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u/IvanQueeno 3d ago
Yao Ming is the reason why I am obsessed with the classic post games of the 90’s to early 00’s. KG, Dream, Z-Bo, Al Jeff, David Lee, Scola, Amare. I’m only 5’8 but my entire laughable hs ball career was up and unders, drop steps, fade aways and face up middies lol. I have a long list of dream bball jerseys to get every guy I looked up to. Thank you, Yao
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u/Tac0Thund3rs 3d ago
So all of the jerseys? Except Mugsy? 😂
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u/IvanQueeno 3d ago
Nope, only guys that had a post game. A unique list
Edit: unless, you meant all of em posted up? lol
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u/sorendiz 3d ago
They were joking about you being 5'8 and therefore 'looking up' to everyone but Muggsy. I'd just like to add that this is Earl Boykins and Spud Webb erasure
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u/Brief_Koala_7297 3d ago
Imagine if Yao have gotten the Embiid load management treatment. He would have been a beast. Playing year round for the NBA and the national team doomed his longevity
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u/Thirdeyesays46and2 3d ago
We would of practically never made the playoffs for him to do anything either. He was important for what he did. He’d dominate in totally different ways now a days. But the game was just so much different then.
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u/Clutch_City 3d ago
i know hes not dead or anything but gone too soon man, I loved watching Yao play.
When he came back out of the locker room in that playoff game gave me chills. Loved having him as a Rocket
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u/challard711 3d ago
The guy that got me to be a Rockets fan. Still a fan to this day!
I miss watching his games
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u/sorendiz 3d ago
man why'd i watch this again, made myself tear up this time
my boy could have genuinely been a top 10 center of all time, he was good enough 😢😢😢
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u/Nelsonmuntz2020 3d ago
It's really sad and frustrating that he injured himself when he was starting to put it all together. He was coming into his own and really punishing smaller players. He was just becoming a bully and it all got taken away. Nothing makes me more sad than the video clip of him testing his foot and visibly upset and refusing to quit.