the fronting vs. Yao

[SimonAdebisi]

I'm sure you guys have went through this many times, but I find this to be kind of ridiculous.

Is the team's inability to get the ball to Yao when he's being fronted the fault of Yao, or the fault of the rest of the team?

I know for the Spurs, when Duncan gets fronted, he usually plays the angle and pins his defender behind him. This is followed by passing it to the other big man at the top of the key, who throws it inside the middle to Duncan.

Obviously the Rockets can implement these types of plays for Yao. So is it simply Yao's inability to get a better angle and pin his man, or is it just poor passing and coaching? It seems ridiculous that the best player on the team can be taken out of the game so easily without any resistance from the team.

[Vator]

already a thread discussing the fronting on this page