Yao Ming to retire

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Hopefully Yi Jian Lian becomes relevant (crofl) so rogue has someone to crucify now that E is retired

[Indazone]

Have fun eating e in all your many incarnations Rogue. I hear it's the main course besides licking elephant balls in the jungle.

[Bill_Brasky]

E knows his career is done since 2yrs ago but he chose to stay till his contract expires, only to swindle da 31m bucks from dem rockets. just a quintessence of s greed imho

It's a ing shame Yao retired.

I would love to hear some more of your material.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

I refuse to accept E's NBA career ended with supreme disappointment

[frodo]

Have fun eating e in all your many incarnations Rogue. I hear it's the main course besides licking elephant balls in the jungle.

it ain't no fun to beat the dead horse tbh, just saying da truth w/o no offense or personal insult. E was a fine player from 02 to 09 despite missing da game injured every now and then. was informed in 09 summer that he would miss out the entire 09-10 season and it'd be very uncertain if he could ever return to this game. if he really wanted to stay in this game he shoulda requested a salary cut for the 09-10 season, and also the next season where he only played 5 games in a total of 120 minutes. instead he acted like a and get the full payment w/o no penny cut, getting 31 MF'N mill for 120 minutes of playing. when back healthy he'd be a fine role player, a decent backup C for Duncan for example but there would be no manager daring to sign this 7'6 imho.

da biggest #1 draft, da biggest draft failure in NBA history

[boutons_deux]

The Plight Of The Super-Tall Basketball Player




In general, taller NBA players have longer careers, but as Yao Ming’s retirement reminds us there are limits to this:

However, too much size turns out to be a bad thing. The curve inverts at 6-foot-10; that’s the optimal size for a career length, but at greater heights the injury risk outweighs the benefit of increased height. We see this somewhat with 7-footers, but it’s players of Yao’s size that really drive the point home.

Players who are 7-3 or taller just aren’t destined to have nice, orderly 15-year careers. Despite the size advantage that these players possess, not one of them has managed to have a 1,000-game NBA career. Eaton, at 875, came the closest.

Generally, they have back, knee or ankle problems after a few years, and from there it’s a war against their bodies. Smits and Ilgauskas were able to fight their feet to a draw and make a reasonable go of it; Yao, unfortunately, could not.

I used to love watching Yao play in his prime. Just such an unusual game.

http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/20...etball-player/