After his CNT lost today, Yao expressed his anger, disappointment and frustration about the hearts of his teammates in an unprecedented fashion. He talked openly about possible retirement (if the report is true). He lamented for nearly 10 minutes sitting on the bench to the head of CNT (I know that old guy, he is NOT the translator, he's the BOSS). He almost busted out crying during talking to a reporter. So, after all deeds by our franchise player, as a Rockets fan, have you gained, lost or maintained your respect for him. Please vote and explain!
The Chinese team has always sucked. I feel Yao's frustration on playing w/ a bunch of incompetents. Well, at least he will be coming back to a playoff-bound-close-to-championship team.
His retirement talk is mis-translation. From the interview he said 1. There was still hope after 2002 loss because he was the youngest member of the team. He expect things would change when the new generation takes over. 2. Now he's the senior member and the team has totally revamped. But they still has the same mental attitude. There is little hope because he would retire before them and watch a bunch of losers in the next generation of national team.
He is just getting his frustrations out. I dont blame him for what he did. Chinese National Basketball does not matter. He knows they cant win with a bunch of scrubs.
I'd rather have a guy who lays it all out and maybe says something he shouldn't have said in a moment of passion than a guy who's a stone or mailed his entire performance in in the Olympics(Tim Duncan, I'm looking in your direction).
Please don't open a new thread with misleading conclusion. Yao NEVER said he would retire. He only said a lot of younger players in this team and he will retire before them. That yahoo news is misleading and really irresponsible.!!!!!
Wow! One bad game & already alot of folks are alrady jumping off the wagon, or losing respect 4 him, & calling him another Rik Smiths.& 2 top it all off we need a poll like this (NO offense DeAleck cuz, I think ur one of the best poster here!) If this was the case we all should LOSE respect 4 Tim Duncun & co. cuz they keep losing 2 INT. teams that they should beat! With that being said, this a TEAM sport & Yao's other team mates should shoulder some of the blame as well as Yao himself! We should all be glad we have Y.M. on our team, & that he wasn't injured in this game against a good Spainish team with Pau Gasshole! I hope this would awaken Yao Ming that he needs 2 take it 2 his opponents every time he gets the ball, even if he has 2 play 1-on-5!
Chinese national basketball might not matter to you and the Rockets fans, but it means the world to Yao. Playing for the Rockets, he never showed this much emotion, but for the CNT, it looks like the world is on his shoulders and wanted to win at all cost.
Thank you for the compliments, xlr817 . On the poll thing, just to let you, as the creator of the poll, I voted for the first option myself. I really did gain respect for him. As the leader, you have to care for what happened to your team. Yao obviously cared, and he did so with more passion than anyone else on the team. Doug Collins also noticed it and he said he loved the emotion expressed by Yao on the bench. When you care more than others, you know you are the candicate for the leadership role. A leader must let others know if they didn't perform, and he also needs to compliment them when they did well. I wish he shows the same amount of emotion when he plays for the Rockets. I question his method of criticizing, though. I think this should be handled behind the doors. When this goes public and gets blown out of proportions by the media, it might destroy the team chemistry. Anyway, I praise Yao for caring this much. I remember there was a 49ers game in which Steve Young was totally dominated by the opposing defense, picked off many times and sacked many times, and got taken out by the coach. On the sideline, he didn't take his helmet off. He when up and down the sideline in disgust, cursing, yelling and showed all kinds of emotions that I didn't see before. What happened later on? In the same year, he took his team to the SUPER BOWL, won it, and was the MVP. I did not create the poll to bash Yao, and there is a reason that only one third of the poll options out there is negative toward him. There is equal opportunities for praising and bashing him in this thread. I would like to see how you guys react to what happened, which is indeed unprecedented for Yao (showing this much emotion). I love what he did, and if you do, tell me about it!
I can't really make up my mind. I really liked how he showed so much emotion and that he really cares about winning, but what I didn't like was how his anger and emotion didn't seem to transfer to the court. He'd get really mad on one defensive possession about a call, and then he'd come back on offense and take a fadeaway jumper instead of taking it right to his man.
If he wanted to win at all cost then why didn't he set the example and tone of the game? He has to shoulder alot of the blame being as he himself proclaimed the elder of the team and leader but what kind of impact is 12 and 8 and 0 blocks. If he had trouble scoring becus they couldn't get him the damm ball then fight as hell for rebounds for your team or play defense like hell likes your back was on fire by making block shots or intimidated your opponent from driving into the lane and posting up. He sure as heck didn't do that to set the example for his crappy teamates to follow. what kind of inspiration do u get from the leader of your team who puts up numbers like that when "the money is on the table"? All the chinese players saw was him huffing and puffing again like he usually does, b****ing about fatigue again. i'm getting sick of watching him needing a bloody oxygen mask after 14 mins when jacks like Gasol, fat ass Shaq, t. duncan never b****hh about fatigue and crap. All those big points 24 and 28 points he got from the qualifiers in the diamond ball tournament and when he was in Dallas was against a bunch of scrubs but when the time came to play -what he has been training for- he played a hoodini. The olympics is nothing, Playoff NBA BB or any team professional sports playoffs is the most intense and challenging game one can play. Both Mentally and Physically. What can performances like today and this past springs Playoffs when he disappeared tell about his future Playoff legacy even when we have T-mac to take away the heat. Will we see another BS disappearing act? I have always had reservations about Yao, I never ever had claim he was ever near MDE or great, but shows like today just reinforces what we have all seen before with this guy. When it comes to the "Money show" he ain't to be found. 10 years from now people will probably remember him as the 7'6 chinese guy with tree trunk legs but nothing else, No rings, no, Confernece champion, no MVPs etc, I hope I'm wrong but his game has too many flaws to be considered great to any appreciable degree. "Show me the Money!!!!!!!! Man!!!!" Show me the Money!!!
Hey THANKS 4 the response DeAleck! I'm sorry if I sounded too harsh 2 you & 2 the other folks here! I know ur one of the BIGGEST ROXS fan here! First, I'm too a big ROXS fan, & I support ALL the players on the team, not just one. Second, I really enjoy the growing up process our star center is going through...& yes, along wit all the growing pains that comes wit it !! I, too get upset at Yao @ times but I have 2 step back & remember that he is NOT yet fully mature as a player mentally & physically,& this will take time. ( Hopefully not 2 long !)
I don't even care about that. It's no big deal. The pressure on Yao is unfathomable. I did however lose respect for you, DeAleck, for making such a ridiculous poll.
How about shut it up and stop overeacting? The guy been setting example for this team for so many times now so wtf are you talking about? Man I jsut can't stand people start trolling over a very good Spanish club that out hussle crappy Chinese team. If you are sick and tired of watching him then you should just stay off the bandwagon. Some fans here are just a bunch of whiners who doesn't see nothing but stats is the only answers. I guessed Tim Duncan is **** too after losing to one of teh weakest team in the tournment and shooting 4-13.
What a typical nonsense response from a YOF . Hey Buddy why don't you STF, if u can't take critisism of your favorite player then get off this site you Big ass YOF loser!!!!!! Why don't you get your mouth out of Yao's Jock strap. Your the kind that make YOFs on this board look bad. You can only make up excuses for Yao's dificiencies, , its the gaurds that can't pass the ball, Yao can't rebound becus he's too damm tall, Yao can't block shots becus he spends his time helping out other players, Yao can't play over 35 minutes becus the team doesn't utilize him earlier, blah, blah, blah I bet your the one who keeps posting those Gay pictures of Yao, trying to measure the 2 mms of bicep growth, So Gay.. Grow up or somebody will smack you upside the head.
What a Gay post! Why overact so much? Because someone doesn't agree with you? Man, it's you who need to grow up.
patlabor is a true fan... you need to be quiet, your filth stinks. if yao becomes very good, wins a championship, gets MVP you better do us a favor and ban yourself
Same goes for you if he doesn't accomplish anything will you ban yourself, since Yao is bloody GOD for your kind. He can't do no wrong, its everybody's fault except him, right?? It was Sf, Cat and cato's fault with the Rox and now its entirely the chinese team that he can only get 12 and 8 and no blocks right? yeah, that sound very logical to me A fan does not go blindly into the hype of the persona he has to accept criticism that his favorite player may not be GOD as some of you tend to think. Blaming others consistently for deficiencies of the man's skill is getting really tiring, or am I the only one that lives in the real world than YOF la la land
