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I ask a similar question in Player Comparison but unfortunately,nobody can really answer it.

I didn't really watch much of Houston Rocket game so wasn't sure.

Decided to ask here.

Do you guys think Yao was truly treated unfairly by the referee?

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/do ... 320023.htm

http://bbs.clutchcity.net/showthread.ph ... 8&t=164049

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 540AAYnRDW

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/sport ... .html?_r=0

If it does and assume that this unfair treatment never occur,how good is he going to be? How far his stats will increase?

yes, all big men are treated unfairly
small guard getting touch it's automatic foul
big men they get hacked and push and yet no foul call for them

Is he treated more unfairly compare to other big man?

Archaeon wrote:Is he treated more unfairly compare to other big man?

i didn't watch too many other team play so no comment on that
but after watching few game in preseason with Howard
it's about the same

I agree with Max. NBA refs have always been bad about officiating Big Men - especially the very talented ones like Yao.

We saw it with Hakeem, we saw it with Shaq. NBA Big Men are held to a different standard all too often.

I do not believe that Yao was specifically singled out.

Archaeon wrote:Is he treated more unfairly compare to other big man?

If every it was called every time Shaq got fouled in 2000 he'd have shot 20 free throw a game. Yao got fouled a lot, but his finesse game didn't do him any favors with the calls. I would say he was about as unfairly called as Shaq.

remember when JVG was bitchin about this? stern decided to put the clamp on JVG.

JVG was trying to promote the "verticality rule" with Yao. Recently, Hibbert kind of inherited the benefit of that.

But, the NBA is really inconsistent with the physicality. The Rip move is another BS that some players get the benefit and some don't.

What about other big man who are power forward like Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki. Did they get treated unfairly too?

i can tell from preseason already that howard is getting hacked quite a bit and not many fouls are called.

inquisitive wrote:i can tell from preseason already that howard is getting hacked quite a bit and not many fouls are called.

same treatment when he was back in Orlando
that's why SVG is so pissed at the refs

It's still amazing how that you breathe on a guard and its a foul... Yet when you hack big men its like "Oh Hey No Contact there..."

Yao got ejected

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJTAuxgqBZU[/youtube]

not just yao, refs dunno how to officiate big guys.

Beyond just the bigs, NBA officiating has all kinds of problems. It is what it is though.

I've long wanted the NBA to eliminate the foul out rule or at least simply let a team decline FTs in favor of a new possession. That way teams can't use fouling as an advantage or strategy, especially at end of games. In my mind, there is nothing worse than watching the final 2 minutes of an NBA game turn into 20 minutes of FT shooting.

If the foul out rule was eliminated, then the team foul penalties would have to become harsher.

yes he was

i think the nba/stern always had the idea of seen yao in a lakers or knicks jersey $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ thats why he was unfairly treated