I love Yao Ming. When Shaq was in his final 2 yrs w/ the Lakers, I'd have traded him + the rest of the team (minus Kobe) for Yao. He does seem to be jinxed by his gifts though. I'm just curious what Rocket's fans think. I know you love the guy but is he right for Adelman? The only similarities I could think of was Vlade/CWebb on the Kings. Vlade was old & CWebb had horrible knees so neither one was Carl Lewis but they had some success.
I saw this from Simmons today in his Fantasy column:
42. Yao Ming - Forget that he missed at least 25 games in each of the past three seasons or that supertall guys age worse than porn stars or that he doesn't fit in with the speed/defense/athleticism/flexibility Rockets at all unless they're planning on using him the way Cleveland uses Ilgauskas ... which means Yao will play 25 minutes a game, slow them down and force them to play the wrong style. I happened to catch him lumbering around in a preseason game and sent the following texts to torture my buddy who loves the Rockets: "When did you sign Gheorghe Muresan?" ... "Is there any reason you guys dipped his sneakers in concrete?" ... "He's going to get dunked on so many times this year that we should start calling him 'The Big Coffee.'" ... "Can you have Yao's translator send me the Chinese letters for 'Ewing Theory?'"
My buddy's eventual response: "White flag!"
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that's cold
When did the rockets turn into a fast team? Simmons is an idiot. In fact, I think I've said that before.
Yao - slow
Tracy - slow
Artest - have you seen this guy on a fast break...its not pretty
Scola - dude, he's white
Alston - are you suppose to dribble between your legs on a break?
Battier - ummm, white
Barry - old and white
Brooks - ok, now that dude is fast
Anyways, Adelman's offense is about motion in the half court. Its not hard for Yao to move from one side of the court to the other.
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