"We dont know what kind of moves Yao Ming has in the low post"!!!!

Maybe they meant Yao has only played one year and still has to establish himself before we fully understand how talented he can be. I doubt some playoff anouncers are talking about Rockets Guards or Coaches. We Rockets fans do enough of that.

 

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nope. i heard it and it was a jab at the rockets. they immediately laughed after saying it.

 

Maybe because Yao only HAS two post moves?? A baseline spin and a fadeaway. It's not like he needed a big array of moves playing against those 6'5" guys over in China, so I doubt his game is fully refined yet.

 

Well I have to take you guys word for it, I didn't here it. That does hurt.

 

u forgot his jump hook in the lane, like he did on shaq.

een dee face right! he poot eet een dee face!

 

i know. it does hurt.

you know, i never considered that the all the attention yao ming brought would expose some of our flaws to the nation.

 

*Every* national game I saw, the announcers kept asking why the Rockets did not pass the ball more to Ming. During highlights of Rockets games during other games, they asked that question. Never heard Houston announcers since I live in California.

 

I think what they were referring to was that he doesn't receive enough touches to know what type of moves he have. I think it was a jab at the Rockets post feeders.

 

I concur. I heard the statement too. My immediate feeling was that the statement meant it has yet to be seen how many post moves Yao will develop over his career (although, he has shown us that he is worth mention in the same breath as other great centers)...

As for Walton laughing. Guys, Walton laughs all the time. Although, I dont think anyone but Walton could really determine whether he was laughing at or with Yao but himself, I feeling was that he was just chuckling because he enjoys commenting and watching the NBA.

Walton has been known to show tremendous joy for a simple box out or bounce pass. He's just a happy dude. And I think he likes Yao's game and personality very much.

As for Yao's post moves, I think we may have forgot his up and under, right-handed scoop shot. Furthermore, Yao has great footwork and agility for someone his size, more than a handful of commentators has already mentioned this fact during the course of his first season.

IMHO, Whatever Yao can do right now today is irrelevant, he has shown the skills, mentality and attitude this past season to convince me that he can be whatever he wants to be, its all up to him...

 

Well that's something we're just going to have to remedy, isn't it?
Let's get some big men coaches on him and a good ol' texas dance instructor to show him a step or two. Heck let's slap on some boots, jeans, and a hat while we're at it.

 

Didn't Tom Tolbert say that? His notorious bitterness makes me smile. And I don't understand him. He trashes Yao Ming, says something good, then trashes him again. Please, Tolbert. Save your jargon for Suns games. Phoenix fans are the only ones who agree with you.

 

you know, from what i read, the cba teams have a ton of 7 footers, it's just that they're too skinny and their defense sucks. if you're too skinny, obviously, you can't push a 300 pound 7'6 guy like yao around. that's something only brian grant, sabonis, and shaq apparently can do effectively. and when you usually shoot from the perimeter, instead of playing in the post, that's obviously going to slow down the development of his inside post up moves.

 

why does it hurt that they're taking a "jab" at the rockets players and coaches? It's true...all too true. Are fans the only ones who can talk trash about the players/coaches?

 

Maybe it's living outside Houston, but to a non-resident, there is absolutely nothing new here. Almost every time the Rockets have been mentioned in the last few months the 'selfish' play of the guards, or the lack of touches Yao has gotten has been automatic. Announcers here in Toronto would discuss it in non-Rocket games...it was common conversation. People seeing the void in the center position these days are amazed to see a team get a real one, and get him less than 10 shots a game. I honestly didn't think that any kind of comment like that would surprise/hurt anyone who is a Rockets' fan, but maybe it's one of those deals where people living there usually see local broadcasts which, by nature, are less critical, or chalked up as announcer X thinks this...

I have heard and been surprised when fans in here dismissed specific comments about Yao's not getting the ball by other coaches or announcers as either being representative of ignorance or malice...If that were true, then ignorance and/or malice are the norm. It might be easier to conclude that popular wisdom is based on something like truth in this case...

 

I think you are correct MacBeth, since leaving Houston years ago I have watched the games on satelitte, and a lot of the times its the other teams announcers. We have a team with the best center to come into the league in years and he has games he gets 5-6 shots, quarters he never sees the ball unless he gets a rebound. We are laughed at by most knowledgeable basketball people and fans. It was Walton that said it and he has been a big supporter of Mings since before he got here, so he did not mean it as anything againest Ming.

Sometimes the truth hurts.

 

Bill and Calvin took criticizing the Rockets to a whole new level this year. They were doing things so badly that even our local announcers could figure it out.

 

Yep...you and MacBeth are correct.

It's sad......when everybody in the whole wide world knows what is wrong with the Rockets......on national tv...they all talk about us.....and say what's wrong.....and what needs to change....but the Rockets themselves don't know!

Mainly....

Ball movement.
More touches for Yao Ming.
Defense.
Consistency.
Less dribbling (that's me actually)
And....just more time.... bleh.

 

I did not hear it during the game but it certainly sounds like a typical anti-Yao quote from that prick Tolbert.