With Yao’s induction into the Hall of Fame this past weekend, I looked back on a piece I wrote back in 2010 regarding the Houston big man. The Mandarin scattered throughout appears because, in an experiment which failed miserably for reasons beyond my control, I had arranged to have the piece translated for wider accessibility. […]
[tab: English] 请点击另一个标签来阅读这篇文章的中文。 This post is Part 2 of ‘Yao Ming’. Yao Ming is victim to the most unrealistic of expectations. As the league’s “best offensive center”—a title holding more rhetorical impact than actual significance—it is concluded he should be capable of carrying a team by his lonesome. In light of his weaknesses, such an […]
[tab: English] 请点击另一个标签来阅读这篇文章的中文。 This isn’t happening. Not now. Not with a 6 point lead in the 4th over the mighty Lakers. Not after 79 games of good health. I feel the emptiness; that exhaustion upon the sudden collapse of a prior hope. It had to happen now? One of the most memorable minutes in Rockets […]
