Comments on: Jazz jolt Rockets again to tie series 2-2 http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2 Where fans of Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets can find out the latest on Yao Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:23:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: johnlld http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-927 johnlld Tue, 01 May 2007 13:31:41 +0000 http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-927 Hi ReD My point is not about the players - "Under a good general there are no bad soldiers. Under a bad general even a good soldier will be compromised, rendered ineffective". My point is about the "general"; if you get my drift. Hi ReD

My point is not about the players - “Under a good general there are no bad soldiers. Under a bad general even a good soldier will be compromised, rendered ineffective”. My point is about the “general”; if you get my drift.

]]> By: ReD http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-923 ReD Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:37:07 +0000 http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-923 oWoWO don't be so hard on our players...remeber T-Mac carried us here and he'll not leave us so easily...i agree that yao has got to be much more agressive at both ends of the floor and rafer needs to go to the basket...but this team is great...next year if rockets pass jazz i would like to see novak playing much more and so the others v-span,snyder and sura(healthy ofcourse)...but if rockets don't pass jazz team will be reconstructed...totally...i would trade mac for kobe cause kobe is best with super center...but still i would love to see mac scoring on utah and blowing past gsw and probably suns to the FINALS...if he has skills..and he showed those skills before...go rockets... we are now the most needed thing to the team...fans...hack i would love to go the game but i don't live in usa... :D oWoWO don’t be so hard on our players…remeber T-Mac carried us here and he’ll not leave us so easily…i agree that yao has got to be much more agressive at both ends of the floor and rafer needs to go to the basket…but this team is great…next year if rockets pass jazz i would like to see novak playing much more and so the others v-span,snyder and sura(healthy ofcourse)…but if rockets don’t pass jazz team will be reconstructed…totally…i would trade mac for kobe cause kobe is best with super center…but still i would love to see mac scoring on utah and blowing past gsw and probably suns to the FINALS…if he has skills..and he showed those skills before…go rockets… we are now the most needed thing to the team…fans…hack i would love to go the game but i don’t live in usa… :D

]]> By: johnlld http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-921 johnlld Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:02:51 +0000 http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-921 Under a good general there are no bad soldiers. Under a bad general even a good soldier will be compromised, rendered ineffective. JVG is not a good general. In fact he is LOUSY. The Management of the Rockets is not good either; their track record over the years bears this out. Yao should seriously consider leaving the Rockets and go to a team with a good management that will ensure a good coach, a good general. Should he fail to do so his history as a player will be compromised. Under a good general there are no bad soldiers. Under a bad general even a good soldier will be compromised, rendered ineffective. JVG is not a good general. In fact he is LOUSY. The Management of the Rockets is not good either; their track record over the years bears this out. Yao should seriously consider leaving the Rockets and go to a team with a good management that will ensure a good coach, a good general. Should he fail to do so his history as a player will be compromised.

]]> By: Bapple http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-920 Bapple Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-920 I don't believe Tmac was ever a great slasher in a half-court set. He is a great finisher when he gets open though. The quickness factor is what separates Tmac from Wade or Kobe. Though he is quick for his height, he can never be as agile as Wade or Kobe. The same can be said of Yao at his position. That being said, Tmac is still a dominant scorer when he gets the ball around 18ft where he can face up or post up his man. The less Tmac has to pick-up his dribble, the better IMO. I don’t believe Tmac was ever a great slasher in a half-court set. He is a great finisher when he gets open though. The quickness factor is what separates Tmac from Wade or Kobe. Though he is quick for his height, he can never be as agile as Wade or Kobe. The same can be said of Yao at his position. That being said, Tmac is still a dominant scorer when he gets the ball around 18ft where he can face up or post up his man. The less Tmac has to pick-up his dribble, the better IMO.

]]> By: Wilson. http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-918 Wilson. Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:19:55 +0000 http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-918 I don't know why JVG put Yao Ming to guard Boozer! Yao should guard Okur and put someone else to guard Boozer!!! Since Jason Kidd was going to be traded to Lakers this year...is there a possibility that Kidd could play for the Rockets with TMac and Yao??? And maybe...just maybe...the Rockets should get a championship coach...maybe Rudy T back??? <em>I would love to have Kidd in the backcourt, but there's no way it can happen because of the salary constraints. Yao and T-Mac make too much money. That's why you have to draft smart and get a stud playing under their rookie contract (a 4-year deal) like Utah has with Deron Williams, or a veteran with a low salary who is willing to play for "cheap" for a shot at a ring, or the veteran is basically a "rental" where he will parlay that year into a bigger deal with someone else the year after. That's why getting Bonzi was such a coup, but JVG was not able to make it work. The only other way it works is if you have an owner who is willing to spend the big bucks and go over the salary cap and pay the luxury tax, like Mark Cuban had done in years' past.</em> I don’t know why JVG put Yao Ming to guard Boozer! Yao should guard Okur and put someone else to guard Boozer!!!
Since Jason Kidd was going to be traded to Lakers this year…is there a possibility that Kidd could play for the Rockets with TMac and Yao???
And maybe…just maybe…the Rockets should get a championship coach…maybe Rudy T back???

I would love to have Kidd in the backcourt, but there’s no way it can happen because of the salary constraints. Yao and T-Mac make too much money. That’s why you have to draft smart and get a stud playing under their rookie contract (a 4-year deal) like Utah has with Deron Williams, or a veteran with a low salary who is willing to play for “cheap” for a shot at a ring, or the veteran is basically a “rental” where he will parlay that year into a bigger deal with someone else the year after. That’s why getting Bonzi was such a coup, but JVG was not able to make it work.

The only other way it works is if you have an owner who is willing to spend the big bucks and go over the salary cap and pay the luxury tax, like Mark Cuban had done in years’ past.

]]> By: monster http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-917 monster Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:32:29 +0000 http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-917 With the type of defense the Jazz had on Yao tough J is about the only thing he is allowed to do. Too bad JVG turned Yao into post player ONLY. I think Houston's D had been overachieving due to the effort in the regular season. They are still overachieving thus far in the playoffs. However, the bench (Head and Howard) cannot play defense, which was exploited to the extreme in the series. Did you see they go to the guys Head and Howard were guarding? At times JVG had to put Yao in there in the first half without adequate rest just to keep the Rockets from getting blowing out of the building. With the bench unable to play man-to-man JVG should have just play some variety of zones. As for those who have been complaining about the lack of dribble penetration by T-Mac Sloan made it very tough by sending second guy to chase T-Mac to close to mid-court. Guess who they left open to press T-Mac? If you are thinking JH you are on the right track. I would still play JH. But after he miss his first two shots he should be benched for the rest of a game. Put Snyder in there if Hayes is in foul trouble. In short, there are too many half-dimensional role players for the team to be a contender. With the type of defense the Jazz had on Yao tough J is about the only thing he is allowed to do. Too bad JVG turned Yao into post player ONLY. I think Houston’s D had been overachieving due to the effort in the regular season. They are still overachieving thus far in the playoffs. However, the bench (Head and Howard) cannot play defense, which was exploited to the extreme in the series. Did you see they go to the guys Head and Howard were guarding? At times JVG had to put Yao in there in the first half without adequate rest just to keep the Rockets from getting blowing out of the building.

With the bench unable to play man-to-man JVG should have just play some variety of zones.

As for those who have been complaining about the lack of dribble penetration by T-Mac Sloan made it very tough by sending second guy to chase T-Mac to close to mid-court. Guess who they left open to press T-Mac? If you are thinking JH you are on the right track. I would still play JH. But after he miss his first two shots he should be benched for the rest of a game. Put Snyder in there if Hayes is in foul trouble.

In short, there are too many half-dimensional role players for the team to be a contender.

]]> By: ap http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-916 ap Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:30:37 +0000 http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-916 It's a joke! T-mac is like Lebron, both lack the instinct Jordan and D-wade have. MJ and D-wade have the will to score and they will always try to get inside. Yao is not doing any better either, he felt in love with the short jumper. How many little jump hook has he made? And that put back miss, has he learned to dunk the damn ball yet?!!!! Yao is just not aggresive enough. And why is it when we move the ball, it always ends in Alston's hand.... (maybe the other teams knows he can shoot!! duh) That dumn a** has to stop shooting. I rather tmac jack up those threes. It’s a joke! T-mac is like Lebron, both lack the instinct Jordan and D-wade have. MJ and D-wade have the will to score and they will always try to get inside. Yao is not doing any better either, he felt in love with the short jumper. How many little jump hook has he made? And that put back miss, has he learned to dunk the damn ball yet?!!!! Yao is just not aggresive enough. And why is it when we move the ball, it always ends in Alston’s hand…. (maybe the other teams knows he can shoot!! duh) That dumn a** has to stop shooting. I rather tmac jack up those threes.

]]> By: Ning http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-915 Ning Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:09:07 +0000 http://www.yaomingmania.com/blog/2007/04/29/jazz-jolt-rockets-again-to-tie-series-2-2#comment-915 God, I am so depress that our 2-0 lead a few days ago is now just a gone dream..... The way the ROX is playing Completely tear my heart and hope away.... i expect a big trade in summer that Yao is excluded. See you next season if the ROX don't win next game..... God, I am so depress that our 2-0 lead a few days ago is now just a gone dream….. The way the ROX is playing Completely tear my heart and hope away…. i expect a big trade in summer that Yao is excluded. See you next season if the ROX don’t win next game…..

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