Not trying to make things worse on here, but I cringe when Yao puts the ball on the floor. I'm not sure what the stats are, but I would guess that when Yao receives the ball on the post and then dribbles it's around 50% turnover, 25% missed shot, 25% made shot. Even when he does make the shot it seems like he doesn't end up with any better a look than if he had initially turned and shot. I'm not saying bench Yao or anything crazy like that, because I think when he gets his conditioning and confidence back he will be alright, but the dribbling and spin moves on the baseline HAVE TO STOP!!! Anyone else agree with me? Or am I blind??
One of Yao's moves is spinning on the baseline and dunking it. He's been doing it for years and once he gets to 100%, that move will be solid. Lock this thread up.
many of the turn overs were caused by 2nd defender double teaming, and they were able to do it because our guards just could not hit shots from outside.
I've also seen him dribble it off his foot and out of bounds several times with that same move. I think with his lack of coordination, the best way to use him would be for him to get the best post position possible, turn and shoot.
How about I don't care about Yao BAll anymore. He's too slow and hindered to finish games? How about that? How about let's get rid of him before I guy to Houston and become a hitman?
I think ALL of them were. I've seen this happen to Yao time and time again over the years. I'm not saying good things don't EVER happen when he puts the ball on the floor, just a great majority of the time it turns into a negative play.
He also needs to go on strike as a retaliation against the 24 per night rule. Saving him for the playoffs will be a moot point pretty soon.
Yao wishes he were about a foot shorter. Yao wants to play like a smaller player. With quickness, speed and finesse. Yao's size is, always has been, and always will be his only advantage in the NBA. He's big enough to score against anybody. Yao's problems are about positioning and teamwork. Early in the game tonight, the Rockets were looking for Yao in the post. One play, where the ball had moved from side to side, found Kevin Martin rifling a pass into Yao a couple of feet from the basket, which was a chip shot. That's the way you work the halfcourt offense when Yao's there. You don't stop running the offensive sets. You move the ball and move bodies, all with the idea that moving the defense will help Yao get position that he doesn't have to get by dribbling the basketball. If Yao isn't in a prime position to catch the ball and go up for a shot right away, keep working the ball around until he is...or until the defense gives somebody else a wide open shot. The Rockets did this well, by and large, when Yao was available. Yao looked better, all told. That type of teamwork takes time to get solidified. There's plenty of time to set things right. The Rockets are notoriously slow starters, and have been for more than a few seasons now. But hamstringing Yao's minutes (which has the cascading effect of irregular substitution patterns and roles for the rest of the team) is not the way to fix it.
^^^^ You said nothing that I disagree with. I don't care how we go about it, we just need to limit Yaos dribbling as much as possible.
