Houston Must Trade Yao
NBA May 10th. 2009, 3:30pm
Yao Ming’s season ended the other night with a broken foot in a loss to the Lakers. This was Yao’s 6th season in the NBA. He played in 82 games his first two seasons and hasn’t had a complete season since. He played in 80, 57, 48, 55 and 77 games. This year’s 77 games was pretty good, but it ended with another disappointing injury and another Playoff loss for the Rockets.
I think we all know what has to happen. Yao Ming must be traded to Phoenix.
I don’t know how a trade would work – but it doesn’t matter. Yao Ming must play in Phoenix with the best training staff in professional sports. This season alone, Phoenix had Shaquille O’Neal play in 75 games and Grant Hill play in 82. 75 games is the most Shaq has appeared in since he played in 79 games for Los Angeles in the ‘99-’00 season. Grant Hill has never played a full 82-game season until this year.
How about Yao and T-Mac for Amare and a #1? The ultimate faith healing trade. Houston gets a star big man and a chance to start over and the Suns get two of the most potentially unstoppable players alive – if they can put them back together and keep them that way.
Yao Ming is too special to not play full seasons and have deep playoff runs every season. He’s a 7-foot-6-inch freak of awesome with a deft touch that needs to be appreciated year in and year out by the greatest possible number of basketball fans.
This can’t happen in Houston. He needs to play in the desert with the Suns’ mystical training staff. I’m sorry Houston, but sometimes you have to let go of the one you love.
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May 10th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
The Shaq and Yao combo would work
May 10th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
just a refresher, mutummbo retired earlier this post season because of an injury
not a great couple of weeks for houston 7-footers
May 10th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
What about instead of trading Yao, if they just watch more NBA TV? I’m sure at some point in the recent years Ahmad Rashad has done some sort piece on the Suns training regiment.
May 10th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Is it the training staff or the healing sun of Phoenix?
May 10th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
There’s no way this Laker team is winning it all. Two of their starters (Ariza/Fisher) would not start for the Cavaliers by the way.
May 10th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
And Kobe just got fouled four times on one play..then he gets t’d up by Bavetta.
May 10th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Shannon Brown would start over mo williams, ariza would start over lebron without a doubt
May 10th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
/serious on Brown
May 10th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
What are you smoking? I thought we had SuperAndy for the asinne, completely retarded statements on the Cavs?
May 10th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Luke Walton’s not very good either might I add. How does he see time?
May 10th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
What are the chances SuperAndy and howardryan either stop posting or change their handles when LeBron gets his first ring? I say 100 percent
May 10th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
your mistake is in engaging them in any way. Each of them is part of the reason this place lacks commenters on weekends.
Plus, I think the one is 11 years old.
May 10th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
How many rings does Kobe have again?
May 10th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
I laugh when you guys talk about line-ups. If the Lakers didn’t have Kobe and the Cavs didn’t have LeBron, both teams would suck enormous cocks.
THESE are REAL starting line-ups:
Lakers:
1. Kareem
2. Magic
3. Worthy
4. Byron Scott
5. Michael Cooper
subs:
Bob McAdoo
AC Green
Norm Allen
Mychal Thompson
Kurt Rambis
Celtics:
1. Bird
2. Parish
3. McHale
4. Dennis Johnson
5. Danny Ainge
subs:
Bill Walton
Cornbread Maxwell
Jerry Sichting
ML Carr (best towel waver in NBA history)
your mistake is in engaging them in any way. Each of them is part of the reason this place lacks commenters on weekends.
Plus, I think the one is 11 years old.
@dirtheavy: you are 100% correct. You ALWAYS let a sleeping douchbag lie. Never acknowledge them. that’s what their pathetic life craves
May 10th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Fuck it. I like Kobe more than LeBron and the Lakers more than the Cavs, but I’m a Cavs fan for the rest of this year.
May 10th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I counted 8 shots Kobe created for his “stacked” team. He has 2 assists.
The Lakers are seriously way overrated.Ariza is a nice bench player, Fisher is done. Lamar Odom is a non factor against strong defensive teams. Their bench has been mediocre in the playoffs. Why aren’t more people acknowledging this?
May 10th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Good point. My mistake.
Any chance Battier and co. can keep this up in the second half?
May 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
I don’t think they’re getting 15 points from Battier in the 2nd half. Need Ron to play better on offense for them to hang on.
May 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
For sure. As well as they played in the first half, Ron was killing the Rockets. He needs to be more patient and take better shots.
May 10th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Battier got there late.
May 10th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
@ JPQ — Cornbread Maxwell never came off the bench in Boston. He started in front of McHale (who was 6th man of the year consecutive years 82/83 and 83/84). Then, in the offseason of 85, Maxwell was traded for Walton, and it was at that point that McHale moved into the starting lineup.
Plus, the Lakers were really good when they had Norm Nixon and Jamaal Wilkes starting for them as well. I was really mad when they dumped Norm Nixon for Cooper.
Oh, and don’t sleep on Greg Kite!
May 10th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Oh, also, they started Rambis, and cooper came off the bench to play D. And, i was just wrong. They dumped Nixon to get Byron Scott.
May 10th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
What do you think the Lakers are going to do with the roughly 12 million that they’ll not use on resigning Odom? They need a point guard right?
May 10th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
@Dirt: yeah, I was probably not 100% accurate w/ starters/reserves, just kinda pointing out the REAL talent that existed on these teams, not these tatted up poseurs today who think they’re the shit because they play with a great player. These other guys were great players in their own right (kinda the point I was trying to make)
May 10th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Sasha V’s Xmas outfits should be interesting next year? He already refuses to wear green, if they blow this series, does he abandon red too?
May 10th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
I know, I know. Your point is actually better made if people understand that Kevin McHale came off the bench though.
Also, the both the Lakers and Celtics just fleeced teams back then. There was no lottery (coin flip for Olajuwon/Bowie) and teams just traded their #1 pick without thinking about it.
In addition to already having a loaded team, the Lakers picked first in 79, and again in 83 (magic, then worthy). Just ridiculous.
The celtics picked larry bird when he was still in school (some ridiculous rule) and then traded the #1 overall pick the next year to I think golden state (Joe Barry Carroll) for the # 3 pick (McHale) and Robert Parrish.
It helps the really great teams of ever to have really stupid teams around.
May 10th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
@Dirt: I lived in Boston from 84-89, so I saw that stuff close-up. Great B-ball. Not so great baseball (’86-lol). I went to Purdue, so i know the Joe Barely Cares trade very well also.
May 10th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
hmmm, Shannon Brown > mo williams
May 10th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
tmac once scored 13 points in 30 seconds, here comes 15 in 24 seconds from kobe