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man he can moan. Sound like he's his own biggest opponent. You ever wonder if he didnt analyse his game so much and just played he would be better. i mean mean, just play in the moment instead of thinking about playing.
What ever happened to Shaq being "a mountain in my way?" We're not going to beat the Lakers if Yao doesn't believe he can slow Shaq down. Come on, Yao. I'm not asking you to win the series. I'm asking you to step up to the challenge. It sounds like you're giving up before you start.
I was disapointed at his words when I saw them earlier in his official website. Maybe JVG is right. Yao's biggest problem is not his fatigue. People always say Yao is excited when facing Shaq, but see what he is talking about now!
Yao's biggest problem is the refs blowing the whistle twice in the first 5 minutes of the game Saturday when Lake show throws the rock into Shaq and Shaq bangs away against Yao and gets the foul against him. 2 fouls, 1st five minutes. Have a seat on the bench big fella. And the Rockets go down by 20 in the 1st half. Board will be full of complaints about Yao not living up to his billing, being soft, second coming of Rick Smits or Shawn Bradley, yadayadayada. I'm not a prophet and sure don't want to be right on this one, but I would be willing to bet a couple Ben Franklins that is what goes down Saturday. It's our first smell of the playoffs. We are gonna get hosed by the refs. Count on it.
I have looked all over google for his website the best i get is something made by upperdeck cards, i dont think that is it. Anyone have the link? Thanks in advanced
i wouldn't worry about it too much. afterall yao is a chinese, the people are thinking differently from the americans. for example, if you know you have 60% chance of winning, being a chinese you'd SAY 40%, but an american 100%. remember at the begining of last season yao said shaq was a mountain he needed to concur, at the end of last season, he said something like he might never be able to concur that mountain? did he say anything else? look at what happened this season, he challenged shaq and edged him, except for the last meeting. did he trash talk shaq after he outplayed shaq in game 2 and 3. no, that's not him.
You'all are reading into the beginning of his story. Not the end. That quote is totally postive. He is talking about overcoming the mountain. The end of his story is saying we will win.
Even though I'm not chinese, I agree with this. It's not only chinese people, but I think it's like that for asians in general. We tend to be more humble with our words and play down things even though we don't feel that way exactly. We are not very confrontational people in general.
Yao is being very positive with his post here, if you can read Chinese. Something is definitely "lost in tranlation"
"It's my belief that a would-be championship winner would not mind who the component is going to be, because its goal is to defeat each and every team that challenges it. I believe we'll be such a team some day." What is so negative from this statement???
Please, everybody read this carefully: "It's my belief that a would-be championship winner would not mind who the component is going to be, because its goal is to defeat each and every team that challenges it. I believe we'll be such a team some day." It is modest way of saying: we entertain the hope to win the championship. We don't mind who our opponents are, we will beat them eventually. Do you guys know why Michealle Kuan lost her Olympic golden medal again two years ago? Do you guys know why she no longer says in public that she will not stop until she get an Olympic golden medel? Chinese would rather have an invisible strength to urge themselves than loud words to carry as burden. Those burdens had tipped Michealle Kuan off her balance on ice. For Americans, you will shout and yell, "we will beat them, we will win, and we will triumph." Because you don't have the burden to prove your words true.
