Bottom line: Roy is the best player in the series.

[bigbailes]

And Yao is not a top 2 player in the series. He only scored 9 ppg in Games 2 & 3.

yea but his value is so much more than his stats tell you. i liken him more to a PG in that he creates open looks for everyone else but he does it from the post and being 7'6".

once agian eric, it's nice to have stats but you also have to watch the games and merge the two together to get the real story.

 

[rocketeer]

Yao 15 ppg, 10 rpg, 1.2 bpg
LMA 18 ppg, 8 rpg, 1.6 bpg

if those are the only numbers that matter to you, think what you want.

it is very clear from watching the games that yao is the 2nd best player on the court(with roy being the best).

 

[BlazerBeav]

Yao's stats aren't the only way to measure his impact on the series. The extra attention we have have to pay to him on defense is what has led to Scola (and others) putting up numbers that you otherwise would not expect. Yao on the court means we can't play straight up defense. There's no question that he is the second best player on the court in this series. LMA, when on, has been fantastic - but Yao's very presence has had a huge impact.

 

[mook]

Yao's stats aren't the only way to measure his impact on the series. The extra attention we have have to pay to him on defense is what has led to Scola (and others) putting up numbers that you otherwise would not expect. Yao on the court means we can't play straight up defense. There's no question that he is the second best player on the court in this series. LMA, when on, has been fantastic - but Yao's very presence has had a huge impact.

Definitely. Imagine Houston without Yao. That's probably a 20 win team there. Seriously. Whose their center? Who do they go to for scoring? Luis Scola and Artest, I guess, which sounds about as good as a team built around Zach Randolph and Darius Miles.

Imagine Portland without Roy or Aldridge. At worst, you're probably looking at 30 wins. Maybe 40 if Rudy or Oden or Outlaw picked up some of the slack with a much bigger role.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

LOL mine too.. she wishes pain on him and finds his hair "disgusting and nappy"

My fiancee hates him too: "He's just so GREASY! EWW!"

She cheered hard at the Lather Rinse Repeat sign.

 

[mook]

My fiancee hates him too: "He's just so GREASY! EWW!"

She cheered hard at the Lather Rinse Repeat sign.

My wife calls him Bizzaro Fernandez.

 

[bigbailes]

everyone hates scola because he's a rocket...if he was a blazer he would be praised and loved on here. amazing what wearing the other teams uni does for.

 

[Wheels]

everyone hates scola because he's a rocket...if he was a blazer he would be praised and loved on here. amazing what wearing the other teams uni does for.

lol not entirely true.. a Blazer jersey doesnt make me like a guy.. It would make me wish he would succeed when he is on the court, but not make me like him. Hell I root for Channing Frye to succeed when he is in for us.. but I wont lose a second of sleep when he is gone.. sorry Channing just no place on this team for you.

 

[mook]

everyone hates scola because he's a rocket...if he was a blazer he would be praised and loved on here. amazing what wearing the other teams uni does for.

Truth is that I really underrated Scola before this series. Yeah, he's had a lot of nice open shots because of Yao. But he's also put up some really nifty post moves on Aldridge that I never thought he'd get away with. And his midrange jumper has been absolute money in this series.

He'd be a really nice backup for Portland. Hell, he's a pretty nice starter alongside a big center like Yao.

 

[LittleAlex]

Truth is that I really underrated Scola before this series. Yeah, he's had a lot of nice open shots because of Yao. But he's also put up some really nifty post moves on Aldridge that I never thought he'd get away with. And his midrange jumper has been absolute money in this series.

He'd be a really nice backup for Portland. Hell, he's a pretty nice starter alongside a big center like Yao.

If Scola was our backup power forward the rest of the NBA would be in deep shit. As long as he was as effective a player off the bench.

Right now I would Scola is Houston's most consistently good player. Yao is a bit fragile, Knee-Mac is a bitch and Artest wavers between awesome and awful from play to play.

 

[Minstrel]

Truth is that I really underrated Scola before this series. Yeah, he's had a lot of nice open shots because of Yao. But he's also put up some really nifty post moves on Aldridge that I never thought he'd get away with. And his midrange jumper has been absolute money in this series.

He'd be a really nice backup for Portland. Hell, he's a pretty nice starter alongside a big center like Yao.

Scola is a legitimate starter, though, so there's a bit of "Yeah, adding a good starter as a backup WOULD strengthen Portland!" Chris Bosh would also make a nice backup.

I mean, I'd love Paul Milsap as a backup to Aldridge, but the way he's played, he's clearly a good starting caliber player and I don't think there's anyway he accepts a backup spot next year.

 

[bigbailes]

lol not entirely true.. a Blazer jersey doesnt make me like a guy.. It would make me wish he would succeed when he is on the court, but not make me like him. Hell I root for Channing Frye to succeed when he is in for us.. but I wont lose a second of sleep when he is gone.. sorry Channing just no place on this team for you.

no but channing frye isn't that good and he doesn't do alot of the little things that a guy like scola does. he's a classic laimbeer type, that gets under your skin when he's playing against your team but every team good team needs a guy like that. that's one of the things we are missing although joel may be rounding into that guy.

 

[maxiep]

And Yao is not a top 2 player in the series. He only scored 9 ppg in Games 2 & 3.

Stats aren't everything. Taking away Yao means that the other Rockets have open shots. You don't have to put up points to be really effective.

 

[KingSpeed]

yea but his value is so much more than his stats tell you. i liken him more to a PG in that he creates open looks for everyone else but he does it from the post and being 7'6".

once agian eric, it's nice to have stats but you also have to watch the games and merge the two together to get the real story.

Ummmm.... I DO watch the games (every minute of every game) so why do you say that?

 

[KingSpeed]

Stats aren't everything. Taking away Yao means that the other Rockets have open shots. You don't have to put up points to be really effective.

Rockets have won games without Yao this season. In fact, they blew out the Hornets in New Orleans without him.

 

[rocketeer]

Rockets have won games without Yao this season. In fact, they blew out the Hornets in New Orleans without him.

and the blazers beat the celtics without roy.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

and the blazers beat the celtics without roy.

Did you not see his response to when that game happened? I believe it is parodied in my signature.

 

[bigbailes]

Ummmm.... I DO watch the games (every minute of every game) so why do you say that?

because it seems you throw out these stats and think that they tell the entire story for you, they don't. it's was painfully obvious that yao commanded our entire defensive attention and that allowed guys like scola/landry/brooks kill us at different parts of the series.

 

[bigbailes]

and the blazers beat the celtics without roy.

but if it was one isolated incident than it holds true for every instance. jjack is better than harris...right?