Do What You Want, Yao

Posted by HoopsAvenue on August 11, 2008 under Olympic Basketball | Read the First Comment

I saw this article on Yahoo! today and I couldn’t understand where Adrian Wojnarowski got the idea that Yao was basically being forced to play for China.  As far as any of us can tell, Yao loves playing for China, maybe even more than playing in the NBA.  In the 2nd paragaph of the article, Wojnarowski quotes Yao as saying, “The game was a treasure, and it will be a treasure for the rest of my life,” then he spends the rest of the article knocking China for wearing Yao down.  Sure, Yao has been getting worn down as you can see from his injuries the last two seasons, but why it it playing for China that he should cut back on and not the NBA?  I’d hate to see Yao play less in the NBA, but it’s his life so if China is his priority, then let it be.