As you know, JVG jokes around a lot - hence my " :lol " smiley. OBVIOUSLY no player will foul out in every game they play, but 10% is quite high, dont you think? Yao doesn't even come close to that. So yeahhhhh... point made clear. I suppose it might be higher in losses because Yao is an important part of the Rockets. However, you can't really be accurate about that in this series as Rockets have only lost 1 . Now, if you want to collect stats about Oden, that will be more accurate since Blazers have lost 3 and that makes the data more accurate. Sorry, didn't want to rub it in.
Your point is that Oden has had foul troubles in his rookie year? Thanks for the breaking news, I'm sure no Blazer fan was aware of that. On your next post, you can tell us that Brandon Roy is our best player. And don't try to say that just because Greg has made stupid fouls during the season automatically clears up some of the horrible calls that have gone against him in this series. It doesn't work like that...
Why does that matter? Where in the quoted rules does it state that the definition of a foul changes based on the players involved? BNM
According to Pryzbilla (before game 4), you're right that he was being treated differently: http://trailblazerscentercourt.blogspot.com/2009/04/playoff-basketball-fact-or-fiction.html
You conveniently left out the most important part of the rule: "A defender may momentarily touch an opponent with his hand anywhere on the court as long as it does not affect the opponent’s movement (speed, quickness, balance, rhythm)." When Roy drives the lane and gets hand checked (or hip checked), it does throw off his balance and rhythm - and accoring to the rules, it's a foul. BNM
If Houston wins the series then they will understand why we are not happy about the calls. Kobe is going to be at the line 15-20 times a game, they will feel the pain that we feel when the ticky tacky bullshit gets called on Greg and Joel. Shane and Ronnie are gonna get rung up just like our guys did.
What is a foul? Depends. If it isn't Yao, it would be a hip-check as Outlaw drives on him, with nobody else near the play, like game 5's example.
I had a great angle on that play, and I was shocked there was no call. I also recall a play in the first half where Roy goes into Yao, while Yao is in the restricted area. Yao falls down, and no call is made. I don't think a play like that should be a foul, but Greg gets that exact call against him all the time.
Exactly. And what Yao does is he slips his arm underneath Pryzbilla and Oden's arms, jerking everyone's arms up in the air to make it look like they are holding him 20 feet from the basket. This is smart on Yao's end but stupid on the refs part by calling it. The defensive guys can touch Yao, but Yao ends up creating more contact by locking the Defensive guy up. End result will be early foul trouble on our bigs in game 6. It changes the whole game for us. You have to be able to play physical with Yao to stop him. Similar to what they do to Roy.
