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he'll still end up as starting center for the 2012 West Allstar Team
even when healthy he was a mediocre rebounder and shot blocker for being so big.
defiantly most overrated.
he'll still end up as starting center for the 2012 West Allstar Team
He didn't just rival him. Yao always beat the crap out of Howard when he was healthy. His ability to shoot over him really bother Howard a lot, mainly mentally I thought. He wasn't used to a player scoring that easily on him.Damn shame. One of the most unique players the NBA will ever see and a damn good and important one too. A healthy Yao rivaled Dwight Howard for the le of best center in the league. Also his skills, shooting touch, etc. were great for a player of any size. Off the court he was as classy as they come and was and still is an important ambassador for the sport.
2 great points ... I was thinking the same.
Also as others mentioned great guy. met him at Houston INT. airport once, told him i hoped he healed. He had a bunch of chinese fans following him, hoping to get a pic with their phones ...biggest man i ever saw and i lived in L.A. and watched Shaq.
Too bad, he was also kinda like sabonis 2.0 we never got to see the best of either guy ...
Is he a HOF? I say no, unless international impact is factored in. sure Kobe is the biggest basketball star in china now, but without Yao that impact is MUCH less ...but if his NBA career is the primary factor i say no he shouldn't make it ...but my guess he will.
Mediocre is too harsh to describe his rebounding. Consider most players that big are slowed down by their size. Compare him to guys like Rik Smits and Shawn Bradley and Manute Bol and Gheorghe Mureson. His per-minute rebounding numbers compare very favorable. His shotblocking might be mediocre for his size. I do think that's at least partially a product of not wanting him to get into too much foul trouble. Guys like Bradley and Bol and Mureson didn't generally play as many minutes and weren't asked to save themselves on offense. Yao was a primary scorer on most of his Rockets teams.
Not sure I'd say he was one of the most overrated. After the first few seasons, very few people were proclaiming him the next Wilt Chamberlain or anything like that. And even though he didn't dominate like a Shaq or Duncan, for most of his seasons, he was one of the top 3-5 centers in the league.
As for the Rox, this allows them to finally move on. From his contract and from the specualtion ...I think this will hurt inthe short-term, but be better in the long term.
They really need to tank, luck or trade for another superstar ...somehow. Sure the pistons won without one but tough to win a le without a top 10 NBA player and the Rox sans Yao does NOT have one ...heck in most cases you need a top 10 guy and 2 top 25-30 guys ...
Exactly why they got rid of Adelman. He wanted to win, Rockets want to play the young guys and tank
this is actually good for the rockets. time to move on. Rocketfan should be happy today
Now is definitely the time to go back to the throwback unis
It's good for Rocket fans. It's pretty horrible news for Les Alexander though.
He knew the risk before he drafted him, no one to blame but himself
fify, tbhNow is definitely the time to go back to the throwback unis
Worst uniforms in sports history, tbh
I disagree
Now is definitely the time to go back to the throwback unis
Damn those were great
WTF was the Rockets marketing team thinking?
I remember Barkley making fun of those unis when the 95/96 started
He eventually had to wear them the following year
I disagree
Debatable whether they're even the ugliest uniforms in the history of Houston's sports.
Anyone think this is a monster blow to the NBA's efforts to expand to China with the lockout looming? They could lose a season at the same time they lose their biggest draw to Chinese fans, a big but relatively new fanbase. One that might not return so easily to the fold.
No way those are the ugliest. True classics right there. Yeah. Definitely big blow to NBADebatable whether they're even the ugliest uniforms in the history of Houston's sports.
Anyone think this is a monster blow to the NBA's efforts to expand to China with the lockout looming? They could lose a season at the same time they lose their biggest draw to Chinese fans, a big but relatively new fanbase. One that might not return so easily to the fold.
Either Sam Bowie 2.0, Bill Walton 3.0, or Greg Oden beta version.
It's sad, really, to see players this talented derailed by injuries.
leave it to a Yao retirement thread to turn into a retro jersey circle-jerk. I really hope we go back to the ketchup and mus .
So....Rockets value will drop Cavaliers style or less?
Houston is the 4th largest city in the US. They will never be Cleveland.
less probably
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