I think many people are misinterpreting the blocked shot stat. There is nothing to block. Everyone is too initimidated to come in the lane and challenge him. Even the USA team stopped coming in the lane on him after he swatted early shots. I don't want him out there chasing the jump shooters outside the arc. Do you?
That's a foul, isn't? Who can possiblly guard that shot? Yao Ming should shoot 40 times a game, at a conservative 50% accuracy, that 40 points plus free throws. Damn!
Is it just me, or does Yao look a lot stronger, upper body. here than we've heard about?...No Shaq, but no daisy either...
From the Houston Chronicle: China out With Yao Ming still unable to play a major role in the Chinese offense, China was officially eliminated from medal-round contention, collapsing in the second half in a 95-68 loss to Russia. For the second consecutive game, Yao took just two shots in the first half. He finished with 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting with nine rebounds. He struggled from the line for the first time in the tournament, making five of 11 shots.
The China NT offense is terrible, they should make sure to include some kind of coaching assistance from the Rockets in Yao's contract because this Wang Fei guy doesn't know what the hell he is doing. You have to find a way to get Yao the ball and he just makes it more difficult than it has to be. I don't care if this means shifting 3 players to the far baseline so Yao can get some room for a decent entry pass, they would have a much better chance of winning. I like the whole team concept they have but all they've accomplished is losses and making Yao and the team look bad.
Anybody have his stats and averages for the tournament? I'm curious what his fg% and ft% are. Oh, he still has one more game, maybe it should wait until after the game vs. New Zealand. edit: here's what I found on fiba.com: this is for 5 games, I'm not sure if it includes tonight's game or not. 5 games 134 minutes 27/38 FG at a %71.1 clip 1/1 3pt 31/45 FT at a %68.9clip (I don't remember him missing that many) 12 off rebs 26 def rebs 38 total rebs 11 assists 17 fouls 19 turnovers 1 steal (that can't be right) 13 blocks 26.8 mins/game 17.6 points/game 7.6 shot attempts per game (dammit) 9 FT attempts per game (that's like Stack or AI, damn) 7.6 rebs/game 2.2 assists/game 3.4 fouls/game 3.8 turnovers/game (man maybe Francis won't lead the Rocks in TO's) 2.6 blocks/game
Yao's thoughts in this photo: 1. "If I close my eyes and wish really hard,when I open them Steve and Cat will be my guards" 2. (after opeining eyes)"Aaaarrrrrggghhhh,I'm still playing with these crappy guards" 3. (shouting to the Chinese guards)"Hey,I'm over heeeerrrrrreeee. I'm the really tall guy. Throw it to me moron"
watching chinese play is such a pain in ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! man, so frustrate! fire the coach!!!!!!! EVERY TIME, the china seems to make a run, some stupid turn over ruin it!!!!!! EVER TIME!!!! I am mad
This is actually China's All Star team. So keep that in mind. all the players think they are good. And some of them are. So Ming isn't going to get the ball. I'm not all that concerned about it. The guy was getting 25 shots on his regular team. This is just a matter of too many good player on a team. Relatively speaking of course.
