Is ESPN Racist Against Yao?

WadeKnicks2010 · Post #41 » by **WadeKnicks2010** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:15 pm

Dude, youtube is your friend.

And yes, the NBA doesn't like Yao. first they rob him of first team all NBA last season with Amare Stoudemire who clearly wasn't as valuable to his team as Yao was to his (Tmac missed a lot of games but Yao still kept them in place).. And he never ever gets any love from refs. In fact they blatantly rob him a lot. And they never talk about him the way they'd do about any other top 3 big man.. Look at the love they give to Howard and Bynum. They haven't cared about Yao since the 03 season where he blocked Shaq like 4 times in one game.

But whatever. Not like I'm a rockets fan, just stating the truth. yao's not the next shaq, olajuwan, or ewing or anyone good. But by today's standards he's probably the best center in the NBA. If I had a good post up scorer at the 4 though with a J, like KG, i'd probably rather have a guy like Dalembert or Chandler for the dirty work and so I can have a center who can go up and down the floor in time to make a difference more than 75% of the time.

BeanTownRockets · Post #42 » by **BeanTownRockets** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:52 pm

ESPN and the media in general has been biased/prejudice towards Yao. They'll humiliate Yao every chance they get.

mattyBoi · Post #43 » by **mattyBoi** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 10:32 pm

If you think thats bad...Do you guys know how much nasty Dwight Howard dunks everyone misses

I mean this guys leads the league in dunks by far and they are all sick...Yet you only see a few

ILikeTheGrizz · Post #44 » by **ILikeTheGrizz** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 12:59 am

Funny thread. No, ESPN isn't racist against Yao. Some of you guys are just dumb.

PurpleTestament · Post #45 » by **PurpleTestament** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 1:18 am

This thread fails because you have to watch a season worth of action to make an substantive opinion.

teamny1 · Post #46 » by **teamny1** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 3:01 am

Charlie78 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvLneb_iBIA

this brandon roy play, was not ever shown on espn. So dont think Yao has the market cornered on getting jipped. The fact is east coast teams tend to get more clips played on sportcenter, because it is easier for the drones in the basement to cut and edit them for the sportscenter broadcasts.

That was shown plenty of times on ESPN that day and following days.

Joseph17 · Post #47 » by **Joseph17** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 3:33 am

Those dunks weren't that great. The only good ones were the dunk over KG and the dunk over Ducan.

NOODLESTYLE · Post #48 » by **NOODLESTYLE** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:13 am

If Yao played for the Lakers, he'd get more coverage. But honestly, I think it's mainly due to the fact that Yao isn't flashy or isn't a monstrous player that people expect a player his size to be.

This to me is his best highlight dunk:

If this is supposedly a bias against international players, I'll go ahead and make those people feel better. Here's a video of Nocioni:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3qtOTBQcbiM