Well, you know, it's the same old story. At any given time to any given analyst, Yao is alternatively the #5, #8, #11, or #15 center in the NBA, except some times for some stretches Yao just mysteriously turns into the best center in the NBA. The some times are when the analyst's team is playing the Rockets; the some stretches are when Yao is on the floor. If Dwyer asks Przybilla, Odom, Bynum, or Gasol nicely, they may be able to help him recover the repressed traumatic memories in his subconscious which led him to qualify his statement.
you can't even rank yao. he shouldn't have ranked oden either. you can't rank a guy that played 0 games last year. got hurt in the playoffs the year before and didn't make it to the playoffs the year before. he explained his reasoning. how do you rank a player that never plays
Oh, these people have all the memory of a LeSeur pea. I've given up. For those that just want to call me a glorified fan, fine. During the weekdays, I watch an average of about 9-10 hours of NBA basketball a day. Often more. During the weekends, with the Sunday games going from noon to midnight and longer, I'm topping out around 15 or 16 hours over the two days. While you "hardcore fans" are sleeping, or in an office, or flipping around, or watching a single NFL game (which I didn't do last year), or seeing a single minute of Lost or Mad Men or Entourage (which I've never done), I'm watching and re-watching the NBA. And have been for a decade, now. And for the people who can't tell the difference between repeated stress and foot fractures, and freak injuries? Learn it. Quick.
You might as well have titled this, "I really don't understand what allows writers and analysts to earn and sustain jobs in this profession."
Kelly, you should not be so sensitive. You write opinion pieces, so it is only natural that people will respond with criticism and with their own opinions.
So, I was right then. And I do understand. Tip, though: not all of them go the 'more outrageous=more attention' route.
give yao a year to work back into top 5 next year. screw that. yao will start eating some heads as soon as the season begins.
Whether injuries come from repeated stress in the feet or "freak" injuries in different parts of the body, it has the same result. The player can't perform due to an injury. Oden is going to get another injury that requires surgery or miss at least 10 games. Same story, different season.
You are entitiled to what even you said in your journal, I have no problem with your ranking, and agree most of them.... But you can either take both Yao/Oden out or ranking in fair sense Greg Oden so far in his young career did nothing that put him on Top 11 even Top 20 list, 10 year later maybe, now, NULL This is Oden's career Statistics, not even a 10/10 guy....
Oden is 22, and per-minute he was one of the most effective centers in the game last year. What's holding Oden back is durability and ability to play extended minutes. Same as Yao. The difference is that Oden hasn't been away quite as long, and he has youth on his side. Its not that crazy to predict that Oden might have a better year this season.
The NBA Center position is soooo bad right now. PG and SF have crazy depth but at the 5 it is just pitiful when andrew bynum is considered a top center in the L, wow
He missed his rookie season... then he missed another year pretty much to other injuries. Oden never developed his offense, so theres no reason to think he can be that much better than a guy like Yao, who has shown he is a top 3 center when healthy. You can't develop a soft hook, good post game in a year. Look at D howard, he still doesn't have a very good post game although he's worked on it for years.
