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Yao Ming
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School:
China
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Class:
N/A
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Height:
7'5"
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Weight:
270
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Position:
Center
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Birthdate:
9/12/80
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Draft Outlook:
Top 3 pick
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G MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS
97-98 Shanghai 21 ... 91 148 0 0 32 66 175 ... 13 ... ... ... 214
98-99 Shanghai 12 ... 100 171 0 0 51 73 155 ... 7 ... 30 ... 251
99-00 Shanghai 33 ... 287 497 2 10 127 186 480 ... 57 ... 175 79 703
00-01 Shanghai 22 ... 226 340 5 14 139 174 426 ... 48 ... 121 ... 596
01-02 Shanghai 34 ... 421 595 10 25 255 336 645 ... 98 ... 153 51 1107
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TOTALS 122 ... 1125 1751 17 49 604 835 1881 ... 223 ... ... ... 2871 |
MIN FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG TPG BPG SPG PPG
97-98 Shanghai ... 61.5 0.0 48.5 8.3 0.6 ... ... ... 10.2
98-99 Shanghai ... 58.5 0.0 69.9 12.9 0.6 ... 2.5 ... 20.9
99-00 Shanghai ... 57.7 20.0 68.3 14.5 1.7 ... 5.3 2.4 21.3
00-01 Shanghai ... 66.5 35.7 79.9 19.4 2.2 ... 5.5 ... 27.1
01-02 Shanghai ... 70.8 40.0 75.9 19.0 2.9 ... 4.5 1.5 32.6
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TOTALS ... 64.2 34.7 72.3 15.4 1.8 ... ... ... 23.5 |
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| Additional Information |
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The hype notwithstanding, Yao can play. But given all the questions about his availability -- or lack of it -- someone will really have to be convinced that he's worth the gamble. "How much time will he spend here this summer?" asks a personnel man for a lottery team. "Will he miss training camp? ... Are they going to want him exclusively (for Chinese national teams)? If he's not the No. 1 pick, it's not going to be because of basketball stuff." Still, those who saw Ming work out in Chicago came away somewhat impressed. "I thought he was good," says a Central Division scout. "The guy's (7-5) and he's so skilled. His conditioning is a question but I think he's just 22. And he's a great kid. He's not going to be the player he should be for a year or two." Yao will not dominate the post, but he'll be impossible for all but the fastest bigs to guard on the wing. He will have a half-dozen inches on Kevin Garnett. He runs the floor well, handles extremely well for someone his size and looks like a high-70s or low-80s shooter from the line. Will he have trouble guarding people initially? Sure. But in time, as he learns some tricks about low-post defense, he may not be as big a liability. Said a scout who watched him play in China last year: "He'll challenge a lot of shots. When he played on the help side in the CBL, he challenged anything that was taken in there." Plus, Yao's intangibles are high. He's faithful to his heritage and government, but he's also learned English and gotten into the weight room enough to develop his lower body. If you're going to miss, a wise personnel man once told me, miss tall.
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David Aldridge - ESPN.com (May 19th)
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