Some think he'll flop, others think he'll dominate, and many say he will be a role player at best, what would u like to see from him? Me personally, if he could give 15, 10 and 4blks, i'd be over the moon, how bout u's?
He will be very much like Rik Smits, not in type of game, but in standing among centers and contribution to the team. Given that we already have a star (Francis), another potential star in Griffith, and solid contributors in Mobley, Taylor and Nachbar, if my prediction holds out then Yao's contribution will be sufficient. If he proves to be beter than that then great I just don't believe he will become an Olajuwon type center (I would love to be wrong though and will hold out hope).
i admit i have high expectations on yao ming. the stats, i'm not gonna attempt to guess, but i would like to see him among the best players of the league or at least top 3 rookies. some of these articles on the net dissing our new rocket really has me pissed. see i'm mad just thinking of em.
there doesn't seem to be that many points available to yao on our team. steve-21 cat-21 moT-12 rice-10 BENCH mooch-6 griff-12 nachbar-6 cato-4 with our top eight players excluding yao, and kt (i don't think he will get that much PT), there is a total of 92 points scored already. if we expect to get to 100 yao can average 8 points per game. i think there are plenty of rebounds for yao to get. with only steve and griff averaging 7+ per game. i tihnk yao can get us 8 rpg. overall: yaos stats will not amaze. 8-pts 8-rebs 2-blks what will amaze people will be his fg%. he seems like the type that would give up taking tough shots, and let our stars do that. with him only taking good shots we may see a lot of games when he is 3-4 or 4-6 shooting. he may lead the league in fg% as a rookkie with 65%. thats the kind of player we need. he will only need 7 fga to get us 10 points. not like our other players who will need 10 fga.
I don't expect anything from him in the first year except bringing out double digits in scoring so that impatient fans won't have something credible to gripe about. I'm pretty sure 4 or 5 rookies will be more productive than Ming. Overall, I think we'd be pissing in our pants if Ming brought in <i>Cato's</i> expected numbers on a consistent basis and become the true replacement for Dream at defending the key...
First year numbers 8 points,6 rebounds,1 block. After 3-4 years,15 points,9 rebounds,2 blocks. However I think he has the potential to score around 17 points a game.
I want 12 points and 8 boards in his rookie campaign. Eventually, I'd like to see Yao as a 20-10 man.
I don't think we should expect much for 3-4 years-- Fortunately we have that ability because we are strong with Cato starting. Hopefully the Rockets will use a Steve McNair type development approach and allow him to ease in to the system so he is fully comfortable as NBA center. If Ming develops as they expect him to the sky is the limit if everyone stays heathly- I hope there isn't some sort of hassle from Chinese officials if Ming doesn't get the playing time they want him to have the first couple of years.
After the draft I expected 12pts/7boards but now with the Aussie trampling I'm getting a little worried again.
first year 10 points , 7 boards , 2 blocks, 28 minutes a game second year, 14 points, 10 , 2 blocks, third year 17 points, 10 board, 3 blocks 4th year 20 points, 11 boards, 3 blocks a game so as you can see i think he's a 4 year project, but when he hits he's straps watchout
Ming was interviewed last night after the win against the Aus. He indicated that he needed three years to adjust to the NBA styles and five years to be completely comfortable. He also said whether there would be a Ming dynasty, it was too early to say. Apparently, he is under a lot of pressure from media after the draft. He lost his smile since then. After the win against Yug, the Yug coach reported Ming, apart from his height, was very good in his skills and basketball sense. Yet, there was weakness in Ming. It was his strength, both upper and lower bodies. He felt three times in the games against Yug. The coach continued to comment, Ming need to strengthen his lower body and add more weight to the upper body. He is too slim right now. So, I don't expect him to be much effective in the first two years.
Sorry for my typo. I meant he felled three times in the games against Yug. That was the reason why the Yug coach felt Ming needs to strengthen his lower body. I personally felt that might have been caused by his hip injury, as Ming has, unlike the past, very little lateral movement and jump in the tournament.
I expect Yao to challenge for ROY this year. He plays the weekest position in the league where all of the talent belongs to first and second year guys (Curry, Hallario and Ming), over the hill guys(Dream, Ewing and Robinson) and Shaq.
He'll be sitting on the bench early in many games after picking up 2 fouls or being outmuscled by 6'9 guys.
I think Ming will average about 9pts 5rebs and 1 block his rookie year. I think it'll pick up after that and he will eventually avg 17pts 10rebs, and 1.7 blocks. Plus 3.5 assists. I think there are a lot of new players on the team this year, and it may take a while into the season before the team really starts clicking.
I actually think this is all up to Rudy, I think Ming is capable of averaging 20-10 right now. He will benefit immensly from playing with GOOD players, right now all the other teams focus all of their strategy on stopping him, once he gets in the NBA and teams do not focus on him, I think he will flourish. However, Rudy may bring him along very slowly, so, I expect him to average about 11 pts and 6 boards......for the year. By the end of the year he will be getting a double double every night. DaDakota
Probably something to remember is how Rudy seems to operate over the course of a season. Historically, the 5 guys hitting the floor and getting the playnig time (and therefore the stats) at the start of the season are usually not the same 5 guys at the end of the season. Some of this has been due to injuries, obviously, but a lot of it is also the fact that Rudy takes a while to get comfortable with new players, and will often start getting the new guys into more games after Christmas. Maybe it just takes about that long to get the hang of Rudy's 'Stand-in-this-spot- while-Steve-and-Cat-play-one-on-one' offense. So really, the most likely scenario is for someone like Ming (and even Nachbar) to have two completely different seasons during their rookie campaigns. Before Christmas, I think we can expect very little from either of them, *especially* if the Rockets are healthy and playing well with Rice and Taylor back on the floor. However, even so, the general dissatisfaction with the play of Cato will probably see Rudy start putting Ming in for more minutes, possibly even starting games by 3/4 of the season (depending on our record). Nachbar will probably get more time sooner, simply because his skill set is more ready for the position he will play on this team. So: 1st half of season, Ming: 12 minutes/game 6 pts 4 rbs 1 blk 2 asst 2nd half of season, Ming: 27 minutes/game 12 pts 8 rbs 3 blk 4 asst A lot will depend, of course, of how quickly he learms not to foul everyone who gets near him. Just remember that he is *smart*, and a genuinely hard worker, and truly desires to improve. You honestly can't say that about too many players these days. So hopefully his improvement will come more quickly than some predict. One thing I am sure of: we will be seeing a totally different player at the end of the season than we will see at the beginning of the year. I will be very interested to see how his stats chart out week-by-week over the course of the whole season. And because of his slow start, don't be surprised if he doesn't make the All Rookie team, a la Eddie Griffin last year, even though EG clearly deserved to make it as will, I think, Ming this coming year.
I think not a lot of PT, confusion, quick fouls (China might call him back at the half of the season) and Kukoc type defense...
