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size isn't the only thing to determine the capability of a player, even with such a big size yao still isn't able to dominate the paint as shaq did when he was young.
Yao is absolutely the best Center in NBA this season
Man don't tell me that he can' run like Parker and jump like Nate Robinson. it's becasue all of you guys know that this is make sense for a 7'6' dude
As a Chinese, I need to root for you for your great effort although I'm such a big Timmy's fan
And please, Don't boo Yao, he deserves your applause
size isn't the only thing to determine the capability of a player, even with such a big size yao still isn't able to dominate the paint as shaq did when he was young.
I'm not trying to talk, but why? He underachieves in just about every way possible.
Just don't clap too loud or the noise vibrations will fracture his foot.
please explain how he underachieves. i think he does pretty damn well for his limited agility/athleticism and relatively short arms for his size. he is clearly the best rebounder over 7'4" in nba history. further he is one of the most durable guys over 7'4". he is also one of the hardest workers in the nba. what do you expect from him? wilt chamberlain numbers? the guy is clearly not that kind of athlete.
Threads like this are just dumb. He's 7'6" for crying out loud. He's better than Rik Smits, certainly that silly mormon choirboy Shawn Bradley, George Murasan, Ha-Seung Jin, or Manute Bol. Compared to men his size, Yao towers in talent over all of them.
Convenient criteria there
He's not a great defender, should be unstoppable on offense, yet doesn't even avg 20 and shoots just as many if not more fadeaways than Dirk does, isn't that great of a rebounder for his size. And as far as one of the hardest workers and most durable, he starts sucking wind about 4 minutes into the 1st quarter.
Maybe the op should've said best center in the nba 7'4" and up.
Van Gundy had Yao dominant until he broke his leg. Adleman just doesn't know how to use a guy like Yao.
that line "not a great rebounder for his size" is one of the worst lines ever. how many great rebounders have their been over 7 feet? very few. the large majority of great rebounders are under 7 feet. ...you can count the number of guys who averaged over 10 rpg for a career that were over 7 ft on 1 hand. like i said...for what yao is (a big unathletic guy with short arms) he is pretty damn good. i don't know what you are expecting out of him. do you want him to be a bigger ralph sampson? do you want him to be a taller shaq? what about yao actually compares to shaq outside of height? absolutely nothing.Convenient criteria there
He's not a great defender, should be unstoppable on offense, yet doesn't even avg 20 and shoots just as many if not more fadeaways than Dirk does, isn't that great of a rebounder for his size. And as far as one of the hardest workers and most durable, he starts sucking wind about 4 minutes into the 1st quarter.
further, yao would be unstoppable on offense if they didn't call bull offensive flops on him. he has to control how much he bangs on offense because es like utah can't stop flopping and drawing fouls on him. so why should yao be unstoppable on offense if he simply is not that athletic? you have to be athletic to be able to seal off your man when you are posting and to be able to catch difficult post entry passes. yao struggles with those things when he is fronted because he isn't very nimble on his feet. if he could do that then he would be averaging at least 5 more ppg.
on defense yao is a very good post defender. he knows how to use his size and stay in front of his man. just ask duncan or howard. further, he has short arms and he can't jump very high so he isn't a good shot blocker. he is a poor pick and roll defender due to his lack of agility and that is how teams exploit his defensive weaknesses.
i don't understand what your expectations for him are. what exactly leads you to believe that he should be some insanely dominant player given his obvious athletic weaknesses? and please don't come back at me with an argument that tim duncan isn't very athletic but he is a great defender because a player like duncan is very athletic even though he isn't built like dwight howard.
anyhow, yao is still the top center in the nba until howard can actually develop some sort of rudimentary offensive game. yao still outplays howard everytime they play in spite of howard's significant athletic advantage. howard can light up the stats against others but he still has never outplayed yao.
When he first came into the league people thought he was going to be as dominant as Shaq. He came up short.
More frustrating is the way Yao is soft and his refusal to dunk.
http://www.allguinness.com/steamedrice/?p=46
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...52C0A9629C8B63
Speaking of Yao and Nate Robinson, do you remember the time Nate blocked Yao???
Immediately after, Yao faked an injury.
This is a joke, right?Yao is absolutely the best Center in NBA this season
Man don't tell me that he can' run like Parker and jump like Nate Robinson. it's becasue all of you guys know that this is make sense for a 7'6' dude
As a Chinese, I need to root for you for your great effort although I'm such a big Timmy's fan
And please, Don't boo Yao, he deserves your applause
How true!
This shows how little the NBA has when it comes to talent at the Center position. Of course the OP totally forgot about Dwight Howard.
Say what you want but if Yao were officiated fairly he'd be lighting it up for 30 ppg and over 15 rebounds. He has to pull back because everything he does is a foul with these (*&$^@#! refs. If he goes up strong for a dunk it's a foul, if he stands there with his hands straight up it's a foul. That is why he shoots so many fadeaway jumpers. He still manages to pull the stats that he does despite the Adleman offense and the refs.
If Yao would be coached by Pop he would average 40-20, while playing less than 30 mpg. Adelman has no idea how to use the guy.
the refs?
Yeah, Tim Donaghy stuck rubbed grease on the court once knowing Yao would break his foot slipping on it. Pretty disgusting.the refs?
But seriously, yes, the refs do to a large extent officiate Yao unfairly. Today's refs make it extremely hard to be a big man and extremely easy to be a SG or PG, and it's gotten to the point where it's hurting basketball.
He's probably the softest player in the league. It's not the ref's fault.
Andrew Bynum is by far the softest player in the league.
If the Spurs had Yao they would be unstoppable. There is no way that the Lakers, Celtics or Cavs would be able to stop them. They would get torched on the left and right block. If the defense geared up to try to double Yao or Timmy, one of them would be open. If they packed it in the lane defensively, you'd have Mason, Parker, Ginobili, Hill lighting it up all day long.
roflnice revisionist history there! no one thought he was going to be as dominant as shaq. people were calling him the next larue martin not the next shaq. that's almost as bad as the line from dirk4mvp about yao being "a bad rebounder for his size".
also...i'm not sure if you have watched yao this year but he is dunking a of a lot more. lol it only took him 6 seasons but he is finally getting it.
yeah it was an amazing block no denying that but don't give me that bull that he didn't get whacked in the eye. any replay you look at clearly shows him getting hit in the face by nate.
hey....why don't you justify your "bad rebounder for his size" comment? do you even know what makes a good rebounder? do you see any of those qualities in yao? there have never been any guys yao's size that rebound as well as he does.the refs?
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