What have the poor guy done wrong to recieve so much hate and anger? As one person said in another thread... "That is the reason that I like Yao. He never said bad things about any players, or people. " That is also my reason why I don't understand some people don't want him to succeed. One thing is for sure, his character,deameanor and level of loyalty are twice as big as T-Mac and Stevie combined base on everything that he had to overcome off and on the court. Seriously, if you had a choice to have your kid(s) hangout with any one player in the NBA most parents would pick Yao, because of his humble warm hearted personality. I thought that was enough to win fans over, but I guess some basketball fans only cares about performance in a meaningless preseason games which is sad to base your judgement of him by that. You need to look t the whole picture, b/c there's more to it then just basketball. If your're gonna blast him at least wait until the season starts where it counts. I agree with the people that said those who post negative things about Yao regarding his performance in a meaningless preseason must be anxious Yao only haters who can't wait to post negative things about him. Did those people forget the fact that T-Mac didn't play particularly well either in the first 3 preseason game which was worse than Yao stats wise? Funny, no one ever say a word about him and shrug off to say "oh, its no big deal since its just preseason and he will be fine". Sure he played his break out game against the bulls scoreing 27pts but so did Yao who scored 20pts with less minutes than T-Mac. Then all of a sudden all of these haters who come out of nowhere and blast Yao b/c of a mediocre performance where he played with non-starters and that is expected to happen. Yao himself admits it was hard for him to concentrate goin against his former teammates who he had shared great memories with. Thats understandable and he said he will play better the next time around. I went to the the Spurs board and Tim Duncan have a history of playing bad in preseason and they've only won one game so far this year, yet he always bring it to another level where it counts by helping his team as the season go by. I believe the Rockets will have a similar impact. By the way, I'm a huge fan of Yao,T-Mac, Stevie and Tim D. They're are all great basketball player with each having their ups and down character wise and strenght and weakneses basketball wise. But none have qualities bad enough to be hated by me. There are a very few players in the NBA who has a heart and character as big as those 4 players mention, and as a basketball fan in general I'm glad we will be able to watch them for many years to come and I'm just thankfull for that.
what are you talking about? your letters make no sense to me, a true Rockets fan. spell this: ROCKETS FANS ONLY
I don't know that I've witnessed the Yao hatred you're talking about. But, if I was a fan of some other team, I could easily understand hating Yao Ming. It'd annoy the piss out of me to see some young guy who has yet to do something be annointed Jordan-like the way Yao has. It annoyed me when they did it for a bunch of other guys, like Carter. And, all the Yao advertising, having him the megabucks spokesman for the biggest companies in the world. I'd probably hate him. But, I'm a Rockets fan, so somehow I don't mind it.
Its not his fault the media protrait him to be this big super-star, and Yao himself don't like being in the spotlight all the time. Being 7-6 and with the kind of skills he has, of course he will get that kind of esposures. Blame the media for that...
I think the Yao hater on this board is less than 10%, so don't bother it. I believe most of the Rockets Fans love Yao!
What are you talking about? Yao didn't get no where near the hype that guys like LeBron got. Do you know how much **** Yao took when he first came to the league? just read this page: http://www.yaoming**********/shame.html Yao has proven himself.
It seems like the majority of the media has just been waiting for yao to fail, if you remember barkely, talking about how he would kiss a kenny's ass if yao scored over 20 points in a game. And some people talk about how he doesnt dominate, how about game 3 vs shaq last year, when he out played shaq? How about the atlanta game where he scored 41? How about the orlando game where he scored37?
My god, everybody jumped on me. Moligity, yes I'm jealous. Jealousy drives many of my NBA allegiances. You know why I will never root for New York, LA or Chicago? Those 3 cities are bigger than Houston. I don't have a problem with having a problem with jealousy. noize, (1) it is partly his fault. Team Yao has done a great job marketing him, which means I'll see him everywhere. If I wasn't a fan, I'd be annoyed by it. His other saving grace it that Team Yao is centered around my own school, U of Chicago. (2) It is also much the fault of the media. But, it's still Yao's problem. Fans don't generally hate on certain players for rational reasons. I'm just trying to explain why someone might hate Yao with a passion even though he doesn't deserve it. nWo, I don't know who you were talking to. Legend, Lebron also is a big hype-machine player. There are people who hate Lebron in precisely the same way they hate Yao. I, somehow, don't hate Lebron despite the hype (maybe I've matured). Yao (and Lebron too) had to prove himself on the court to get the gears churning. But, he just had to show he was a legit big man and a good player. He didn't have to make the playoffs, win in the playoffs, or win a championship to get the hype he now gets. They're saying he could change the way basketball is played, but he hasn't won a playoff series.
I think people dislike Yao because he has never shown any leadership, even now to a bunch of scrubs from other teams who are now in HIS. This is now suppose to be Yao's team, and he still acts like he's a refugee off a boat. Yao is also a wimpy p***y. He can't rebound, jump, plays volleyball with the ball, and gets blocked by the smallest players in the league. He's 7'6", but he plays like he's 5'6". <p> You say Yao is a nice guy. So what? This is just basketball. It's just a sport. No one really cares if its decent people or ex-cons who are playing in the NBA. If I want to see nice people, I would go to church. <p> Yao knows a lot of ancient Chinese sayings. Here's one they probably don't know..."Nice guys finish last".
wooo jediknight.... bold post there... I wouldn't say Yao has neglected to show any leadership... afterall the team has yet to start, so what are you basing your comments on? As far as having the ball knocked out of his hands, he just needs to learn to keep the ball higher. He has also gone toe-to-toe with shaq and had better numbers, I think that's reason enough to be proud of the guy.
How much higher? Dude, the guy is 7'6". How high does that ball have to be? Moochie Norris hasn't had the ball stolen as much.
It's a little different when you're constantly being doubled and triple teamed. A lot of people whine about Yao's turnovers, but he averages less per game than Hakeem, Robinson, Ewing, and Kareem did.
First of all, most fans don't give a rat's ass about character, demeanor, and level of loyalty. A guy can be loyal as a dog, but if he drops the ball for seemingly no reason or gets blocked by somebody half his size, nobody gives a damn how loyal he is. As far as overcoming things on and off the court, I don't know Yao personally, so I can't really comment on that. But I would wager that you don't know Steve and McGrady personally, so I don't know how much you can really know about what they've had to overcome in their lives, either. I can EASILY see why some people don't like Yao. The amount of publicity the guy gets is sickening to a lot of people. Why do some people hate the Lakers? Because the amount of press and coverage they get is revolting. Take the Sacramento-Houston games in China just a few weeks back. After the games, SACRAMENTO players are being interviewed on what they think of Ming and the impact he's had on the league. The players handled things in a classy manner, but I can see some Sacramento fans getting irritated that all anybody talked about was Yao. It's almost like Houston was the only team out there. I like Yao. I think he's an amazing talent and a big piece to what Houston is trying to put together right now. I'd be lying if I said that the unbelievable amounts of media coverage on the guy don't get on my nerves sometimes. I'd be lying if I said that those games where he plays soft it irritates me because the guy is so blessed with so much ability and doesn't seem to always play like it. Basically, yeah--I like Yao but I'm a fan and I'm fickle and I WANT perfection out of "my" players. I'm not going to get it, but that doesn't mean I can't be frustrated about it. I love Yao--I think he's great for the game.
HMm jediksajflks289 I wouldn't say Yao is wimpy p***y bleh bleh, however I would say he is alot less aggressive when playing in the NBA. We have all seen the way he played in the Asian games, or even the Olympics for that matter. But when he's going aganist NBA players, it's alot different. I'd blame that on "being in a different country" and probably alot of the media portraits (american movies) of whites/blacks he has seen when he was growing up.
I like Ming very much, but I have been a bit disappointed in him at times. I am hoping for improved conditioning, more aggressiveness, and self-confidence. He is clearly a fine person, courteous, loyal, kind, but he has to demonstrate more energy.
