We Should Bring Back Yao

ubernathan · Post #1 » by **ubernathan** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:47 pm

We should bring Yao in to be our backup center. He has had a few years to recover, and is still younger than many productive NBA players (33). I think he would give us a good look off of the bench, with his better outside shooting pairing well with other big men as well as his superior post arsenal. He is pretty wealthy, we should be able to lure him back to the game with the vet minimum. Maybe bring him back as an assistant coach to use as a player coach, using the coach's salary to circumvent the cap (plus he'd be a good coach).

Sasaki · Post #2 » by **Sasaki** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:01 pm

Have you seen any photos of Yao recently? It's pretty obvious that he's not exactly spending every day at the gym, to put it mildly. That ship has moved on.

zapatasblood · Post #3 » by **zapatasblood** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:08 pm

Yao's feet killed his career and he has clearly moved on from basketball.

inquisitive · Post #4 » by **inquisitive** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:09 pm

maybe as a Vipers VP or something...haha

ubernathan · Post #5 » by **ubernathan** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:27 pm

zapatasblood wrote:Yao's feet killed his career and he has clearly moved on from basketball.

You're wrong! I'll never give up hope!

MaxRider · Post #6 » by **MaxRider** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:49 pm

inquisitive wrote:maybe as a Vipers VP or something...haha

i think his Shanghai Sharks make more money than being Vipers VP

tha_rock220 · Post #7 » by **tha_rock220** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:09 pm

Yao's fat now. You think his body was tough on his feet before, if he comes back he might never walk again. I do like that he's kept his house in Houston and maintains interest in the Rockets.

texasholdem · Post #8 » by **texasholdem** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:38 pm

Les is 70 and can't own the team forever, hopefully Yao's saved up his money where he can at least be the majority stakeholder in an ownership group someday.

dunleavyjr · Post #9 » by **dunleavyjr** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 5:26 am

Lol. Look at Yao. He is totally out of shape.

Post #10 » by **Mr. E** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 2:17 pm

Unfortunately, it appears that there will be no return to professional basketball for Yao.

But he will always be a Rocket.

texasholdem · Post #11 » by **texasholdem** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 2:56 pm

Mr. E wrote:Unfortunately, it appears that there will be no return to professional basketball for Yao.

But he will always be a Rocket.

He needs to get to work on having a son. Or is that one child per couple law still in effect over there?

Post #12 » by **Mr. E** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 3:00 pm

texasholdem wrote:
Mr. E wrote:Unfortunately, it appears that there will be no return to professional basketball for Yao.

But he will always be a Rocket.

He needs to get to work on having a son. Or is that one child per couple law still in effect over there?

Even if that law is still on the books I'm sure that there is an "Unless you're Yao" provision.

moofs · Post #13 » by **moofs** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 3:19 pm

dunleavyjr wrote:Lol. Look at Yao. He is totally out of shape.

RaoulDuke79 wrote:Also, tits.

13th Man · Post #14 » by **13th Man** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 12:09 am

How about Hakeem then?

willywazza · Post #15 » by **willywazza** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 6:08 am

Wow.

This thread is a joke right?

There is NO WAY Yao comes back from retirement.

The dude is currently making so much $$$ in China with his business ventures.

adrenaLINe · Post #16 » by **adrenaLINe** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 5:14 pm

Mr. E wrote:
texasholdem wrote:
Mr. E wrote:Unfortunately, it appears that there will be no return to professional basketball for Yao.

But he will always be a Rocket.

He needs to get to work on having a son. Or is that one child per couple law still in effect over there?

Even if that law is still on the books I'm sure that there is an "Unless you're Yao" provision.

there allowing more than 1 kid now... as they just changed the law....

but you could always have more than 1 kid as long as you paid the fine...

better than having 7 or 8 kids you cant afford.... I say

MaxRider · Post #17 » by **MaxRider** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 5:44 pm

adrenaLINe wrote:
Mr. E wrote:
texasholdem wrote:
He needs to get to work on having a son. Or is that one child per couple law still in effect over there?

Even if that law is still on the books I'm sure that there is an "Unless you're Yao" provision.

there allowing more than 1 kid now... as they just changed the law....

but you could always have more than 1 kid as long as you paid the fine...

better than having 7 or 8 kids you cant afford.... I say

i believe if you first born is girl they allow you to have your second one, if girl again, then they don't allow you to have your third one unless you paid the fine

i agreed, better than having 7 or 8 kids you cant afford