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07-08-2011, 09:46 PM
#166
you can't stop me
Re: Where do you rank Yao rank all-time among centers?
what makes yao ming better than joe barry carrol?
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07-08-2011, 09:53 PM
#167
National High School Star
Re: Yao Ming retires from the NBA
Originally Posted by Joey Zaza
Yao did noone of those. He was never the best at his position and was not a top 10 player (I say not top 15) anddi not lead his team to any substantial playoff success and missed alrge chunks of half his seasons...what did he do to merit his draft slot and pay?
4 solid seasons?
I disagree. I felt the Artest/Yao run had a very legitimate chance to beat the Lakers that year. They really couldn't stop Yao/Mutombo. The moment Yao got injured, there went the Rocket's season.
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07-08-2011, 10:00 PM
#168
The People's Choice
Re: Yao Ming retires from the NBA
Why are people saying the NBA is going to lose a ton of Chinese fans? The dude has been injury prone for a while now. He was a great player, wish I followed him more. Hope his legacy lives on.
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07-08-2011, 10:31 PM
#169
Form a ****ing wall
Re: Yao Ming retires from the NBA
I remember all the coverage about him when he came here, shame China pushed him so hard.
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07-08-2011, 10:31 PM
#170
Banned
Re: Will Yao be remembered as a legend?
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07-08-2011, 10:40 PM
#171
In Morey We Trust!
Re: Will Yao be remembered as a legend?
In China? Definitely.
In the US? Only for people who watched him play or watched the extraordinary media circus when he first came into the NBA. He's not going to come up in an All Time Great's conversation, but if you mention his name I think quite a lot of people will recognise it.
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07-08-2011, 10:46 PM
#172
16!
Re: Yao Ming retires from the NBA
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07-08-2011, 10:46 PM
#173
In Morey We Trust!
Re: Yao Ming retires from the NBA
I am unashamedly taking this from another forum's poster's post, all credit to him for finding all these videos.
http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread...85#post6214185
Yao vs Shawn Bradley
http://youtu.be/wnEAy9WpowA
Yao and Shaq
http://youtu.be/LaEHa_SXTNs
http://youtu.be/uCTIVwb-0Ss
http://youtu.be/FbndYCLz3-Q
http://youtu.be/1fD7i4A9N40
Yao and Pau Gasol
http://youtu.be/nwBi5d8K6vc
Yao and Dwight
http://youtu.be/mFppQfs75Ro
Yao's behind the back dribble and dunk
http://youtu.be/hvvAMDrMcO0
Yao's 2nd three pointer of his career
http://youtu.be/me6Wn_-C0pU
In a sense, Yao's last meaningful game (slightly cheesy)
http://youtu.be/6jRXhj1PpFU
Last edited by brantonli; 07-08-2011 at 10:54 PM.
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07-08-2011, 10:53 PM
#174
Death Before Dishonor
Re: Will Yao be remembered as a legend?
he will be but he shouldnt.
its only 10 years from now where people would be like "Yao Ming would have been the G.O.A.T. if he would have stayed healthy" and then bring up Yao's 2007 season like some people do with Tmac's 2003 season
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07-08-2011, 11:03 PM
#175
Made that high school varsity squad
Re: Will Yao be remembered as a legend?
Originally Posted by Bigsmoke
he will be but he shouldnt.
its only 10 years from now where people would be like "Yao Ming would have been the G.O.A.T. if he would have stayed healthy" and then bring up Yao's 2007 season like some people do with Tmac's 2003 season
Being a legend and a GOAT are two different things....
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07-08-2011, 11:05 PM
#176
Decent playground baller
Re: Will Yao be remembered as a legend?
second best center of his era (guess who's first...) but in a time in the NBA where good centers are scarce, he probably would have made a bigger impact if he continued to play
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07-08-2011, 11:06 PM
#177
Death Before Dishonor
Re: Will Yao be remembered as a legend?
Originally Posted by themurph
Being a legend and a GOAT are two different things....
where did i said they were the same?
i said Yao will be overrated when time goes by
Originally Posted by Sheed
second best center of his era (guess who's first...) but in a time in the NBA where good centers are scarce, he probably would have made a bigger impact if he continued to play
Ben Wallace > Yao "decade wise"
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07-08-2011, 11:14 PM
#178
Made that high school varsity squad
Re: Will Yao be remembered as a legend?
Originally Posted by Bigsmoke
where did i said they were the same?
i said Yao will be overrated when time goes by
Ben Wallace > Yao "decade wise"
I feel u...
But what I'm saying is Yao being a woulda-been, coulda-been GOAT is moot....
He will go down as a legend simply because of two factors...
1) He was the first successful player from China, arguably the most powerful nation on earth at the moment....
2) No one has ever had the combination of that size, 7'7, weight and ball skill in the history of the league...It's a miracle Yao was able to play three years...
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07-08-2011, 11:17 PM
#179
Re: Yao Ming retires from the NBA
It's a shame, he just kept getting better and better until his injury in the 2006-2007 season and even after that, it seemed like as soon as he'd shown signs, he'd get injured. I don't understand the soft label either, he didn't back down from Shaq and he always outplayed Dwight, he also showed real toughness in the 2009 playoffs.
I think he had the potential to be a borderline top 10 center of all time. Polished footwork, 7'6" with great touch on his almost turnarounds/jump hooks, range comfortably out to 18 feet and he developed some toughness inside, but you couldn't foul him because he was a fucking 85% free throw shooter!
Yao was doubled a lot, even without the ball, could pass and he did make an impact defensively and on the boards. I truly believe he was on his way to being a legit MVP-caliber player. Some had him as the leading candidate before his injury in 2006-2007. He was averaging 27/10/2/2, 52 FG%, 86 FT% iirc. And not long before he was injured in 2007-2008, he won player of the month. And once again in 2009 when he gets to the second round and has a 2-1 lead vs the Lakers(not saying he would have beaten them) he goes down with what essentially turned out to be a career ending injury.
The real frustrating thing is that the injury in 2007 was a freak injury where he came down on a player's foot, and playing with China in 2008 when he wasn't fully recovered was really bad, in fact, I don't think a player of his size should have been playing for them at all once he was in the NBA.
Even worse because as far as I can tell, he seems a nice, humble guy.
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07-08-2011, 11:39 PM
#180
Re: Yao Ming retires from the NBA
Damn, sad day....
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