Ho Ming struggled a little bit at number three, but he looked good all week in practices. There was a big drop-off at Cornell's number four and five spots, and we wanted to play him up high.
Quotes about ming (15 Quotes)
I'm glad to have him back. Especially with Yao Ming here. You have to be very tentative with how you play Yao Ming.
Not really. Every game I feel I have to play 100 percent, regardless of whether its Yao Ming, Tim Duncan or Kevin Garnett .
If we had a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Bill Walton or Yao Ming, you'd have to make sure he gets the ball. You really have to know your team and your talent. It's kind of unconventional. But we felt the only way we can succeed is to shoot threes.
All you need is a name like Yao Ming, a couple of players in the Major Leagues, and you might well have significant Chinese involvement in baseball.
Yao Ming has signed a five-year extension contract with the Rockets today.
I've got to assert myself because the big fellow (Yao Ming) is out and we need more scoring. I need to do more out there on the offensive and defensive end. It's all about attacking from start to finish.
My thing about numbers is that people who write about the game should never look at Yao Ming and reduce what he stands for to numbers. Some other guys will maybe play better in the playoffs at times. But he is the best regular-season center in basketball. And the reason is he comes to play every night.
You're supposed to get better. When other teams turn it up a notch or two levels, we turn it down a notch or two. Teams make it hard for us to get it to our best player (Yao Ming). We don't make it hard to get it to some of their best players.
It tells you clearly the fans are voting purely on entertainment value and obviously the home turnout in certain cities. Yao Ming was voted an All-Star starter. How many games did he miss But there's a lot of people voting in China.
I'm excited about everything. Yao ( Ming ), he's turned himself into a different player. I think he's figured it out. He's not bailing the defense out, even in double teams he's doing a great job.
I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in ming that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those who follow.
I play against a front and a back every night, Ming does not have to do that, Duncan does not have to do that, Garnett doesn't do that. I am the only one that has to do that.
A Ming vase can be well-designed and well-made and is beautiful for that reason alone. I don't think this can be true for photography. Unless there is something a little incomplete and a little strange, it will simply look like a copy of something pretty. We won't take an interest in it.
It was exciting. We did a great job. Yao (Ming) is very talented and it's tough to beat this team. To get a win on their court is even better.