Like I said before, the offense, the pace at which the rockets play, the amount of minutes he plays all have to do with Yao's decrease inoffensive production. The only difference between Yao now and the Yao that scored 25 pts per game on 33 minutes is JVG and Rick Addleman. While Rick is a goodcoach he has never quite figured out how to get the ball to Yao in the post or made some chucking perimeter players realize he Yao is the focal point of theoffense.
Originally Posted by Osh Kosh Bosh
Like I said before, the offense, the pace at which the rockets play, the amount of minutes he plays all have to do with Yao's decrease in offensive production. The only difference between Yao now and the Yao that scored 25 pts per game on 33 minutes is JVG and Rick Addleman. While Rick is a good coach he has never quite figured out how to get the ball to Yao in the post or made some chucking perimeter players realize he Yao is the focal point of the offense.
But if you look at the underlying numbers, his offensive rating is higher and all his shooting percentages are higher. PER 36 minutes he scores more than Dwight not to mention the intangible things like the amount of double teams and traps Yao sees compared to Dwight.
Defensively I have no idea where people are coming up with this huge none sense.They both can't guard quick hybrid centers and when they matched up with traditional big guys Yao is a better man to man defender. Dwight easily out rebounds Yao at a rate of 22% but Yao is still top 10 at 17.1%, help side D it's a wash, they are both equally an intimidating paint presence and surprisingly Yao's career block rate is higher than Dwights, this year is the only year Dwight has posted a higher block rate. So please somebody tell me what rationale they use to decide Dwight is a better defender.
In terms of who I take as a "franchise" player (a term I hate) Yao who has said he is no longer going to be playing international ball, who is healthy, in a Greg Popavich, Jeff Van Gundy type system where he is the clear focal point> Dwight Howard.
I think that gets me 27 and 10, something I don't think Dwight will ever do.
Dwight's ceiling is theoretically higher but in the words of Mike Lombardi "Never mistake hope for a plan..."
Defensively I have no idea where people are coming up with this huge none sense.They both can't guard quick hybrid centers and when they matched up with traditional big guys Yao is a better man to man defender. Dwight easily out rebounds Yao at a rate of 22% but Yao is still top 10 at 17.1%, help side D it's a wash, they are both equally an intimidating paint presence and surprisingly Yao's career block rate is higher than Dwights, this year is the only year Dwight has posted a higher block rate. So please somebody tell me what rationale they use to decide Dwight is a better defender.
help side D is not a wash like imymind said
Originally Posted by Bigmike23
Defensively I have no idea where people are coming up with this huge none sense.They both can't guard quick hybrid centers and when they matched up with traditional big guys Yao is a better man to man defender. Dwight easily out rebounds Yao at a rate of 22% but Yao is still top 10 at 17.1%, help side D it's a wash, they are both equally an intimidating paint presence and surprisingly Yao's career block rate is higher than Dwights, this year is the only year Dwight has posted a higher block rate. So please somebody tell me what rationale they use to decide Dwight is a better defender.
You'll never see Nate Robinson or some other guard trying to come from the weakside on Dwight because he's going to put them through the basket along with the ball
and people drive the paint on yao like he ant even there
i have no idea what kind of stats u posted but just watch both play and u cant tell me yao impact on D is just like howards
Be serious son. Ask Kobe if you must.
Be serious son. Ask Kobe if you must.
He said, "What?"
really wow i thought yao would always play for china as long as he was able cause he has so much pride for his country
Cmon dude. I bet Alonzo had no paint presence cause he got posterized a couple times.
When did I say one had anything to do with the other?
and people drive the paint on yao like he ant even there
Be serious son. Ask Kobe if you must.
