having Yao led to huge points allowed in the paint and all sorts of breakdowns in Houston when Yao sat out in 2010. stupid statement. sorry.

beyond that "liability" indicates that a player is bad for the team and the team actually does better when he's not in there... kind of like how Dwight was a liability helping his team lose whenever he matched up with Yao.

it's not at all true that Yao was a liability. and it's not true that he was a bad defender.

Yao was slow. It affected him on defense but also on offense when he was stripped or double teamed. it was a weakness to his all around game but didn't keep him from being a great offensive player and a good defender, especially in terms of benefiting his team.

but characterizing him as a liability is r****ded.

 

For everyone dissing bloop about Ewing's height, check this out:

Source: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/players/03/07/first_person0314/

MUTOMBO: [Sipping a virgin strawberry daiquiri] I like your restaurant, Yao. It's made for 7-footers and guys like Patrick Ewing, who is really 6'9". [Ewing has always been listed as 7 feet.]

EWING: Hey, I may be 6'9", but I'm a bad 6'9". And what about you? When I first met you, you told me you were from Zaire.

 

This is pretty funny. Enjoy the reading very much. Thanks for the finding.

 

I don't know about that. If you have actually watched those players, you might recognize that many of them struggled against big, lumbering size. ESPECIALLY DREAM and ADMIRAL. Judging by your consistently silly statistical analysis from different decades, it makes one wonder how much you have watched, and If you were even alive at the time.

Ever watch Dream against Mark Eaton or Greg Ostertag?


Being 7-6, Yao could absolutely have the ability to make things extremely awkward for David Robinson and Dream. It has nothing to do with statistics, and everything to do with matchups (Which also makes your Boozer/Okur comparison quite silly)... For instance, Yao consistently did a great job guarding Tim Duncan, who actually compares better to Dream and David than Okur or Boozer...

 

why was yao never on any of the all-defensive teams? hmm weird.

 

I don't see how that proves anything, either way.


Why has Kobe been on the all defensive first team for the last few years?

 

lol you believe yao should be on the all defensive first team every year?

 

Yao retired recently...

 

Oh wow Yao retired recently! News of the day!