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Yao #1 scoring option

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Rockets Jones, Nov 21, 2008.

  1. JustWannaChill

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    The only person with low IQ here is you. If not, you wouldn't have made yourself so obvious as a hater.
     
  2. Invisible Fan

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    Yao is not mean enough to demand the damn ball and make teammates pay for not giving it to him.

    He could be the best player in the world but if he doesn't establish that fact, then he's not going anywhere.
     
  3. shakegod

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    Our PG need to practise how can Yao get the damn ball at Yao's most comfortable position,with Yao in the center,we can offense more efficient,inside and outside.We really need to do is improve our 3 point shooting. :D
     
  4. kaocsaephan

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    I think Yao fumbles the ball too much. He'll lose confidence and so will the team. I really think McGrady should be first option, if health permits him to attack and be aggressive. I don't care if he shoots 10/25. This is the player that, if he attacks, will open the game for everyone, including Yao... :D
     
  5. SevereCr1tic

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    I'd believe what a NBA says then a nobody like you.

    "They ran everything through Yao the last six minutes of the game," Wizards guard Antonio Daniels said. "He made plays for everybody else. When he had an opportunity to score, he scored. Obviously it's a tough matchup for JaVale, 10 games into his rookie season, but we all go through it. It's part of the growth process."
     
  6. Rockets Jones

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    Hopefully RA and the whole team will learn from this experience and move everything through Yao starting tonight. This doesn't mean that any1 can't go to work without Yao touching the ball but it should be priority #1 for Rafer / Brooks / T-mac to get in Yao's hands and work from there. Make cuts, set screens so some1 can get open in case Yao has to kick it out.
    If we can keep moving without the ball and hit the open three like in the 4th we're unstoppable.
     
  7. seaweed

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    Yao won't have the stamina.
    And also, this is just one of those ways to win. Rockets need to find more ways. That's why the Rockets fired JVG and hired RA.
     
  8. redao

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    Yao need to play against a legit team to prove that he can be trusted in the 4th.

    so far, we did not see Yao can even hold the lead in the 4th vs good teams.
     
  9. Jeff Who

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    The situation with Yao is EASY. If you are the Rockets' coaching staff, you wanna establish himself inside (first of all). You just wanna see how teams play him. If you give him the feed inside and there is 1on1 coverage, you know Yao is gotta score. When the team you play starts making adjustments, than you just wing the ball around and find open man. That you also have McGrady.

    But first of all we need to trhow that inside and see how teams play him.
     
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    The way you put it, it sounds so easy. But you're ignoring one thing. Yao needs to be inside and open for you to give him the ball. Giving him the ball when he's pushed out 10 feet from the basket is going to work. Giving him the ball when he's got 2 players around him isn't going to work. If he's positioned himself in the low post and he's ready to receive the ball, you're right it's very simple: throw it in to him. But getting him in that position takes a lot of work on his part, and it takes a lot of work on the team's part (i.e. side-to-side ball movement). Washington made it rather easy on us in the fourth quarter. That McGee kid was too skinny to keep Yao out of the low post, and he did a poor job contesting the pass.
     

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