He's never been punked by a player 2 feet shorter than him.
No he just got punked by Ryan freaking Bowen....crazy happens over the course of a season and a couple of plays don't make a players entire career.
I mean Kevin Johnson totally all over Hakeem.......he was soft too.
Nobody in the NBA works harder at their craft than Yao Ming, he actually works too hard (the guy pretty much plays year around basketball) and ends up running his body into the ground. The Rockets are telling him to tail it back this season
Best. Dunk. Ever.
Too bad we choked.
what a load of horse .
Not really, people might work as hard as Yao, but he does not get outworked. It's the #1 thing coaches and players talk about when they meet him. So take the horse line somewhere else.
You always hear that word with every NBA player "Work horse" or "Gym Rat" It's a load of crap.
They have to lie and say something good about him. Cuz they sure won't tell you he works on his post moves considering all he shoots is 5 foot fadeaways.
It's like this in every city in the NBA
Rocket Fan: Yao is the hardest worker in the NBA! Maaaatt Daaaamon!
Sun Fan: Nash is, you morons!
Mav Fan: Nash used to be until he went to Phoenix, now Dirk is!
Laker Fan: Whatever, Kobe shoots 88348738748374837 fadeaways every night before going to bed!
Spur Fan: Robinson, Duncan, Parker, & Ginobili tie for the hardest working players in the history of sports.
Hornet Fan: Chris Paul is so small he has to work twice as hard as anyone else!
and so on.
I don't know how you can make a statement like that. It's not really something that can be measured and compared anyway. But, there are several players that I could easily argue work harder than Yao Ming at their craft. Kobe, KG, Gilbert Arenas (a ballhog and a chucker but all he does is play and practice and work on his game), Ben Wallace (maybe not so much anymore), Chris Paul, Bruce Bowen (how does an average athlete by NBA standards and a horrible shooter become the premier lockdown defender in the league anda 40% three point shooter?), Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, among others.
Prove that Yao works harder at his craft. What evidence do you offer that Yao works harder than any of those players? There is none. In fact, if there's one guy you can say that about in the league, it's Kobe. He works on every aspect of his game all year round, during the season and in the off-season, from shooting to defense to conditioning.
And, in no way am I saying that Yao doesn't work at his game. But, to make a blanket statement and say nobody in the league works harder than him is a complete load of .
Steve Francis and Bonzi Wells are the hardest workers at eating donuts.
If Dirk wasn't one of the hardest workers in the league, we could've just called him Peja Stojakovic.
How can anyone say this person is the hardest anything without facts. Let's just say they all work hard because that's about all we can be sure of.
Zach Randolph?
Luke Walton Works from 12 AM to 12 AM
he may not be as committed as the majority, but you can't be that good of a scorer in the best league in the world unless you work hard at it.
Both guys worked hard.
Both guys worked hard.
Both guys worked hard.
From espn.com's John Hollinger...
Biggest Strength: Size
One reason the Blazers can seemingly play like such an old team is because they're so big. At every position, Portland lines up an inch or two taller than the league average, and although McMillan likes to play small he can also send out some freakishly huge lineups this year.
Up front, they have Oden, a dominating 7-footer who should control the paint, and Przybilla, the 7-foot-1 shot blocker who held down the fort a year ago. At power forward they have two softies in Aldridge and Frye, but both players are 6-foot-11 and can create problems with their length as wing defenders in zones. Some teams don't have any players that big; the Blazers have four (or five, if you still count LaFrentz as a player).
Go down the list and the size advantage gets more daunting. Small forward Webster is 6-foot-7, 230 pounds, and backup Outlaw is 6-foot-9; either can slide down to shooting guard when needed and provide an even more imposing height edge.
Roy is big for a shooting guard at 6-foot-6, 229, and what's really scary is that he is comfortable playing the point and often closed games at that spot a year ago; when he does that the 6-foot-5 Fernandez can come off the bench. Even at the point the Blazers are big: Blake, Bayless and Sergio Rodriguez all stand 6-foot-3, making them the shortest players on the team.
All that length should make the Blazers an unusually good zone defensive team, especially with Oden as a goalie in the middle and the young players on the outside gaining experience in playing NBA defense.
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