YAO Calls Out Teammates: "Come early in the morning before practice"

Where did I say I'm satisfied? Cuz I'm not, at all. I said it in another post that "I'd be more than happy if the players are willing to come to extra shooting practice". I just don't think Yao said those words in an approriate manner. Words like "like I do every day" just don't sound right.

Even a blind man can see poor shooting is hurting us right now. We DO NEED extra shooting practice. But Yao shouldn't ask teammates to work as hard as him, ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC.

There're lots of areas that we can improve right now.
Should Yao call out those lazy short bastards to play better defense, IN PUBLIC?
Should Yao call out T-Mac to quit settling for jumpers when the game is on the line, IN PUBLIC?
Should Yao call out Deke to grow a new pair of hands and catch those passes, IN PUBLIC?

Now THAT's disturbing.

 

I do watched all rockets games this season so far. MJ is not a major problem. Actually I think he saved rockets in the first 3 games.

In fact, problems start when Tmac came back from injury. During his injury, role players had more chance to shoot, specially Yao didn't touch the ball more. So, they had great passion to play. I think we lost closely for those games. They played not bad. But, when Tmac came back, he took a lot of shots and he made a lot of plays for Yao as well. The chance of role players was much reduced, and their passion was much reduced too.

I think Yao and Tmac should reduce the number of shots, and willing to make some plays for those role players. Clearly, only depend on Yao and Tmac, it would be nowhere to go for the rockets.

Last season, why didn't happen after Yao came back from injury? I think it is because of J. Howard and Deke. They are very professional. They were sacrificed the most when Yao came back, but they still gave other role players a great example what a team player should do. I really miss JH now.

 

Thats what leaders do, lead by example and call out those who don't follow in their footsteps. Jordan did it, Bird did it, Hakeem did it......all the great ones do this when appropriate.

I have been waiting for this from Yao. This team will go as far as HE takes us. T-Mac is a great player and is a wonderful compliment to Yao but he is not going to take this team to a title. Yao is and he needs to take the leadership role, play dominant on the court, and pimp slap the slackers on the team when they need it.

Lets see how the players respond...

 

We are the fans, the people who buy tickets to watch the games. Which means we are the customers, and the customer is always right. That's what gives us the right to pass judgement. And yes it is a big deal if they aren't playing well and they don't put in the extra effort to improve. Slacker!

 

and we got a winner

 

edit:

and we got a winner

 

That's only in theory. What we are offering is just opinions. And like they say, opinion is like an a**h***, everybody has one. Some are right, some are wrong. So no, you're not always right.

 

It doesn't have to be one or another, it could be a combination of both.

 

tmac is a player with unbelievable talent. he doesn't need extra practice to shoot well; while yao is a hard hard worker, whose big performance comes from extra practice. you can see that from their free throws.

do you think tmac comes half an hour earlier everyday for practice as yao does? I really don't think so.

but very glad they both try to help others and they both fully understand it takes five. but why the hell AD doesn't yell to his players for lack of practice?? he is paid for that.

 

You can tell who the shooters are. Just look at FT percentage. Last year Francis led the league in FT percentage. This year he is just at .636.

Just saying that some of our players are plain bricking shots. There is no excuse for shooting badly from the FT line as a guard. Those guys just need to practice shooting.

I mean Rafer FT .550 that's just atrocious.

 

They combined 69 points in last game. what else are you expecting, 99 out of 99? Yes, you are right. Superstars are supposed to play well in crunch time. But how do they perform well while there are 2 or 3 defenders on them while our other players are wide-open and cant even make the open shot. The big reason that our superstars didnt play well in crunch time is because our role players suck throughout the game.

 

Dude, give it up already, it's getting old.

 

They should reduce the number of shots, and make some plays for those role players. They much let role players more involved! Even Kobe cannot win games by himself!

I said that for N times, and not going to say it again!

 

Not what I think!
Yao should shoot more and score more. Its what Centers do
The Point Guard has the responsibility to make plays and set players up.
Morey has set the team with many Point Guards and not one is a Floor General
So the team is defficient in its ability to play a correctly organised game.
As Tracy McGrady is the only player who can be a playmaker it is he who must reduce the number of his shots, not Yao!!!!!

 

quote from article:
The Rockets keep saying the shots are good shots. They say they are familiar shots with maybe slight variations.

"Most of the 3s I got last season were late in the shot clock," Battier said. "Now, I'm getting shots much earlier in the possession.


Battier, you're a professional basketball player...

 

you saw how many wide open shots that created by Yao and T-mac every game... And what was the result? MISS... Do you know why Kobe took so many shot last year? it's because the other four players on the floor sucks! I am sure he is more willing to pass if the it can lead the team to win. do you really think reduce the number of shots can solve the problem?

 

Just thinking bout this. I shot better than Rafer when I played on the JV team in high school and that ain't sayin much.

 

It is essential but not sufficient! The two stars need to work hard to make some easy plays for those role players, and try to let them be involved early!

Regarding Kobe took many shots last year, I think there are two different opinions. One is like you said, his teammates suck! But another one is that Kobe needs to trust his teammates more! I watched some lakers games this season, and I think Kobe is trying to improve his playmaking skill and let his teammates be involved more. In fact, he usually focus on playmaking in the 1st half, and took some big shots in the 2nd half. I think he and lakers are on the right direction. Of course, I always believe Tmac is a much better playmaker than Kobe. Yao also should learn this. In fact, this is what Adelman's system about. Yao should feel lucky to have this chance, although there is difficulty right now. But, I believe, finally, Yao can have it! Shaq and Ducan are big men and they are also good playmakers.

 

But dont you think our role players should be working hard to earn the trust from the superstars? Why do they pass the ball if the wide open FG percentage is lower than their own shot? I just didnt see any energy from our role players, both the offensive and defensive end.

 

THANK YOU.

Maybe Yao should work on being able to get post position for once, or McGrady work on actually showing up in the 4th quarter.

The front office went out and added a bunch of firepower in the off-season to help these guys, and they're complaining about those guys underachieving? Why not win a playoff series before you complain? Just ONE.