Yi's offensive game got worse with the Bucks

[YiOF]

yea, Yi can definitely shoot. He needs to work on his strength and his weak hands. Correct me if I am wrong about this, He almost never dunk with one hand. The few times that he did, he looked extremely uncomfortable. It almost seemed that he had trouble palming the ball, I don't know how that's possible with the huge hands he supposedly has. and sometimes when he's receiving a pass, the ball bounces off his hand. He needs to get that fixed.

 

[YehYeh]

Lack of upper body and arm strength. He gets pushed out of the way by people leaning in on him. Just compare his arms and shoulders to other NBA players. What to do? Join a rowing club maybe?

http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2008/09/nj_nets_the_yi_conundrum.html

 

[chingd15]

Lack of upper body and arm strength. He gets pushed out of the way by people leaning in on him. Just compare his arms and shoulders to other NBA players. What to do? Join a rowing club maybe?

http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2008/09/nj_nets_the_yi_conundrum.html

I remember Yao was the same way when he came into the NBA, complete lack of upper body strength. Hopefully he can develop like Yao because I've heard Yao can now bench 300+ pounds (SI article) which is comparable to Dwight Howard.

 

[Kidd Karma]

Yi will be fine. He will on an NBA in season weight training plan and should be able to add that muscle over the next 2 seasons. He has a great feel for the game. He has to learn that he has to be out there consistently, not wait for his turn, it's a 5 man game. Concentrate on his strengths, which is rebounding and weakside defending. His paint game will come, he will get banged around with Brook/SWAT every day at practice and that should help his game, an athletic guy and a big body.

 

[kdub]

I remember Yao was the same way when he came into the NBA, complete lack of upper body strength. Hopefully he can develop like Yao because I've heard Yao can now bench 300+ pounds (SI article) which is comparable to Dwight Howard.

Damn.

Didn't coaches/trainers also improve Yao's hands by making him catch tennis balls?