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PHOENIX -– What was the last really big game Yao Ming won?
And I'm not talking about some regular-season snoozer against Golden State. It's hard to name, isn't it? Without looking, try. You can't. It's easier to envision Yao limping off the court with yet another injury but difficult to remember when he took the Rockets on his 300-pound frame and carried them deep into the postseason.
That's because it hasn't happened. Yao has made the playoffs but after six years, all the Rockets have truly gotten out of their center is a steady viewership from China.
Now that Brett Favre is finally gone, Yao replaces Favre as the most overrated player in sports. It's actually a good three-way battle brewing for Favre's throne between Yao, Vince Carter and Dale Earnhardt.
I'll take Yao. The more Yao plays the more pedestrian he looks. Yao continues to pull off a deft magic trick. He makes people believe he's a devastating center when in actuality he's accomplished very little in his career.
Why he's considered great or why he makes so many All-Star games --this is his seventh All-Star start -- is a mystery. His actual impaction games doesn't match his reputation as an on-court beast.
Just how good is Yao remains a pertinent question now because he'll likely become part of a gargantuan free-agent class in 2010. That group will likely include such great players as Chris Bosh, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, among others.
Can the Rockets keep Yao?
"Obviously, we are focused on keeping Yao in Houston long term," Rockets general manager Daryl Morey told the Houston Chronicle."He is an elite center, and we expect him to play an integral part in this team's future success. We plan to continue building our roster around him."
The bigger question is: Should they keep him? That's because, as the newspaper points out, in order to sign Yao, they'll likely have pay him the maximum allowed under the CBA, which would be an estimated $133 million over six years.
Really? Yao is worth that kind of money? Really?
No, not really.
All these years after he broke into the NBA with the hopes and dreams of billions on his back, I'm still uncertain what to make of Yao. For a player his size, he is quick and has explosive moments, but Yao still plays with a certain level of timidity and ineffectiveness despite his massive bulk.
You'd like to see Yao do what Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan or Dwight Howard have done and that's inspire his team to bigger things. Duncan is 400-years old and he's still better than Yao. Yao isn't even Carmelo Anthony. Yao barely beats out Pau Gasol.
If Yao's Rockets can stay healthy they're a threat. But that's a team full of weirdoes and psychos. When a team's title hopes are partially counting on Ron "Malice at the Palace" Artest that about says it all.
So I end this column where it began:
What was the last really big game Yao Ming won?
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