Why Yao Ming Is In The Hall Of Fame
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Coach Nick broke down Yao Ming, the best player ever to play in the NBA from China, and how he attacked in the Houston Rockets offense. With Tracy McGrady, they had the makings of one of the most lethal duos of all time, but unfortunately injuries derailed the careers of both of these stars.
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Yao is the only freakishly tall nba player that was highly skilled. Yao would've been a great player even if he "only" was 6"10. Because he was so skilled. He moved very smoothly which is incredibly rare at his height. Most bigs at 7"0 dont even have the finesse he did.
Hakeem Oluwajon lel
he was like a preview of today's 7 footers but ten years ago, plus great post play
Hakeem and Dirk are 7 footers that are very unique and skilled
Hakeem is actually 6"10 without shoes.
eh theyre about 6'10-11. we're talking about FREAKISHLY tall. not alot of these over 7 feet guys are this skilled
I think the most underrated part of his game was his free throw percentage. he averaged 83% from the line. that puts him in the top 100 ALL TIME in free throw % as a 7'6" center. not only did hacking him not work, it would've actually benefited him. and the fact that teams didn't want to send him to the line meant that they couldn't be as rough with him, when you were already giving up at least 6" if not, more to the guy. all I need is to see is 12:23 ... Ben Wallace was probably the best defensive big man in the entire NBA at that time and yao just ate him for lunch. incredible
Well also Ben was 6’ 9” so with Yao particularly it was definitely tough for him.
@@Nik.No.K This is the same Ben Wallace that blocked Shaq so forcefully he was on the ground. Yao was toying with him. Amazing. Unfortunately due to injuries his career didnt pan out as expected.
@@alansamineedi1511eah and Shaq probably destroyed Ben Wallace more than 10 games in his entire game, the fact is that Ben Wallace was an undersize Center and both Yao and Shaq were missmatch for him.
That’s like saying yeah but look AD blocked Lebron but he never blocked Derozan so Derozan must be better, that’s what your dumb reasoning look lol
Yao and Tmac were the only reasons I liked the Rockets back then. They should have won a ring together. One of many duos that never had the chance to experience the glory.
yeah for you ONLY. The fact of the matter is that he is a HALL of FAMER.
Harry Mak 2009 was their last chance to get the ring but Yao got hurt during series with Lakers.
500thou tmac's prime was in Orlando not Toronto
Anesu 32 it was mostly his back
dude's tall, can shoot mid range, and is an 80% freethrow shooter! what more can you ask
carl benz shoot 3s
Yao has the shooting touch, I am sure if he want to shoot he can practise it. But why would you stay outside when you can kill every centres in the paint.
Injury prone
well all-star he gave one 3 point shot
Yung Sung Plenty of players are injury prone, but are absolute monsters when healthy. Derrick Rose is an all-star caliber when healthy, and we have seen him do so with enough minutes, he just tries to play safer. Curry himself is pretty injury-prone, but he can go on a massive run and any team against him will be down by 30 in the next 4 minutes. Anthony Davis has that glass-body, but he’s regarded as the most unstoppable player today, if he’s healthy.
No matter how fragile you are, if you’re THAT good, then you’re THAT good.
Man, I'm watching this and I'm sad man. Yao gave us soo much
+Fabiolous Games I know! Too bad...
fuck injuries man. Tmac and Yao coulda been something
You won't make a similar video about Shaq?
Panos7Thyra Shaq doesn't need this
Banana Mangum Why did AI needed this, i see it as a tribune to their career.Of course Shaq doesnt need a video proving that he deserved a HoF nomination but i d like to see a si milar video like the others praising him etc.He is my favourite player ever
Massive thanks from China, Massive thanks to our big lad as well. Fans in America can just wait til the night and watch games easily but for the fans in China like us, most of us watches every single game of Yao from different methods. We might get caught by our teacher but as long as we can watch Yao plays that will be worth it. After classes all the boys in the class will be talking about Yao's performance, Kobe's performance,etc. For you guys,he might be just a great player and a great person, a bit doubtful to be in the Hall of fame, but for we Chinese fans, Yao is the best memories of our youth days.大姚 你是我们这一代人的青春啊！
Basketball is not really a hype here in Indonesia.... But not only in China, Yao is also a big inspiration here, too. Love how he played the game as a skilled big man. Anyway, the only thing i dont understand is your last sentence.... LOL
Hahaha my last sentence means" Yao Ming, you are one of the best things we ever had at our teenage years!"in Chinese. I usually don't type Chinese at RUclips but since it's a video about Yao I decided to put some Chinese in it. Thanks for your comment btw,really appreciate that. Hope Indonesia can have some decent basketball players in the future as well.
the last sentece laugh my ass off
It makes me laugh when he was nominated to HOF and some people, supposedly NBA "specialists" and I'm not sure if not former players, possibly HOF, questioned whether or not Yao Ming deserved it.
First of all, it's a Basketball HOF, not NBA HOF and Yao did a lot for basketball, he basically made a billion people aware of it. You can look on RUclips, there are videos of Chinese kids training hard since little, there is one that looks like a Basketball Kung Fu camp.
Besides that he was also a great player and a very skilled one that played at a high level as long as it lasted - if it wasn't for injuries, who knows what T-Mac and him could had achieved. I know that he was voted All-Star part of it simply because China was behind him but that certainly does not take away from him, he did deserve becoming a HOF. I didn't know that it would be in 2016, but sooner or later he would be one.
Victim card
yh but thts unfair to players just bc they arent from china but were derailed by injuries grant hill tmac penny hardaway arent in the hall of fame u sound slow its about basketball first sure he gave it to ppl in china but cmon now tht dont excuse his short ass career
michael jordan wouldnt be in the hof if he retired at 28 but yao is?
How dare you compare Yao to bol. White people did not kill them, they killed each other over power and money.
vincentino9 He just want to be a victim so bad
It was frustrating to watch the Rockets before. Tracy and Yao are taking turns getting injured. Could have been NBA champs.
They should have stolen one from the spurs
With harden too
One of the greatest "what if-s?" of all time. Those days were when I became a Rockets fan. Now I'm ashamed to be one. How did we go from having the greatest winning streak of all time(in my opinion, the underdog winning streak), to having EVERY SINGLE PLAYER complaining about EVERY SINGLE FOUL being called? The Rockets are just pitiful now. Thank God the season has been suspended, and I hope Harden and Westbrook get outta here soon, so we can start fresh(again).
I'd like to see two types of videos 1. How J-Kidd and Nash were so extremely effective as passers and P&R handlers. 2. A video on your top 3 role players.
Oh yes pls do those coach. The 2nd one seems tough tho, maybe do top 3 role players by position
Role player would be Robert Horry of course
+jabasimakol and Brian scalabrine.
j-kidd and nash are 2 different beast. kidd loves to play slow precise ball nash is more of a speed tempo fast paced pointguard
You have to have john stockton there. Absolute beast
the tragedy is that the NBA league nowadays has no centers like Yao.
If I were taller,I could be the next Yao(I am smol,but smart)
"I am smol,but smart" ok.
I am small but smort
But I am only smol and smort :(
im smal but i like smores?
Coach, where in the hell do you find all of this footage
The NBA is so spotty with footage online, to find so many detailed highlights of games from about 10 years ago feels nearly impossible..well, doing it consistently anyways.
I love your videos man
He probably recorded them from back then.
Sharks footage too!
Dom2k why don't they give u a check?
Dom2k NBA TV reruns.
In real life, Yao was a great player. In NBA 2k games, Yao is the GOAT, apparently.
alley oop
He can hit 3s easily without a green release😂 hes almost as good as curry in 2k
rookie mode
Knocking down everything 🏀
Galactic123 Damned Chinese game hackers...Just kidding
Damn, he was strong. I remember always checking to see if the rockets were on TV just to see this big fella work. Definitely deserving
Sometimes you dont have to average 30 pt and 10 rebounds to be inducted in the hall of fame.Yao was a perfect ambasador of nba in china.People usualy underesttimate yao.Thats the people who downt understand basketball.Shame he played that few sesons
Yes, Yao absolutely deserves to be in the HOF. That was also one of the reasons why there was a debate on whether he should be enshrined as a player, or a contributor (yes, there is this category in the HOF). Eventually, he got in as a player, meaning that his achievements on the court were taken into account more than off the court.
You can allways leave it to a Serb to explain stuff about bball xexexe
exactly. it is the hall of FAME. not hall of RINGS. hall of STATS. Fame.
да точно
Yao's averages are actually hof worthy, it's just the longevity that some people call into question. Also, as a side note, even shaq never had an over 30 point 10 reb season, so that bar is way too high.
That attack on the catch baseline spin is some hakeem fundamentals, thats what made Yao special, willing to learn, unlike dwight :/
+Emery 💪🏀👊
Yao was the last great big man. Too bad his injuries limited his career in the NBA. It's so sad to see how low the center position has fallen when the best centers today can't even master one of Yao's low post moves... If it ain't a dunk, they can't make it.
Oh yea, the video forgot to mention that Yao was an over 80% FT shooter. Teams couldn't even hacka-Yao.
What about Duncan?
He said last. Duncan came before Yao bruh.
Irto Simbiak Well, I was really talking about legitimate 7'+ centers. Timmy was a PF who transitioned into the center spot when he got old and after all the good centers died out. He didn't directly matchup with Shaq or Yao for the most part. He usually had a Robinson, Nesterovic, and etc. for that.
*You are correct. . timmy was a PF who was given center once The Admiral retired*
same with lebron he cant do anything but power dunk no move to the basket no fade away nothing kobe was last dying style of the 90s
Yao Ming was so damn special... we'll never see anyone like him again.
never say never, hopefully we will
Ross Dann
yeah, but 7' 5" with a fadeaway and 83% FT shooting? very rare.
Yao told that he was not a good FT shooter , he even could not hit one in half hour , and much frustrated was his mom and coach spent their time to wait him finish his 100 FT not matter how long . He realized he had to beat that , so he practiced really hard on FT and that's why his FT is 85 percent which we never see a Center do FT when it's technical fault .
XiongFeng Huang
Yao is so awesome.
Yao had everything... he can score, reb, assist, steal, block, shoot 3, shoot 2, shoot 1, and he was smart
But they didn't nominate him as a player tho
that's because he's career was short and he had alot of injuries over the 9 years which is already very impressive for a man of his size to be able to play at that level for that long..if mac and him was healthy together for 1-2 seasons i bet they will get a ring together for sure..
yeah and the best part is that he's free throw ratings are amazing too, can't use that hack a shaq tactic on him...he simply scores when he goes to the free throw line...diligent, tall, skilled, strong and fast and for his size...that sums up yao ming.
you summed it up beautifully in two posts
Its hard to find a player like Yao Ming. He deserved to make the HOF.
I think the only thing missing in this video is his amazing free throw shooting for a center. He even shoots the technical free throws for the rockets.
Right.he is the only center in NBA history to shoot tech free throw for a team
@@Xinxin_WangWell if Dirk counts as a center he's definitely one as well
@@Time_Lapse_Master. yeah if Steve nash count as center he is one too 🤣🤣
@@Xinxin_Wang Well it's not like Dirk played at least 30% center in 8 out of his 21 seasons. He's a PF, but played actual minutes at the 5
He was the only player in NBA history who was 7'6 who was actually a basketball player and not just some tall guy.
Saying Chinese people only liked NBA basketball because Yao is in the NBA is projecting American racism against blacks onto China. Even when Yao was playing in Houston, Tracy McGrady's jersey sold more in China than Yao's Jersey. Other black players like Kobe and Lebron are just as popular as Yao in China. The Chinese dont give a fuck if you are Asian or Black, if you are amazing at basketball, they will love you.
Arsène Lupin That's true, in China people don't even know what's racism. I think the other Asian countries are the same. That's all about basketball.
Arsène Lupin It's true that Chinese doesn't care as much as Americans about racial problem. But yao actually is the reason that NBA got popular in China. Before yao was drafted, Chinese national TV rarely cover any American sport event. After he got into NBA, you know the rest of the story.
That's true, but that has more to do with the state controlled media finally allowing NBA to be show more in China because Yao entered NBA. I doubt these white people actually under stand that tho.
This comment didn't age well. Blacks are being segregated in China now.
China Love IVERSON tHE MOST!
Great analysis. I just want to add that Yao's free throw is also one of reasons why he was such an unstoppable force in the court.
Being a center, you are guaranteed to be fouled against a shit ton in a game. Coupled with an 85%+ of free throw accuracy, which is a number completely unheard of from a C... you get a monster. That basically means one way or another he's gonna put the ball in that basket and there's nothing you can do.
Yao Ming! Yao Ming, Yao Ming, Yao Ming....
Wow! I really forgot how good he was! Dude was hella strong and had a great post game. And that free throw percentage! Though a short career, he definitely deserved to be a HOF'er!
I saw this guy as a rookie playing for Team China vs Team Canada. The first thing I noticed was how well he moved at his incredible height. And the guy was like 19 years old.
As a Chinese from Shanghai, he is my pride and deserve be in the hall of game. I am 100% biased but I think he is one of a kind player are tall and skilled. He production was limited by injuries and other reasons.( 2008 Olympic was a huge blow to him because he played without the clearance from Doctor for stress fracture) but this is Basketball HOF not NBA HOF. So I think he deserve to be voted in
It's always great to have someone from your home city that you can be proud of. He is a great inspiration, not only as a basketball player, but also a successful individual in general. I hope his achievements can become a symbol to the younger generations in your city and the rest of the world.
As to his shortened career, I remember that Bill Russel once commented that if Yao hadn't played for the Chinese national team that frequently (As far as I recall, he played for the national team even in minor tournaments. Correct me if I'm wrong about this.) Considering that he already had to play 82 games in the regular season and some more games in the playoffs, adding a dozen games during the off season without proper rest certainly had worn him off much faster. It was a shame that there weren't enough Chinese stars who could share his load for your country.
+Ethan Dong I agree! 👊🏀🏀
Bill Walton only had about 2 dominant years but still made the hall of fame
ALso - Walton's college years
thank you for making this coach!!! Yao never gets enough credit for his on court performance
He was a key component in one of the greatest teams of all time and won the 6th man of the year award.
@herv3 let's not forget finals mvp and actually winning a ring
As a chinese international student in Canada, i wanna say thank u so much for this great video about Yao Ming and for ur appreciation of him :)
Yao is severely underrated...
A healthy Yao would dominate Embiid, Jokic, or any other center in 2019
Lmao
Hell yea he would.
Yao a beast.
@@user-pi6tt4lw7o he would. He averaged 22 points a game against prime shaq in his career. He would do well against Embiid
Facts
an unhealthy yao is enough for todays centers
wish injuries never existed.. imagine if yao ming stayed healthy.. good thing this team is in 2k as a what if.
Lmao. The plays are literally just the rockets giving it to Yao, then just standing around and chilling
Awesome video but can't believe you didn't mention yao's awesome free throw shooting skills. His free throw shooting skills made it so no one could employ "hack a Shaq" strategy on him and he was often the shooter for the team's technical free throws. think about the last NBA team that sends their big man to shoot technical free throws?
+Brandon yknow, I tweeted this idea out yesterday, then forgot to mention it! Argh!!
Video starts at 1:27
thanks, warm hearted man
you idiot fool, do u know how much time and effort is needed to produce this kind of content? if u cant get what i mean, then just gtfo
+Sam Shi I agree it takes a lot of effort and talent to produce these videos but if someone wants to skip the advertisement rubbish then they should have the freedom to do so.
another great video, thanks Coach Nick and BBB team! I didn't appreciate Yao enough growing up, I was only interested in guards. It was great to see you appreciate his balance of skill, strength, tactics, and something you can't teach...height!
I like how you mentioned he had so many weapons and height, sometimes there really wasn't anything you could do about it. "what are you supposed to do?" "that was frankly...unfair" Someone else already mentioned this but he was a great FT shooter too! There's no hack-a-Yao...last year was 93.8%! I noticed you didn't really have any criticism worth mentioning in the video too.The only thing I can think of, in today's NBA, what would Yao in his prime do when the Warriors use his man to screen for Curry?!?
+Stever Liu now THAT would've been a problem for him... They'd have to let Curry shoot. But if he gave Curry 6 feet of room and out his hands up, he could still obscure his vision of the rim, which is something. Thanks! #imin
It's a shame they never the Yao McGrady combo never advanced passed the 1st round
Imagine if Yao played with Orlando Magic version of T mac. He was already having back probs when he went to Houston.
They actually did. Once. Just... one of them was injured. Then both.
They did advance, and took the Lakers to game 7 solely on Yao's shoulders while Mac battled back spasms. Kobe essentially dove for the ball and took out Yao's knees lmao, and he got injured too so essentially that dream wasn't to be.
Lets Build That App they only played 2 playoff series together
because they werent good enough
Yao Ming Total Stats:
Points: 9,247
Assists: 769
Rebounds: 4,494
Wow, nice. Do Tracy Mcgrady throwback analysis. Was he better than Kobe? Also why Adelman never got real playoff success? He had some solid teams and his offense seems cool.
injuries 2 both tmac and yao thats y
That never hapenned, Kobe invented that story ... It was confirmed later by booth guys
want to be succes? not do yourself part, has to have a good boss. tmac never had a good boss. but kobe has
Yao said that he watched tapes of Olajuwon and Divac for hours.
That's probably why I admire your videos so much! Chicago native here! Anyways, well said Coach! Who would you rather have in your starting 5 as a center, Yao or Hakeem?
Idk about this background music, coach. Sounds like a kids' fashion show
But I love Yao and I love the vid
i like it
Didn't you once make a video called "Why Yao will not make the HOF" like 5/6 years ago?
I am the Asian Sensation. I should have gotten mvp my rookie year
I love you
my thoughts exactly
Yao Bass you are fake man
Exceptional free throw shooter and team player.
Excellent analysis. Yao was a smart player as well.
+M James Thx! 💪🏀👊
9:21 Ming does a fake but the guy guarding has already given up is like "dude, just score already".
Yao is the king of all memes
and a legend
I forgot about the yaoming reaction face
if you wanna know why yao ming is in hall of fame just watch classic smoove videos
"HE'S FROM *CHINA* , MAAN!"
honestly in those old videos yao ming was the best player for the most part
his career ended coz of an injury. I have no problems putting him, grant hill, and T-Mac in the hall of fame
Y'all real for remembering these
the houston rockets had a history of great big men, and then dwight howard comes along :(
**glad he left btw
Still do really, Nene and Capela are no joke.
Nene is out of prime, and is really closer to a PF than a C. Capela is decent though, looking intelligent defensively.
capela needs to work a lot
Dwight isn't bad but after his injury It seems like he doesn't care anymore
Dwight was good, but most of the time when a player gets injured he does not return the same. Look at D-Rose... Hell even KD! Compare his 2014 season to this one. Only PG looks almost the same, but is hard to get back to your old self
Great analysis, seeing all those reels makes me realize how much the game's strategies have changed since then!!
I forgot how good yao was, he is definitely a hall of famer
He wasn't that good if you had to come here to decide....Hmmmm????? You don't need youtube to know Magic, Jordan, etc.
A lot of people don't understand that Yao was nominated as an international contributor, while Shaq and AI were nominated as players. In other words his legacy in the league is not even the main reason that he got in. At his prime he was arguably the best center in the NBA. Dwight puts up better stats but got constantly schooled by Yao. But it was his promoting of basketball in China and contribution to the sport in such way that made him worthy. After all it's the Hall of Fame, and Yao has huge fame in China.
Yao only man Can guard Shaq most at the time
Cristian Aldo dennis rodmen
imo the old arvydas sabonis also did a pretty good job in guarding prime shaq in the late 90s/early 00s
Karl Malone did an okay job because of his pure physical strength could box him out, but he was inches shorter, so wasn't like he was going to be consistently blocking Shaq.
Ben Wallace
Dream could too. Shaq has always said he couldn't do much with Hakeem offensively or defensively
Video about Jason Kidd i want to see his game?
Agreed
gary payton actually
+wong nigel hope he will make a lot of breakdowns about these great players before the season starts then there wont be as much time since games will be games played rapidly
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Had it not been for injury Yao would have collectively been regarded as the most dominant player in the history of basketball.
did you not watch the video you bum
not really even in his prime and when he was healthy Yao never had the same numbers of Shaq or Tim Duncan
+highlander2107 Shaq once explained the reason he could dunk and be the very dominant big man inside the paint, you should search and watch that video, then you will understand more about playing as a big man inside.
thank you
shaq says that wilt is the most dominant big man, followed by shaq himself. After that the most dominant big men would be kareem and hakeem (hakeem GOAT defender, and kareem arguable GOAT).
Yao Ming? Great player. Deserving to be in the hall of fame? Debatable. But I have to say his impact on the game of basketball and internationally was huge. And also his memes.
+Bob Trollinski I missed the memes! What were they?
why shouldnt he be in the hall of fame
yao ming laughing face was used as a meme
www.google.com/search?q=yao+laugh+face&espv=2&biw=1862&bih=1183&tbm=isch&imgil=z2O7K8INm1gsHM%253A%253B3lwQeQqP0pYXPM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fmemesvault.com%25252Flaughing-face-meme%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=z2O7K8INm1gsHM%253A%252C3lwQeQqP0pYXPM%252C_&usg=__aVvNuiERbEEsGBzwBL1eEgT002Q%3D&ved=0ahUKEwir3aWPoJfPAhXK3YMKHVczCa8QyjcINw&ei=3ajdV-v6DMq7jwTX5qT4Cg#tbm=isch&q=yao+laugh+face
It's basketball hall of fame not NBA HOF, which makes him (more) deserving
Yao Ming must've been a nightmare to guard
Can you even call that defense? He straight up murdered nearly every defender each time he posts up.
Most skilled man of that size ever. And probably ever will be.
Coach when are you going to Upload John Woodens High Post Offense video. Also you should start new series on extinct offenses in basketball such as Pete Newell's Reverse Action, Dean smith Shuffle Offense, Al Marquire's Humpty Dumpty Offense and break down their offenses
I always knew he was a Hall of Famer. Congrats Big Yao!
Yao entered NBA when I was 6th grade.
NBA plays at noon in China, but you can see that any shop/restaurant near my school with a TV were filled with students when there is a Rocket game.
I miss those old days...
Yao is the reason i watch NBA
wow i miss yao.. he is one my fav players of all time.. i remember watching his documentary when he is just starting to build his nba career he had a translator which became his bestfriend. i love yao and im a filipino
man if tmac and yao wont cursed with injuries they wouldve been nba champs. such great players
I say he's as talented as any center in the history. He's a cheat code in any era.
Make a serie of videos called: Who was (insert a player here)?
Something like, you describes through its career what he did and how he played the game and what he made for the game. how the nba was after and before him.
For example: Kobe, kind of plays he liked to make, how he liked to defend, etc etc. You know more than me, that is my idea, sorry for my english
2009 Rockets Team + 2005 Yao & McGrady = at least one champion
wow, great analysis. more respect to yao after watching this.
Who disliked this already? Not even enough time to watch the video.
shitty music makes me wanna puke
congrats you just found out that there are idiots on youtube
i didn't dislike the video i just give an explanation.
themusic is so bad that i can't listen the explanation
Welcome to my world...
really? It really rubs you that wrong?
Yao puts to rest the myth that big man can not shoot!!
Such an awesome vid, keep it up coach!
+James D'Angelo thanks!!
dude could of been a normal sized center and still would of been an allstar.
Can you do a breakdown of how Shaquille O'Neal flourished in Lakers offense back in his Laker days?
+Bilal Souldan it's on the list to honor the last 3 guys in the hall of fame...
Wow he was a really good free throw shooter for a big man
Unlike shaq
or most centers
he was a very good free throw shooter period.
Yao is not only a great athlete, but also a kind person. He has high basketball IQ and also high EQ off the court. Hope we can have more players like Yao in the league.
Yao was a standout for sure. I don't see how anyone can argue otherwise. I find it hilarious how sometimes he is double or triple teamed and is sometimes able to play like he is unguarded, like he is playing a schoolyard game with kids.
if only TMAC and Yao were healthy together... at least one championship could have been had.
they were so close in 2009...too bad these two were never healthy at the same time
Yes, they made it to game 7 against the Lakers even with both Yao abd Tmac injured...(They still got guys like Ron Artest, Louis Scola, Carl Landry, Kyle Lowry) Lakers won that championship. That's so unfortunate for the Rockets.
If TMac and Yao had been healthy in 2009, they woulda ate Orlando alive. Dwight having to guard Yao Ming and Tmac woulda just annihilated Orlando
NBA Bandwagoners: "HE WAS ONLY GOOD BECAUSE HE WAS TALL"
Yao Ming blocking the ball on its way to the basket was like someone swatting away a fly.
Do we really need to even ask why Shaq is in the Hall of Fame?
Nah, probably not
I think we need to do because out all the hall of famer Shaq style has change up a lot he use to be this athletic big men that can run the floor like these modern big men to where he put on so much weight in la he became a lot less athletic but so dominant and the post and finally talk about after 35 how letting his weight go had become big issue while dealing with the injury just ended his career I may know a lot I want to hear it from a coaching prospective
agreed, but i would like to see a video like this about him. it will explain his dominance to the younger guys.
Shaq would've been the undisputed GOAT big man, possibly player ever if he had Kobe's mentality of chasing constant improvement and never settling for what he's already achieved. You could tell in the later years he was just letting his talent do most of the hard work, he'd turn up to training camp overweight and he inevitably paid for it with injuries that probably would've been averted if he'd kept in shape. I'd take Olajuwon over him.
It would still make a good video.
So thankful that "The Great Wall" received such a great analysis and proper rating. My point with Yao Ming is his sheer willingness to play hurt (which I think adds to his greatness but unfortunately what shorted us from seeing extended greatness). His performance in 2009 against the Lakers was the most mind-boggling and painful performance to watch. The Lakers struggle with Yao when he was playing on ONE GOOD LEG (check that game 1 performance in WCSF). He played game 3 with a huge welt on his right knee, refusing to leave the game until he was pulled. T-Mac said it best 2009 was their year, they had two of the leagues top ten perimeter defenders (the stat-less all-star Shane Battier and still in his prime Ron Artest), and an awesome Aaron Brooks.
Curious Caoch Nick, just what sort of data do you have of that team and what they produced when they had all of those players that year?
Thanks in advance,
Basketball Fan
Can you do a breakdown of how the offense worked during pre-zone defense era compare to the zone defense era?
I would like to see this.
Really loved the breakdown of his stills and rockets strategy. Quite a rare video to find. Thanks!
Man I miss Yao so much
his body wore out because he never really got to rest. as soon he was done in the NBA, he was going over to China. never really resting to recover and being a giant was a disaster for his lower body.
he was the last big man Shaq respected. dude was an automatic double team whenever he held the ball
To this day I'm still wondering what would have happened if T-mac was healthy during the time Yao carried the rockets deep in the west playoffs
Appreciate this video and thanks all these comments for Yao
So who else has this popping all over their recommended?
ya, whats up with that. Im watching Kripp play hearthstone and this is recommended, like WTF? something fucky happened, lol
NeverLucky
fuck kripp and his blur ass videos
man, I miss him playing in the court. He's an inspiration to me. i just hoped i have the same height as him lol. So much respect to the big guy. Houston fan since he was part of it day 1.
It will be Lebron vs. Kwame Brown. That guy once combined with Kobe for 84 points.
fantastic video! informative, analytical, and respectful
Hey Coach, it would be really great if you could make a video about the late great Dražen Petrović and why he was inducted in the HoF. And thanks for the countless videos i watched on your channel over the time. You are the GOAT of basketball breakdowns! 👍🏽👍🏾👍🏼👍🏻👍Greetings from Hamburg Germany (i am croatian so i am biased about Petro getting in the HoF. A more objective point of view would be great...)
+Domi777723 oh, this is a great idea.
Excellent idea! I wonder how I myself haven't thought about Dražen and suggested it to Coach Nick!
- Pozdrav iz Hrvatske! ;)
He had great touch around the rim. He was a force to block and had some rrally high level footwork as well.
Wish he couldve stayed healthy.
I wamma say it was his 5th season when he was really coming into himself.
BFG a.k.a. Big Friendly Giant
Me and Yao were in the same primary school, where he was one grade higher than me, in Shanghai back to 80's. The only memory of him at that time that I have now is he was a lot taller than most of teachers. It's very rare to see a 10 year-sh old boy can grow as tall as 6 foot, unless he got some kind of giant syndrome. Although many of us thought he could be an athlete due to his height at that time, I believe no one would anticipate that he will be the one of greatest big man in NBA. I am really proud of what Yao has achieved, and expect more Chinese or Asian basketball players could follow his footsteps in the NBA.
HE'S FROM CHINA, MAN!
Yao deserved to enter the Hall of Fame and according to Wikipedia, David Stern said Yao was a "bridge between Chinese and American fans" and that he had "a wonderful mixture of talent, dedication, humanitarian aspirations and a sense of humor."[
no mention of his awesome free throws?
Oh yeah
i am not a basketball player. never played, and know nothing about the game. this breakdown was great. i like you vids. keep it up. you gonna make me a basketball fan
THAT"s... Joakim Noah? I thought it was a shooting guard or small forward.
McGrady's' time with the Rockets reminds me of Stoudemire on the Knicks in which they had very little explosiveness left in the tank which made them practically unstoppable scoring machines in their prime. But luckily they had Yao and a great coach in Jeff Van Gundy which put them both in great positions to succeed. That win record they have is a testament of the how good the Rockets really were in the West that had way more stacked teams then the East.
I miss Yao.