YAO MING.........

[RoyalBoyle78]

I'm so sick of watching him, I hate his game he is because sucj a wuss, I mean the guy is 7"6 and he plays like he's 6 feey tall, he should be throwing the ball down on players head, he just so soft, is anyone else really sick of watching how he plays, when he should be playing like a big man?

[SteelersFreak]

Re: YAO MING.........

You try to not be slow and clumsy when you are 7'6".

The guy isn't like Shaq, he isn't a bulky guy. He's skinny and his style is more of a turnaround jump shot/hook shot kind of guy. It's effective and I think it's nice to have a big man who does something besides use his fat *** to dunk all day like Shaq does.

[utexas]

Re: YAO MING.........

He is soft, period. He was having a great season before the injury though.

[4BiddenKnight]

Re: YAO MING.........

You try to not be slow and clumsy when you are 7'6".

The guy isn't like Shaq, he isn't a bulky guy. He's skinny and his style is more of a turnaround jump shot/hook shot kind of guy. It's effective and I think it's nice to have a big man who does something besides use his fat *** to dunk all day like Shaq does.

I think Shaq's the only center other than Wilt to have the luxury of running over others for a dunk all game long. I haven't seen other centers just mash it on people everytime they get a chance like Shaq does. Even Shaq had those hook shots and what not.

[Seether4113]

Re: YAO MING.........

FF- all 7'6"ers cant be as good, strong, and dominant as the great Shawn Bradley was.

[23]

Re: YAO MING.........

I dont know what happened, but he's playing like a woman. Sorry but the guy is shooting ft line fadeaways like he thinks he's a SG

[The Chef]

Re: YAO MING.........

Ming has always been more of a jump shooting center then a power center and that doesnt make him soft or a girl as some have pointed out. There have been plenty of centers who are good but dont dunk on everyone and play a power game, Olajuwon shot fade aways along the baseline all game long and he wasnt accused of being soft because of it, Kareem shot hooks all day and wasnt considered soft, Im not sure why Yao takes such a beating for doing the same thing.

[Kashanova]

Re: YAO MING.........

yao really gets me mad when he does those idiotic fadeaways its sad to see really

[The Chef]

Re: YAO MING.........

yao really gets me mad when he does those idiotic fadeaways its sad to see really

Whats so sad about it? What makes it soft exactly? I cant imagine that someone can be called soft because they take fade away shots while other centers always got away with it, and as long as Yao is putting up the numbers then why does it matter how he does it?

[Kashanova]

Re: YAO MING.........

he would have a higher percentage going towards the basket instead of going away from it, and he's 7'6 so he has an even higher percentage then the avg person

[The Chef]

Re: YAO MING.........

Hes not comfortable doing that so there is no guarantee that his percentage would go up, and as we've seen, unless he gets really deep position he should never try and put it on the floor, it just leads to turnovers. I think Yao is still improving but I stand by what I said, I still dont see why he catches so much flack for taking jumpers, how many centers play a power game anyways, Shaq? Big Z takes jumpers all day or that god awful looking hook and considering there is a lack of true centers there arent very many other centers to even use for comparison purposes.

[aa2ba]

Re: YAO MING.........

IMO what makes him soft is his inability to back get deep position in the paint to get better shots than a fadeaway.

Also the fact taht he can't seem to back people down at all. I understand Yao is a jump shooter type center, but he should be able to back people im for more dunks and layups.

[Court_vision]

Re: YAO MING.........

Let's be fair here fellas...he was almost an MVP and DOMINATING pre injury.

He was the best big in the NBA by a mile and playing like it.

Since he's come back, he looks weak and not able to play hard. Maybe he came back too quick?

[aa2ba]

Re: YAO MING.........

Let's be fair here fellas...he was almost an MVP and DOMINATING pre injury.

He was the best big in the NBA by a mile and playing like it.

Since he's come back, he looks weak and not able to play hard. Maybe he came back too quick?

You might be right. I did not get to see any Yao games pre-injury.

[Sheets]

Re: YAO MING.........

Since he's come back, he looks weak and not able to play hard. Maybe he came back too quick?

He definitely seems a step slower, and while he'll never be a great jumper, it seems like he's having trouble getting off the floor at all. In addition, I think he's taking a lot of those fadeaways because Utah's hammering him every single play inside and he's not getting any calls. If he tries to do anything physical, chances are he hits someone too high (his height often works against him) and gets nailed with an offensive foul.