Well, the Lakers sometimes got away from that as well, but Shaq always brought that up in public, and Jackson was always on his side. Image Yao complaining about touches in public? That'll be the date the Rockets really become a contender!
I think the current line-up is just temporary solution. Jon and David are getting old for huge minutes. I don't know how much longer they can play in the top level. Bobby's injury is like a timed bomb. Juwan is OK, but we need more defense out of PF. I expect lots of action in off-season. Here is an idea: since our guards are old anyway and people are complaining about their passing capability (maybe except Jon), how about we trade Tmac for Kidd.
In that Phoenix game, Yao was a possessed man. He was everywhere. He is doing that trapping guard at the perimeter as well as run back and rotate to block Amare Stoudamire's shot. Most of the time, I think JVG had Yao guarding at low block and pay more attention to shut down Amare and any inside game.
I say Yao gets the ball 1 out of 3 times he calls for it or flashes. And when we are down by big, we dont look for high percentage shots, instead quick 3s. This is the fault of whoever distribute the ball on the play.
You are right, daoshi. The problem with David Wesley is that he's basically just a catch and shoot guy, once he get a pass, he doesn't drive (maybe he's old), if his shot is not falling, there goes his offense. Controlling tempo of the game is essential to winning games, I agreed that Rox should set it up more and not just take the first shot available in Warrior game. If we get into a run and gun fast paced game, which is not play to our strength, our defense definitely suffers.
Who's our point guard? Sura and MJ cant pass for their lives. Look how Baron Davis passed to his bigs, right into his hands at right motion. Again, Sura and MJ isnt exactly PG.
You cannot blame Sura/James for that because they have never been a full time PG in their life. Heck, they have never been a full time starter in their NBA career. I always believe you have to have a pass-first minded PG to be a good team with a traditional big man, because the big guy needs someone to get him the ball at the right spot, and at the time. Combo guards just cannot do it consistently! I think we'll get that kind of player this summer.
Not only passing skills, other skills a PG must have too, like control tempo of the game, read game situation, like not taking stupid fouls, like not flare your opponents who has nothing to play for with trash talking. Right now, MJ is a poor man's version of SF, and we all know what happen to the good man's version. Sura is better, and this is why he starts. Our offense is just too predictbale right now. Scree and rolls for Tmac to open, D.Wes catch and shoot, look for Yao down low. None of these work, drive for your own shots. BTW, when we run those plays, all others just stand there watching. Too mechnic. I wonder if it's Gundy's instruction or the players not executing well. It's the way we are playing the begining of the season.
Let's face it guys, we're stuck with the current group of guards that's except for Jon Barry ,all are below average passers and distributors. For those who claimed that Yao got plenty of touches and enough shots or Yao needs to establish deeper position you just go right ahead and believed in them. For the rest of us who's been watching the Rox plays night in and night out, it is so obvious we are watching some kind of a bad movie on a continuous loop. I don't have too much confidence in our guards, off season top priority for us is to solve that point guard puzzle(and a PF also). For us to make this last push to the playoffs, our top concern is to get Yao the shots, don't kid yourself guys, Yao is the one that will carry us into and far in the playoffs. If your name isn't TMac ,I don't want anybody taking more shots than Yao and I don't want to hear any of this garbage: Yao got plenty of touches, yao needs to get deeper position................ ad nauseum.
Our post feed is better than last year, but not by whole alot. I remember Rudy used to say post feed is the most difficult thing to master.
Watching the golden state game, I gotta say Yao had a lot of touches for a guy that was gettin double/triple-teamed before the pass. They were really looking for him (something they dont always do... ie boston game) and he was catching em and finishing strong (something he sometimes doesn't do). I dunno why we lost... seemed like everytime we made a run they came back with a crazy shot or got to the line.
Yeah I agree with the poster above our guys were looking out for Yao yesterday and tried to get it to him alot but Yao fouled before and after he gets the ball nearly every time and that hurts us alot because Yao isn't Shaq where he can just carry 4 people grabbing his arm to the rim with him. The refs need to realize that and call more things for Yao.
Actually, Yao's still hurting from the SUNS game where Hunter gashed his chin. Dude had 5 stitches. I am not finding excuses for him. Just a side note.
Timing of the post feed. Sent to him where and when he can catch it. It's 50% on Yao 50% on the feeder. Tmac is our best post feeder when he doesnt try the bail out pass.
WTF is your problem with how T-Mac played last night?! We wouldn't have even been in the game if it wasn't for that performance he put on, and on two banged up knees/stiff hip at that. I thought his performance AND Yao's last night was very inspiring, sadly their teammates didn't get inspired much by their play. Why did we lose last night? Simple: Look at how our backcourt performed, and how theirs did. The was the game right there.
WTF is your problem? I post what I saw, what I think. No one asked you to read it. Just shut the f**k up.
calm down....just explain why you had a problem with tmac's amazing game last night because it makes no sense to anyone else here.
What IS your point? THAT is what I am asking! I didn't understand your reasoning at all, you just made a passing mention of the following (almost out of noweher): "I do have problem with TMac, Sura, and James last night." Give me a GOOD reason why you had a problem with T-Mac's performance in GS last night. And tell me what you would have prefered to see happen instead. That is what I want to know.
Why do I need to explained again? You just need to read the post before post any response. Scoring a lot of points doesn't mean a thing if you cannot stop your opponents.
