None of you have seen Yao play. And those who did, from the Sydney Olympics, surely remember Yao stuffing Vince Carter twice, swatting Alonzon Mourning and stealing the ball from Gary Payton. And the Chinese up by 10 points before Ming got into foul trouble and was benched.
I have, because I am expatriated at this moment to Shanghai. I am friends with the Marketing Director for Adidas in China who gets me free tickets courtside, and so have seen plenty of Sharks games.
Now, the competition may not be NBA level, but it is at or above Division I NCAA. For instance, former Spur Lloyd Daniels is a teammate of Yao Ming's. So, which NCAA player of the year has put up the numbers that Ming has? I'm talking 44 points a game, 28 rebounds, 14 blocks, shooting phenomenally from the field? Make no mistake. The international game has taken off and is well beyond where it was when the NCAA players used to win gold medals in the Olympics. If the Dream Team didn't represent the US, and China played a team of college all-stars, China would win about half the time.
This crap about Yao not having an inside game is just that... a bunch of crap. The boy can dunk and he can clean up on the glass. You haven't seen him dunk, have you?
Can he body Shaq? No. But, who can? He would beat the crap out of Shawn Bradley and Manute Bol and all these other stiffs he's being unfairly compared to. Besides that, no one can shoot like Yao can, and he is athletic for his size -- runs the floor like he's a small or power forward and is the best passing big man I've ever seen.
Anyways, for those who somehow believe that Jerry Krause is not going to draft Ming, you are wrong. Krause covets Ming greatly. He has been to China multiple times and I can assure you that if we have an opportunity, we will take Ming. Not only does Krause think highly of Ming's basketball skills, but Ming has the marketing power over 1.3 billion Chinese. Krause's job as GM is not only to field a championship caliber team, but to run the Bulls as a business. The fact that drafting Ming, thus winning the hearts and minds of 1.3 billion Chinese consumers, and building a dynasty remains mutually non-exclusive in the eyes of Krause only soldifies his intent to draft the Chinese giant.
Anyways, I selfishly want the Bulls to draft Ming, because it will mean nightly Bulls games for me in Shanghai. No offense to Houston, but as a Bulls fan and Chicago native, I'd rather not have to watch the Rockets every night over here.
And this crap about Dunleavy over Ming, let's stop it. Ming can do just about everything Dunleavy can, and is 8 inches taller to boot.
I have, because I am expatriated at this moment to Shanghai. I am friends with the Marketing Director for Adidas in China who gets me free tickets courtside, and so have seen plenty of Sharks games.
Now, the competition may not be NBA level, but it is at or above Division I NCAA. For instance, former Spur Lloyd Daniels is a teammate of Yao Ming's. So, which NCAA player of the year has put up the numbers that Ming has? I'm talking 44 points a game, 28 rebounds, 14 blocks, shooting phenomenally from the field? Make no mistake. The international game has taken off and is well beyond where it was when the NCAA players used to win gold medals in the Olympics. If the Dream Team didn't represent the US, and China played a team of college all-stars, China would win about half the time.
This crap about Yao not having an inside game is just that... a bunch of crap. The boy can dunk and he can clean up on the glass. You haven't seen him dunk, have you?
Can he body Shaq? No. But, who can? He would beat the crap out of Shawn Bradley and Manute Bol and all these other stiffs he's being unfairly compared to. Besides that, no one can shoot like Yao can, and he is athletic for his size -- runs the floor like he's a small or power forward and is the best passing big man I've ever seen.
Anyways, for those who somehow believe that Jerry Krause is not going to draft Ming, you are wrong. Krause covets Ming greatly. He has been to China multiple times and I can assure you that if we have an opportunity, we will take Ming. Not only does Krause think highly of Ming's basketball skills, but Ming has the marketing power over 1.3 billion Chinese. Krause's job as GM is not only to field a championship caliber team, but to run the Bulls as a business. The fact that drafting Ming, thus winning the hearts and minds of 1.3 billion Chinese consumers, and building a dynasty remains mutually non-exclusive in the eyes of Krause only soldifies his intent to draft the Chinese giant.
Anyways, I selfishly want the Bulls to draft Ming, because it will mean nightly Bulls games for me in Shanghai. No offense to Houston, but as a Bulls fan and Chicago native, I'd rather not have to watch the Rockets every night over here.
And this crap about Dunleavy over Ming, let's stop it. Ming can do just about everything Dunleavy can, and is 8 inches taller to boot.
