Yao Ming finally called it quits after nine seasons in the NBA. What is more awesome, is the fact that I said he wouldn't be shit from day 1. Yes, he was voted to eight All-Star games but that is only because for some reason David Stern allowed China to vote. If Germany had a vote Dirk would have about 10 deserving starts as opposed to Yao's one in 07-08. Since they were from the same draft, I compared Yao to Amare from the very beginning. I would constantly have arguments with my friends about how Amare is ten times the player Yao is. But since he had a stick up his ass he didn't want to hear it. Yao is obviously the best player ever 7'6'' and over but when you are going against Sean Bradley and George Muresan there really isn't much competition.
Yao was a center that was never going to lead a team to a championship, he didn't rebound anywhere near as well as he should have for his size and as such only barely averaged double digit boards in two seasons. He had stamina problems and just wasn't tough enough. Hell, his career high for blocks per game in a season is two, both Gerald Wallace and Josh Smith have done that. Granted they are far more athletic but they are also almost a foot shorter but that just points back to Yao being afraid to bang. He was a center who seemed more comfortable shooting the five footer. Naturally I was right about Yao,Amare is better and he also had micro-facture surgery on his knees. People are going to say it is only because of injuries but its not, he just was never good enough. Another case of the NBA not listening to Relampago Blanco and dragging their feet with a 7 footer who was never going to help.
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