Yao Ming was successfully elected to the Hall of Fame with 16, which is the greatest affirmation of Yao Ming's NBA career. Although Yao Ming didn't bring the team to the finals, he is one of the most difficult players to copy in the NBA, especially in the era when small ball tactics prevailed, and the traditional center gradually withered, so it is difficult to have a center like Yao Ming again. So how unique is Yao Ming? Cousin will take everyone to see it today.
1, soft to the touch
Generally, NBA centers are big and burly. They are physically strong and muscular, and long-term strength training has given them strong muscles. But it is precisely because of their strong bodies that many centers do not have the soft feeling of the ball like defenders, and their free throw percentage is generally low. They don't like CIC, but prefer inside attack. We call them jumpers. Comparatively speaking, Yao Ming, who is 2.26 meters tall, feels soft, and the mid-range jumper is also his specialty. Yao Ming's career free throw percentage is as high as 83.3%, even better than the average defender. It's hard to see such a great man with delicate touch in the future.
2. Sign hook
Speaking of NBA hook attack, Jabbar is a pioneer, and no one can better represent this attack. Unlike Jabbar's hook, Yao Ming's hook depends almost entirely on the strength of his wrist. No one can disturb Yao Ming when he hooks his hand, because he is too tall. In the era of small ball tactics, most inside players are developing three-point ability, but they ignore the most traditional inside attack technology, so many people have this view, not that the style of small ball is too strong now, but that the league lacks a traditional center like Yao Ming. Yao Ming's career hit rate reached 53%, which has a lot to do with his skillful hook attack. With the development trend of the league, Yao Ming's small hook attack will remain in history forever.
3. High EQ Center
Generally speaking, modern center gives people the impression of "developed limbs and simple mind", and the simplest representative is Warriors center McKee. On the contrary, Yao Ming's physical fitness is not excellent, but Yao Ming's basketball EQ and IQ are extremely high. He can quickly understand tactics and cooperate with his teammates. At the same time, Yao Ming hardly offended other players in his eight-year career, and no one deliberately attacked Yao Ming. Yao Ming, now retired, has become the president of the Basketball Association. Without high IQ and EQ, it is absolutely impossible for him to achieve such achievements. A center with high emotional intelligence like Yao Ming will hardly appear again in the future.
Yao Ming is a miracle.