Waste Yao Ming's peak! Counting the point guards Yao Ming has partnered with in the NBA, Boss Fu is the best street ball king

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2024-05-24 18:40Posted in Henan Sports Creators

Preface

A good point guard means that the team has another coach, who can easily see through the opponent's tactical layout on the court and work with his teammates to attack their shortcomings, and the point guard is also the "lubricant" of a team, he can get every player involved in the offense through his ball quotient and passing. The most affected position by the point guard is the center, and when they are in a position on the inside, or when there is a split second opportunity in the pick-and-roll, the point guard must also time the pass.

As one of the best centers in the NBA in the 00s of the 21st century, Yao Ming's luck in this regard is very average, although he has a super low-post scoring ability, he has never met a real point guard at the All-Star level in his career. Although Maddy would have been strong before he was not injured, he was only a swingman at the front guard after all, and his passing was still much worse than that of a traditional point guard.

But this can't all be blamed on luck, the reason why the Rockets couldn't produce results in those years has a lot to do with their boss being too picky, because they are reluctant to spend money, the Rockets naturally can't sign a strong enough point guard, and failed to partner with a top point guard, which is also one of the regrets of Yao Ming's career.

So let's review what helpers the Rockets found for Yao Ming back then, and see what kind of performance these point guards played.

1. Steve Francis

Francis was drafted by the Grizzlies in 1999 and traded to the Rockets before the start of the season, where he averaged 18 points, 5.3 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1.5 steals per game in his rookie season, and he was also voted Rookie of the Year that year. In the season before Yao Ming entered the league, Francis was selected as an All-Star with an average of 21.6 points, 7 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game.

In the two seasons with Yao Ming, Francis averaged 21 points, 6.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.7 steals, 16.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game. Looking at the stats, Francis played okay, but in fact he is a defender who prioritizes scoring independently, and many times he is transported by himself, and passes the ball to his teammates when he has no chance to score, which also leads to the chemistry between him and Yao Ming is actually not good.

However, Francis's character is still very good, and Yao Ming was able to integrate into the NBA environment so smoothly, and he has a lot of credit. And when Yao Ming is in trouble on the court, Francis will also step up to fight for him. For example, in a game against the Suns at that time, Xiao Si began to provoke non-stop after facing Yao Ming's dunk, but Francis was not used to him, and rushed directly to "fight", and his true temperament also made Chinese fans feel good about him, which gave him the title of "Boss Fu".

Unfortunately, Francis's passing ability is really average, and his personality is sometimes extreme, and the team asked him to pass more on the field, and he was unwilling, so he was eventually traded away in 2004.

2. Bob Sulla

After sending Francis away in 2004, white guard Bob Sula became the "replacement," and although he was 30 years old at the time, his 14.7 points per game with the Hawks the previous year attracted the Rockets. However, Sula's style of play is somewhat similar to Francis, he also has explosive physicality, so his style of play is very aggressive, and his personality is more flamboyant, so when he gets into the groove, he always lights up the home stadium with some celebrations.

At that time, Sura was also a more reliable role player around Yao Mai, in the 2004-2005 regular season, he averaged 10.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game, and in the playoffs, he averaged 7.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2 assists per game when the ball was reduced.

However, Sula's passing ability is also average, and he doesn't know if he has an opinion on Yao Ming, he didn't pass the ball to the latter many times at that time, and even sometimes Yao Ming asked for the ball in a deep position, but he still wouldn't pass it to Yao Ming, which also attracted many Chinese fans not only did not love him and Wu, but hated him a little.

After losing to the Mavericks in the first round, Sura suffered a serious knee injury, which also led to the early end of his NBA career, when he was only 31 years old.

3. Ralph Alstom

Alston is also one of Yao Ming's most famous teammates in his NBA career, he made a name for himself in American streetball circles before entering the NBA, and after reaching a partnership with And1, he also became the first street ball player in history to own his own brand of sneakers.

In 2005, the Rockets acquired Alston in a trade, and he still showed his fancy dribbling ability and scoring skills next to Yao Mai. In less than four seasons with the Rockets, Alstom's stats were: 12.1 points, 4 rebounds and 6.7 assists, 13.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists, 13.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists, and 11.5 points, 3 rebounds and 5.4 assists.

But while Alston can score, his efficiency is hard to compliment, and he hasn't shot more than 40 percent from the field in each of his three half-seasons with the Rockets. And Alstom's defense is not good, he is less than 1.9 meters tall, and his body is still relatively thin, which also leads to him always being a point that is frantically targeted by opponents on the field.

Fortunately, Alstom's style of play is not particularly unique, and he is also willing to pass the ball to Yao Ming, which is also the reason why many fans have a good impression of him, and Alston obviously knows this, and even if he retires, he will not hold a trip to China in the future.

4. Aaron Brooks

Since they couldn't sign a good point guard, the Rockets thought about choosing one of their own, so in 2007 they used the first-round pick to select "Little Black Bean" Aaron Brooks. However, Brooks's style of play is not a pass-based guard, he prefers to rely on breakthroughs and shooting to score, but because he is only 1.83 meters tall, his initial development was not smooth, in the 2009-2010 season because of Yao Ming's injury and Maddie was also traded, he only played a period of highlights, that season he averaged 19.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, and the team finally failed to make the playoffs.

However, Brooks's attitude is still relatively correct, when he is paired with Yao Ming, he will still take the initiative to pass the ball to Yao Ming, but he really does not have this talent, and his passing skills are really average. And not long after Brooks entered the league, Yao Ming was completely entangled by injuries, and in the end, the two did not work together for long, and Yao Ming retired.

In addition to the above four players, people like Lowry, Mike James and others have also worked with Yao Ming, but they either played too little time in the Rockets at that time, or the time they partnered with Yao Ming was too short, and their state in the Rockets at that time was not as good as the above four players, so I will not review them one by one here.

Looking at it this way, Yao Ming was so miserable at that time, everyone still said that Xiao Si was better than him, but as long as Yao Ming had a point guard of Nash's level by his side, it was probably commonplace for him to be selected for the best team, and he didn't have so much pressure in the NBA, maybe he wouldn't suffer so many injuries. It is also a pity for fans, he may not have witnessed the strongest version of Yao Ming, he retired, it can only be said that Yao Ming's luck is too bad, and if he changes an owner who is willing to spend money, his NBA career may at least be extended for a few more years.

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