I don't know. Tough to say. Ewing: Well, that's enough for today, Pow. Yao: Uh, that's Yao. And we've only worked 10 minutes. Ewing: Ha ha, you're cool, Pow. Let's go to the Colorado club and get a lap dance. You pay, rookie. Yao: Uh, I'm not a rookie. And why are we going to Colorado? We don't play Denver this week. .........or........... Olajuwon: Wee do not want you just shooting de trees, dat would be a waste of de big man. Yao: What is it about guns in this country? Why would I shoot at trees? Olajuwon: NO! DE TREE! DON'T SHOOT DE TREE! Yao: equally frustrated I don't even have gun! Colin Pine: in Mandarin Uh, Yao, I think he's saying, don't shoot three pointers. You know in English three, tree? ........or.......... Moses M: mumbles incoherently Yao: What? Colin: I don't know. Moses M: MUMBLES INCOHERENTLY Yao: WHAT?!?! Colin: I'm sorry, I didn't get that....
Well, this is what I figure. People say Ewing wouldn't be a bad guy to teach Yao because Ewing learned from Thompson in his college years at G'town. Well, everyone knows David Robinson was taken to school by Hakeem Olajuwon in the '95 WCF. If you think you can get Thompson's knowledge out of Ewing because Ewing took lessons from Thompson, don't forget the clinic Dream put on in '95. DRob learned quite a bit from that series Since Dream isn't interested in coaching, it's the next best thing, right? RIGHT?!
I read on another board that Ewing said the best big man coach he ever had was Jeff Van Gundy. Not sure if I believe it, but that's what the poster said.
I'm sure Yao would understand all the grunts. A couple shots to the ribcabe and a bang from Moses' big behind would communicate to Yao perfectly how to play this game. Yao just needs to add some of Moses' style to his game and he's got the rest. We don't wanna hear Moses talk to us. We want him bumping and grinding Yao!
Hakeem is a player and a demander. The only thing he ever taught was he taught Rudy and CD to get rid of the guards that didn't throw him the rock. Who has Hakeem ever taught? I love him. He's one of the top 5 players of all time in my opinion. But, I never seen him teach anyone else anything. Just look at the Rockets back up big men. Did they learn anything from him? We can't even remember their names. But Hakeem was taught, by the teacher, the dude that spends days in the gym. Is Hakeem a gym rat like Moses? I don't see it. He's too busy with other things. Moses is the teacher. I would love to see him banging on Yao. Hakeem understood Moses' grunts. And he didn't speak much better english than Yao does now. Can you imagine Moses sitting on the bench beside Van Gundy? Instead of Van Gundy grabbing some horse's leg, here comes Big MO! LOL
amazing how you take 7 words out of my entire post and use it to duck the issues i addressed. amazing. and that was not rude, by the way. those were words that many of us longtime bbs'ers feel. if i'm wrong about that, i'm sure they'll step up and tell me so. the truth is that many of us are tired of hearing everyone else being blamed for something that was truly yao ming's fault. first it's rudy's fault. then it's larry's fault. then bill walton's deceptive. all because you refuse to accept that yao ming, oh my god, is human! try responding to my points, instead of ducking them. oh, and get thicker skin, too. rude...sheesh...
LOL! thanks i needed that. on a side note, i spent some time arguing with spurs fans last night about whether david was better than hakeem. once i reminded them of 1995, they got eerily quiet...
Excellent points. We could hire Moses Malone tomorrow and if Yao puts up 15/9 next year, then posters like Yetti will blame it on Moses. I for one, am tired of Yao being held to a different standard than everyone else.
Moses doesn't seem that bad a communicator when he speaks to the Newspaper. If he's bad in speaking, how can reporter gets what he said and put it on newspaper?
I always wonder all these great big men's offering help to teach Yao, do they really mean it or just throwing the words out there? I think Moses Malone meant what he says.
By the way, I just thought of something. I sure hope Van Gundy revives that play we used to run for Moses where Calvin or Robert Reid threw it off the glass to the weak side and Moses grabbed it or tapped it back up. You know that was a designed play. All they gotta do with Yao since he has good hands is let him seal off the defender and just bang it off the glass. Then Yao can tip it about 4 times like Moses used to do and pick up 3 offensive rebounds before he stuffs it home. Stat line: 27 pts, 23 boards, 14 offensive boards, 3 blocks, 47% from the field. Ahhhhhh Bring back Moses. While we are at it, let Moses show Yao how to grow that FU MAN CHU mustache goatee thing.
