With this up tempo and speed playing by the rockets, do you think guys that Yao when back would fit in or will struggle playing that way ?
"Will Yao fit in the new system? " why should we sorry about this now? there is much to happen in b/w now and then. and what is our "system"? enlighten me, please.
yes, he'll feed the ball up court to the runners and catch up after the fact. He won't be running up as fast as Hayes though.
Rick's Princeton style offense... it's a lot of transition play as opposed to half court play. You have to be able to run, a lot. Someone with a weak foot and as big as Yao will probably play less minutes.
I only care about this season right now, I say keep running and gunning and don't worry about next season. We all know he can't run with this team anyway.
He can make threads and I can't But back to the topic. Your worrying about a guy who is out for the year.. Hmmm some people. Your worrying about Yao running up and down when you should be worrying about Yao resting his foot for NEXT year. Thats if he doesn't opt out.
Yao IMHO is to big compared to when he came to the NBA. It may not look like it but he has added muscle to his body and that will slow someone down who is not use to running running running. Yao barely moves now so for him to run up and down. Hmmmm keep dreaming. Even in 2K10 he can't run up and down. Yao can't do this anymore. Sorry guys. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/95AJogwPFFI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/95AJogwPFFI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
It is up to the coach. I believe he will fit in and could give us more options in both end of the court.
If anything the new offense will help Yao. He doesn't need to be part of the fast break except get the rebound and make a good outlet pass. If other guys can score on fast break, that will just make Yao's life easier and score less. If they can't score the fast break, Yao can join them and play half court offense and other players can feed off him. Aldeman wanted to do that last year but he didn't have enough players to play that style successfully. Ron and TMac were suited for fast transition offense, but now we have Ariza and Chase who can run the court really well and finish the fast break. So once Yao comes back he will fit to the original plan last year. Rebound => fast break => if unsuccessful half court offense with player/ball movement and feed off yao
Yao Ming doesn't have to "fit." Why not? Because he can do something even better; he can add another dimension to this team's style of play. Yao doesn't have to play 30+ minutes and score 20 and 10 anymore. In fact, I would be quite upset if Adelman tried to get those results from him next season. Yao could play limited minutes, like 24-28 minutes, playing mostly in the 1st and 3rd quarters to get some high percentage buckets to start off the game/second half, kind of like when he went 9-9 or whatever against the first game against the Blazers in the playoffs. Then bench him and let the fast-paced run-and-gun-type-offense take over. Imagine what a headache teams would have trying to constantly adjust defensively to our game. I think it could work beautifully.
we need a sticky explaining the difference between a motion offense and the run and gun style. We're not the warriors here. This isn't really runa nd gun, we haven't even hit 120 points yet, at least i dont think. We're gonna score more, 100-110 rang elike we've been doing, but we're not going to be shooting as fast as those teams who get in the 120s every once in a while. We still set up an offense, not looking for the quickest shot exactly. The biggest difference is our fast break, that's alot quicker, but that's due to us having more players who can run. When Yao returns he'll start the break with an outlet, doesn't have to run. In the halfcourt i would expect less yao posts ups, but he can still set picks, pop out for a jumper, and still occasionally post up. As for the defense, which i think many are forgetting about, he's going to improve that a lot. He'd improve it alone if this was last year's team, but with Ariza now in the mix it should be even better. Also, more blocked shots means more chances for a fast break.
He'll manage, we will have to give him less minutes (health reasons obviously) and people will have to work on passing to him at different angles but I think he will be able to work in the system to a degree if he tries. Not perfectly, but the team will obviously benefit from his scoring although hopefully the refs don't target him for ticky tack fouls or let large ones go because he is Yao. Really, all we are doing is not relying on a set scoring option and using our younger and faster guys more. I think if you get Yao to buy into that or even just use him less and not always take position in the post, he could easily still be effective in the system.
They did do some fast breaking with Yao in the game before. The whole point of a fast break is to get there before the defense is set, so having a slower center is not as big a deal imo. otoh there is the issue of rebounding, passing, and how Yao will fit into the normal offense
I think mrfirefly hit the nail on the head. I don't consider the center as much of an issue in the up-tempo style of play as the wings are. Last season, there wasn't a chance in hell that we were going to see McGrady jettisoning up the court to beat the opponents' defense, but hopefully a healthy McGrady fits the system better this year. Next season, Yao can secure the rebound and hand it off to Brooks/Lowry and let them work their magic with Ariza/Budinger/Scola/Landry. Also, this is off-topic, but does anyone know why the Rockets don't sport the jerseys they're wearing in the video above anymore? I miss the days of seeing Sura & the gang in them.
