Yao would not win a championship if he does not know what to do. There are many good examples from the HOF players he could learn from, but he has to develop his own techniques. For example, a player in this http://www.makingpages.org/hoops/Malone.danger.html is definitely a HOF and has been to the final twice.
When in China, go to the government and demand to be withdrawn from the NBA. Then Stern will wet his pants about his entire Chinese market gone I can just imagine his face....
He needs to better anticipate the moves of players who have broken down the Rockets' perimeter defense and work on his positioning to try to get outside of the dotted charge line. It is 99.9% of the time going against the defender inside those lines. The offensive player jumping into a flat-footed vertical defender and getting a blocking call (watch 5 minutes of Manu in any Spurs game) is one of the most irritating calls in the NBA. And Yao is not alone in getting the bad end of this call. Lastly, it wouldn't be a bad idea for Yao to suggest to Rockets' management that they have enough spot up shooters and maybe a weakside shot blocker would be of value in the next trade or FA signing. (Deliberately omitted drafting).
this makes me wonder. Since Yao forks over 50% of his salary to the govt, will they pay his fines out of their take, or does Yao have to pay the fines out of his take.
