Comments on: Yao Ming: Hall of Fame or Bust?

By: YaoFan

YaoFan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:00:40 +0000

POPPI GEE says:

Career is ok but I would say a bust. Houston should have traded dude a long time ago, seeing as he can’t give you consistency health wise and he doesn’t have the demeanor to take the squad to the next level.

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Cant argue about health, but since when did demeanor take a squad to the next level? so by that reasoning the “tough guys” should have delivered dozens of chips? how many does sheed have? how does barkley have? how many does the ‘the glove’ have? how many does AI have?

And I don’t understand why the choices are HOF or bust. I am a huge fan but I don’t think he is neither HOF nor bust. How about just a solid pro at this point. And hold the obituary… he is not finished yet.

By: bostonfan

bostonfan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:18:40 +0000

best center over 7,2 he is a hall of famer 4 show was owning the league for a long time. And led houston to the playoffs against the lakers. when tracy was gone they were the only team in the playoffs who has taken the lakers to 7 games in fact the only ones in two years.
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/yao_ming/career_stats.html

check it out 25 point 11 rebs 2.0 blocks and 55 fg%

By: Steve Nash

Steve Nash — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:59:01 +0000

Dikembe Mutumbo

By: Promoman

Promoman — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:44:17 +0000

Yao can’t be considered a bust. He had to deal with Steve Francis & Cuttino Mobley dumbasses playing 2 on 5 every night. The instant they got traded, Yao’s game grew exponentially. He also proved that he could play alongside elite talent when Tracy McGrady wasn’t snakebitten. I blame the Rockets for playing him & McGrady when they knew full well that both were injured.

By: SWAT

SWAT — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:05:09 +0000

@ gee…im hurt fam. u really think YAO is a bust?!? cmon-who are you-is this somebody pretending to be gee? i refuse to believe that a fellow rox fan can say yao belongs in the same books as kwame brown? or olowakandi? or even sam bowie-these are all busts and u think YAO belongs in the same category?

By: yao

yao — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:57:36 +0000

HALL OF FAME 4 show !!!!!!!!!! u have to take in to acounts that he is 7.6 he is the best player who has played in the nba over 7.3 25ppg 11 rpg 2 bpg that shit don’t lie while shooting 55% from the field

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:00:20 +0000

hey dime how the hell can the best center in the league since 05 be a bust?? or at least second best if u like howard more.
hofer maybe
bust hell no

By: Robb

Robb — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:54:33 +0000

Yeaah, wouldnt say Yao was a bust, i could name like 30 No. 1 draft picks he has easily surpassed.. The doubt against him, obviously, comes with all the injuries… I think Yao will go down as one of those “OMG, imagine if…” stories. He has been very good, but it will be continuously speculated how good he would have been. Without the injuries, He could have been Top 5 all time. His amazing offensive skill with the 7″6 height and build, would have done ridiculous things if not for the injuries… like i said, one of the great ‘what if’s?’…

By: Stunnaboy09

Stunnaboy09 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:53:43 +0000

For a guy who was 7’6 he sure played like a tissue. I mean Manute Bole got 5 blocks a game ad he was a string bean 1 inch taller than Yao.

I don’t think Yao deserves HOF in basketball skill/stat alone, but factor in global impact and maybe he sneaks in. Maybe.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:49:40 +0000

@the guy saying bust

Who expected him to dominate the center position for 8-10 years? I remember when he was first drafted Barkley promising he’d never even score 20 points in a game.

Yao took the criticism, worked hard, and proved everybody wrong. I remember him absolutely destroying Shaq when Yao was in his prime.