Comments on: Yao Ming may retire after this season, and that's a damn shame

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:03:07 +0000

I am sorry but I disagree, 16.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per games are not great stats, they are good but not great. In my opinion he doesn’t have lofty standards, and Bogut’s stats this year weren’t great either. Yao’s best year, 19.7, 9.7, and 1.7 weren’t great either they were on the top side of good.
He may be one of the top centers of this era but only because the standards are so low for centers in this era.
maj

By: luffy

luffy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:21:24 +0000

Goodbye! Yao is goin down together w/the Chinese economy for the next couple of years…
Good for the Rockets they signed Brad Miller…

By: quills

quills — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:41:52 +0000

The rockets had Dikembe Mutomba as his backup. Just a matter of time before he he hurt his foot again on the court. Too many minutes for him and no good young healthy backup resulted in his injuries. cannot blame the Chinese national team at all…

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:04:03 +0000

Blame the Chinese national team. I am not positive about the past few offseasons, but I know that when Yao first entered the league, every offseason he spent playing games for China instead of training and taking time to heal. Giants may “age well” in terms of anchoring a defense because, although they may lose a step or two athletically, they make up for it in basketball IQ–and they’re still huge. My guess would be that Yao is not only injured but also burnt out. The pressure of having an entire country’s international basketball program on one’s shoulders is unimaginable–especially under a government like China. Yao has been fun to watch though, hopefully he will be able to make a comeback.

By: drew

drew — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:15:48 +0000

What a waste of time! He should retire not and stop wasting people’s time/patience. He will never be a champ b/c of his play is not adapted to win the “big one”. Trade now, now, now now!

By: John

John — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:14:36 +0000

Yao is a terrific player, and hopefully he plays for another 10 years. I am from Cleveland and have been a life long fan of the Cavs. It takes a lot of perserverence to get through issues like this and Z knows it. Z spent several years injured with foot problems but came back and had some very productive years. Hopefully Yao will be the same.