Yao Ming: I can adapt & make changes required by Adelman

Adelman's System dosent requier you to be a track meat runner. it requiers percision halfcourt offense. it requiers great passing and off the ball movement. all the thing yao excells at. yao is gonna dominate.

 

Does this finally clear up the argument between pryuen and denniscd?

Also between Dream and Sikma's training, and Adelman's new system Yao is sure to be a BEAST once the season starts. November can't come soon enough

 

If there is one thing that Adelman is known for it is his ability to adapt offensive schemes based on team personnel. Almost every veteran on the Kings team from 1999-2005 enjoyed the best years of their career under Adelman. Yao should flourish really well.

 

I'm quite surprised at Yao's comment on slowing down at the age of 27....it's not encouraging, but seeing as how Deke has managed to survive in the NBA for this long, I'm not too worried either about Yao

 

I concur.

Shaq wasn't exactly renowned for his ability to run up and down the floor, he picked his spots. He knew he was going to get the ball in the half court and dominate. Yao is not at Shaq's early 2000 level yet but he's going in the right direction.

 

Thanks pruyen... without you... (slaps myself)... better not go there

 

well you can't prove what denniscd claimed was untrue. sorry photos of national team arriving in Beijing are not good enough. bottom line you didn't know for sure and shouldn't have jumped on him so quickly. but I guess you learned your lesson.

 

also it's been clarified many times here that coach RA's system is different from princeton. but i think that's asking too much from a Chinese reporter.

 

hello johnty, how's life?
u still in NZ?

 

It's too much to ask from any reporter, period. It is still commonly reported in American media that the Sacramento offense was a Princeton offense.

 

Honestly, I hope this is lip service and Yao is not forced to significantly change his game. He belongs in the low post. A few possessions a game in the high post to change up the defender's looks is fine, but more than that and we're converting Yao into Divac/Miller, which is a horrible waste.

 

seeing all these interviews..i wonder if the yao every has a free moment...

 

most importanly accuracy in passing...

 

Why do we have to keep mentioning Divac/Miller any time Yao is projected in a fluid (as opposed to JVG ala stagnant) offensive system? If Yao can successfully model his game after his long time idol Sabonis (the healthy one, of couse), we should feel no qualm about it. Skill-wise and strength-wise, Yao is not a Shaq.

 

I love this "secret" training he is getting from Jack Sikma! lol.
It would have to be either the perm secret or the fadeaway jumper secret.

 

We mention Divac/Miller because that's what Yao will become if he is used on the perimeter too much. Yao does not have the quickness or handles of a Duncan or a healthy C-Webb to do anything other than pass or shoot from out there. Duncan in the high post poses the threat of driving by you; Yao doesn't. Yao doesn't have the ridiculous court vision that Sabonis did. Maybe he can approximate what Sabonis could do, but the downside is great; i.e. he becomes like Divac/Miller and becomes irrelevant. He should stay in the low post so this won't happen, because he is now clearly good enough down there. Shaq himself said that Yao and Tim Duncan are the best low post players today.

 

Yes but I think we're seeing the amount of damage it's causing his lanky upper frame on Yao. He's not built to be a banger..he excels in the low post largely due to his height and finesse (hooks/fadeaways). He's got a serious condition of his shoulder right now that inhibits him from playing at full capacity until after the Olympics. I, for one, am overjoyed that we got Adelman because it will allow Yao to get out from the brutal post from time to time. I think the idea is that Yao will be a facilitator for a good portion of the game, but the #1 closer IN THE PAINT to close out the games.

Less wear and tear on the body.

 

That's nice and all but it is pretty much based on a dubious assumption that the Yao we see now is the best we can hope for. Even a casual Rockets/Yao fan would notice Yao is playing not as spontaneously as he used to be when he first to the league. Rather, his moves are becoming mechanical and predictable, as painfully evident by the events in the Utah series not long ago. Sure, not being 100% physically after recovering a bone crushing injury is a factor, maybe a major factor, but we've gotta be kidding ourselves if we flat out deny JVG's playbook for Yao has not reached its limit and does no have any deleterious effects on Yao's creativity, versatility, and longevity. Dominant numbers in regular season don't automatically extend into playoffs, when your opponents have ample time to adjust (ala figure you out like Okur and co. did). A great player elevates himself in playoffs, so far we have not seen Yao has done that. Yeah yeah yeah, I know there are always excuses -- inexperience, coaching changes, injuries. Whether Yao can seamlessly make transitions and flourish in Adelman's system remains to be seen, but sticking to playing like a robot exclusively in low post area certainly did not help.