Tracy McGrady on Yao Ming: ‘He Was One Of The Most Skilled Big Men' | ALL THE SMOKE

[@Chandasouk]

“He hit me with a nice move,” O’Neal said, “and I said, ‘Damn, that was a nice move.’ He said, ‘Thank you, brother.’ I was like, ‘You speak English?’ He said, ‘Yeah, Shaq, you just never talked to me.’”

[@saz19s8]

Haha I remember that from Shaq’s HOF speech. The best part of that story was the “Thank you brother”

[@G1Main]

No, Shaq said, “You talk English?!!” 🤣

[@mrminiature11]

Damn, I kinda felt this

[@wwbdwwbd]

It's like that scene from the first Rush Hour movie.

[@juffurey]

Never happened

[@chieflimadelta6683]

Man if T-Mac and Yao didn’t get destroyed by injuries they would have been one of the best duos ever

[@michael_9899]

That’s facts

[@beelstyle]

No doubt

[@loveneo5643]

Sounds like thibbs d rosed they ass before d rose

[@chacharu3316]

stop..do you even know Tmac coulsnt carry the rockets past the first round? they werent injured the whole time they were together. Tmac was an awesome scorer but dont overestimate anything else..he failed in the playoffs big time..we talking first rounds here..

[@gfbs7004]

Yall overhype tmac

[@Suantian]

You can't hate a man like Yao, such a great person

[@DJFaNaTiiC]

Basketball was big in China & I feel like after Yao the NBA just blew up in China. One of the most influential basketball players of all time no doubt.

[@kevinzhu6417]

hes my hero, he has been doing charity work in africa and encouraging animal rights in China. Hes done great things for the world

[@lonewolfmentality999]

@@kevinzhu6417 I love him bruh 😭

[@95jegsz]

Yao Ming was an All-Star every year of his career. He was fun to watch no doubt

[@jordanbenson7497]

Legend

[@sonnymendoza4478]

J S Chinese Voters OD’d 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@chacharu3316]

one of my all time favorite player! yaooo

[@kevinzhu6417]

@88 Keys You cant say that he didnt deserve that all star position when he was healthy tho

[@kevinwang7976]

@@sonnymendoza4478 even without it, he's legit 5 times all star tho

[@djhasta5031]

Kobe once said something like "you don't know you have fans until you go to China"

[@ericsigersmith2831]

Remember the apple commerical back in the day lmao

[@random7005]

i went to china no one said hi

[@napperforlife2020]

@@random7005 good

[@zes3813]

no such thing as fan or have or etc, cepuxuax, outx any nmw and any s perfx

[@kidnajee4536]

Matt “Tell Me What That Experience Was Like” Barnes 😂

[@linma4385]

Love from China!

[@d.michael372]

We have no appreciation for what we saw in Yao Ming. We never saw guys 7’5 and above with any moves. Yao’s movements were fluid and he wasn’t a sloth like the ones before him. He took some of Dream’s post moves and could run the floor! True joy to watch man

[@tonychen3368]

You should watch the Match up he had against Shaq in 2005 when Shaq was with the Heat, It was Bonzi Wells that had the Ball when Yao ran heads up straight down the court, the heat Defence couldn't catch up with him and he caught the ball in the right timing and just layed it up and in. And yeah, that game against Portland when he had that behind the back move on one defender and just shocked everybody, watch that one too!

[@asooomy9125]

He was a 7 foot 6 playmaking slasher and mid range maestro og

[@tonychen3368]

@@asooomy9125 His mid range game completely identical to his former teammate Louis Scola, he shot the mid range twice in the Same game against the Lakers when he was almost out of the game with that injury, drained it over both Pau and Lamar, insane.

[@marvingamez9057]

Man if only T Mac realized when he was in his prime how amazing of a passer he was. He still takes it as a bad thing when he says Van Gundy told him he wouldn’t lead the league in scoring, when reality Van Gundy saw T Mac as what LeBron is now.

[@bryans1883]

Stephen Jackson is a basketball scholar. He remembers so many ballplayers and moments

[@skippythealien9627]

seeing him making fun of Al Harrington for having to play defense on Yao is so funny

[@edwrd1990]

He was the biggest guy in the league with the best free throw percentage. You couldn’t Hack-a-Yao

[@tonychen3368]

Because every foul means every perfect free throws, and fun fact, his free throw shooting percentage is 90%, he wouldn't miss majority, he'll just miss some. Teams have to be freaking scared when it comes to fouling Yao, many fouls= many free throws. Omeka Okafor is not even worth guarding Yao, he fouled out of the game.

[@fexxy8142]

Yao played 8 seasons and 1st ballot. let that sink in for a second

[@inefernicus4495]

8 all-star

[@TheDiegoo17]

He had a career outside the nba bro

[@marcuslowe8726]

Support ok and he’s still considered a great big man when Shaq calls him the toughest big man he’s ever guarded that says a lot

[@GameChanger-xi4iy]

The reason he's in the HOF is because his contributions to basketball off the court, making bball super big in China and being an absolute beast on the court.

[@stayofftheweeeeeeed7249]

@@GameChanger-xi4iy He’s in the hall of fame because he’s Asian.

[@stevechen1991]

Yao ming is so skills and athletic in his own way! to be able to run up and down the court full speed at 7'6 is already crazy

[@tonychen3368]

I remember watching that game online, Yao absolutely dominated as he played the entire game, face up jumper, pick n Roll, hook shots, damn that was beautiful to watch back in the days.

[@patrick412lys]

My very first NBA game was like 14 years ago and I watched my beloved Celtics get absolutely clapped by T-Mac & Yao in Boston. If I remember correctly it was 111-80 Houston... I had to beg my dad to stay for the entirety of the fourth quarter. Those two were on another level, both of them are HoF level talents in my opinion!

[@Broseftoast]

I'm responding to your comment 2 years late, but I just want to say reading this was awesome and made me laugh haha hope you were able to have a good time even though celtics kinda had a rough night!

[@eddrique]

🚀 🚀 Houston was amazing to watch when T Mac and Yao were on the floor together. Both players were marred by injuries they just couldn’t recover from.

[@chacharu3316]

yep Houston had some good duos in 2000s. francis and mobley..then tmac and yao..fun times

[@bo832]

Matt Barnes is lowkey one of the best interviewers out here the suddle “200million you said” he got Tmac to correct himself without making him correct himself lol

[@Zee-yr7gz]

Tmac lied on that one ain’t no way 200m people tuning in for Yao vs Yi Jillian😭😭😭

[@jaeehovaa]

@@Zee-yr7gz in china they did wtf lol they have billions of ppl

[@larozidavis8330]

I love seeing retired vets speak on old battles

[@censordat]

Even though Yao had a short career due to injuries...He is a LEGEND! One of the best big man, if not the best big man to play the game! Post game crazy, left/right hand hooks, jumper, turn around jumper, fadeaways, pass game, blocks, a bit of dribble skills and a very high free-throw percentage shooter! A center who you don't ever want to foul!

[@BootsandUtes]

Yao Ming's mid-range jumper was so crazy smooth. And his hook shot in the post was unblockable.

[@PonchoBilly]

Thibs ran everybody into the ground smh

[@Sadoodi]

I was thinking the same! To think that Yao is just 39 now

[@jamesbrewer5111]

Peeped that too man was on that bullshit

[@t99155]

Saad Atiq yeah that’s crazy... so young still he should have retired only a few years ago 🤦 Was a beast 💯

[@alexsamain812]

Luol Deng had a long career. He's the minutes lord under Thibs

[@arob124]

@@alexsamain812 lol u know thibs almost ended his career right

[@TrevorPhilips]

when I went to school in Vancouver, basically every mainland Chinese student loved TMac blew my mind how many ppl that could barely name more than a couple players (MJ, Kobe) just adored TMac’s shoes lol

[@kevinzhu6417]

besides the Lakers the Rockets are probably the most loved team in Mainland China

[@gershomtan5879]

Bruh growing up in east van this shit is factsss. Those tmacs were a dope pair of shoes though. Before adidas really started killing the shoe game too.

[@RayMac413]

Loved Watching Yao and Tmac Play together!!!

[@ullichkaka]

Thibodeau literally destroyed an all-star starting line-up: D-Rose, Zach Lavine, T-Mac, KG and Yao.😣

[@Vibe1610]

Glad he's been gone from my Wolves for awhile now. Overrated bum ass coach

[@kennylevine1150]

@Skippy the Alien not even that, but Zach has arguably been better the last couple years than he was pre-injury in Minnesota

[@GIN.356.A]

Thibs working his players like we was back on the plantation

[@kennethvillanueva4353]

So Thibs killed D.Rose, J.Noah career, now its revealed he killed Yao's career too. Lol

[@ElxVEVO]

Was he asst coach there?

[@nbaclassicsish]

Yup people forget he played Noah in a meaningless regular season game at the end of 13-14 season lots of minutes and aggravated Noah's injury. Noah was never the same after that.

[@Atraye]

Can yall do Steven Adams, he's got an interesting back story. Got insights into Kevin Durant, Westbrook, CPBeing a Center today etc etc.

[@futurekillerful]

Yao is one of the more underrated what ifs we always hear grant or Tracy... but Yao is up there

[@gianrichardvalbuena1237]

So thibs been killing careers with them overwork

[@moorecory81]

Big facts

[@thegagz]

Somebody arrest Thibs man. He’s reckless

[@jakegoodwin4619]

Exactly... not suprised it's such a shame Yao was overworked by NBA and Olympics he had no time to rest for years and everybody should have known a 7'6 man can't handle that strain. His feet were freaking cracking.

[@mrminiature11]

@@jakegoodwin4619 yh just imagine if Joel Embed had have Yao's work load

[@texasmadd47]

In 2008 when Yao Ming got hurt, HE WAS UNSTOPPABLE! That was the year the Lakers and celtics went to the finals, and I remember Yao and the Rockets giving the Lakers problems. They went into LA and stunned the Lakers in game 1, he broke his foot after game 3 and his career was pretty much over... One can only wonder, what if?

[@Dannybegroovin]

2009

[@t0mmygunz]

Thibodeau always running players into the ground

[@Suantian]

Yao is the hardest worker I've ever dealt with. ------ Jeff van Gundy

[@laksirigunasekera6878]

how can you hate tracy. dude tells the truth!

[@davidchen2866]

Keep in mind Yao, at 7’6, shot the same percentage as Kobe did from the free throw line for his career...

[@aleksc4376]

Yao Ming and Shaq had some battles, Shaq always played hard against Yao, Shaq won his share but Yao got him some games too. Held Shaq to 7 points in 33 minutes one time.

[@frankieshaw7055]

how you gon block a 7'6 dude's fade away? its insane man we not going to see another big man doing this no more

[@skippythealien9627]

one guy who is surprisingly absent from this is Rafer Alston. The guy was a streetball icon in Harlem and put himself through community college to finally get into the NBA, and eventually suited up alongside Yao and T-Mac. Mad respect for him

[@ricosun]

I remember I was in shanghai on offical business having lunch with some Chinese business partners, and all they wanted to a do was watch the first game between Shaq and Yao. It was a great game and Yao won in overtime. Eveyone was soo happy, we had a lots of drinks after that, and the deal closed itself.

[@cjbrown420]

T Mac and Yao would of been champs had not been for injuries unless u was a rockets fan boyz really missed what yao can do 2008-2009 should of been our year

[@michaelwhitney7563]

I miss Yao. We need another Yao.

[@gobot581]

Yao, Luol, Rose, Butler and dew guys were almost ruined by Thibs

[@russellford2315]

So Thibodeau one again drove a player to injure himself...D-Rose, Yao, and several, Boston Celtics🤔

[@Aj4youtube]

Stevie Franchise was sick back in the day, and shout out to Yi Jianlian!

[@Ivandrago33]

If Yao didn't have injuries and obligations to the Chinese national team every summer, he would be a top 10 All Time center easy.

[@mikeyisniceha]

Jack cracking up talking about Harrington checking Yao lol

[@Earl_E_Burd]

"More than a million, u said?" Barnes is money on the interviewing. At first T-Mac had said 200 people. 5:57

[@desmondhoward6253]

Yao had a jumper too

[@zubeirjamaa]

This show is amazing. I bet ESPN is crying because they can’t pull players of this caliber to have conversations and interviews with. I have the feeling if Kawhi were to get invited on this show he’d come.

[@MikeJones-pf4wd]

Kawhi will come when he has to promote his New Balance shoe line.

[@yushanchen4193]

Yeah tell 'em T!

[@willc5023]

glad they showing yao love, hate those fake fans who thought he was in cuz he was tall. yao could hit 3s and good fts

[@golfer901]

dont need click bait. you put yao on the title, i click it.

[@austinmalby1110]

Hated playing against Yao Ming on nba live lol

[@peacenlove81989]

you just remind of my headache too, that was tough

[@jiechou2078]

Yao and Tmac were never surrounded by good role players when they were both healthy. Unlike Cuban, previous Rockets owner Leslie Alexander didn't want to spent one penny over salary cap to build a team around them. In one of the playoff games against Utah, only 4 Rockets players scored in the entire game.

[@legendofnoob]

This is the first time I'm finding out that Thibideau had responsibility in the Yao injuries too. How many NBA careers has this guy cut short with his Spartan mentality?

[@freestylingwhistler]

If Yao had Tim Duncan’s feet, he would be a top 5 center of all time.

[@gohan3448]

Bro if Yao and tmac didn't get injured in the wcsf against the Lakers they would have won the title that year. Rockets took them to 7 games without two of their stars. The rockets stay getting robbed

[@chase20chase]

I'm literally not watching basketball county just because of the force fed commercials

[@allsmiles3666]

Bro that year when they had Scola, Lowry, Battier and Artest they could've actually won a ring. They took the Lakers to 7 with no Tmac and an injured Yao, I think just a year before that team has the 4th longest win streak in history too. If Yao and Tmac were both healthy it was guaranteed AT LEAST 1 ring.

[@Doctor_GK]

Get Yao on the podcast!!!! Where tf he at??

[@vinh1351]

never got out of 1st round

[@VoxGav-bd9rc]

Yao was very fucking talented considering he was 7’6”. Most freakishly y’all guys in the NBA aren’t super talented. The only other guy above 7’4” who is an amazing talent is Ralph. Yao was a good passer, had good IQ, could shoot the midrange, could hit the free throw consistently, and of course everything else besides hit threes and defend perimeter.

[@censordat]

Yi Jian Lian was good, drafted very high and never was given a chance to develop in the league to his highest potential. The only thing about him was that he was a bit soft! But, he had game...athletic, tall and could shoot.

[@zhangjohn835]

200m watchers’ game? I bet those KZbin ADs would never show up during the half time

[@jeffreyleon2322]

When he said steph Jackson knew that what did he mean ? He looked mad as hell lol

[@lynxiong2040]

More people watch that game then the Superbowl

[@TurkeyWilliams]

I bet Tracy has a huge house and yet he can’t find a room where no one will interrupt him

[@flack2998]

find yao ming and tmac and interview them together

[@kevinkohoutek995]

It's sad that tmac and yao didn't gel well together. When Houston got artest Houston had a chance to win a ring if yao didn't get hurt vs Lakers . But tmac didn't want to play defense when he got to Houston , what could of been

[@charlesconner9044]

Goddamn Thibs got these players on double shifts. He don't need to be a coach no more

[@seththebatslayer2691]

You got Kobe and Shaq? I got Yao and Tmac… and no injuries? I’m good.

[@treuben7219]

Do y'all think yao is top50?

[@m.k1490]

No way

[@eulalawrence841]

Nope, didn't have a long enough career. If he played more games and stayed healthy then no doubt, easy top 50. He had the skills to be one of the best big men of all time, and Shaq himself always says he was always one of the hardest players to play against. Those skills with that height, he's easily top 50. Career? Held back by injuries and didn't get the chance to prove how dominant he actually was.

[@roberttorres7936]

Yeji Biased sadly accurate

[@MikeJones-pf4wd]

International NBA yes, all time NBA NAH!

[@facelessvoid1573]

top 50 talent top 100 career wise

[@TNMUSlC]

Yao Should of have min restriction and not back to back game. He would of still played today.

[@chacharu3316]

Tmac...loved watching him playing with Yao..BUT couldnt get past the FIRST round in the playoffs with the rockets.. "It's on me" rockets fans know..

[@izuokoko1896]

This many Tracy us the 5 biggest what if’s in nba history, 1. If Tracy stayed with Toronto he would have probably win championships, 2. What if grant was healthy, if grant was healthy they would have multiple championships, 3. What if Tracy coach wasn’t fucking stupid and told Tim Duncan to go team up with Tracy and grant hill, with people without grant they at least winning 2 rings. 4. What if Yao Ming was healthy, they would have won championships for sure. 5. What if Tracy didn’t get hurt, HE WOULD HAVE WON CHAMPIONSHIPS

[@Kingbossdon]

They don't get injured they both are wearing championship rings

[@valentinojimenez8014]

So Thibs ruined Mings career....

[@amarooT6564]

So Thibs wore out Yao too.

[@angelcovarrubias3328]

Thibs just loves to end careers!

[@chinoxSD]

Tmac been that guy man Injuries smh man so many greats were done before they can even fully blossom 😒 us as fans got robbed but then as players were devastated

[@cavarssia]

yao only 39 he could had just been retiring this year.....

[@thew0rmw00d7]

Yao and mcgrady a better match up

[@ren_bagzz]

wow

[@freedbyyeshua533]

God doesn’t want anybody in hell because He loves us, but you must understand why we deserve hell and why those who refuse to live under His authority will go there. He gave us the law (Ten Commandments) not to make us righteous, but rather to show us our sin (Romans 3:20). We’re not sinners because we sin, but rather we sin because we’re sinners. Sin is the nature of our flesh that we are born with due to the sin of Adam in the garden. For someone to be justified before God they have to be sinless. We’ve all sinned (Romans 3:23), and the the law demands death for those who sin (Romans 6:23). God is righteous, so He must punish our sin, which is what He did through His Son Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus is Holy and sinless, yet He received our sin when He died on the cross, so that we can be righteous before God (2 Corinthians 5:21). When He died on the cross, He said “It is finished” (John 19:30), which means He paid the full price for all of your sins (past, present, and future) to be forgiven. He was buried and rose again from the dead. God will forgive anybody who puts their full trust in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. We aren’t saved based on our good deeds, but only by the grace of God (Ephesians 2:8-9). His precious blood that He shed is the only reason why we can be forgiven of our sins (Hebrews 9:22). If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised Him from the dead, then you’ll be saved (Romans 10:9). You are born-again with the Spirit of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), and are not only legally justified before God, but also are accredited His righteous (Romans 4:24). Believers live for Christ now, so get to know Him through His Word. I recommend reading the book of Romans and the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), and watching Pastor Joseph Prince’s online sermons

[@stephenmoney4722]

thibodeau ruining careers since day 1

[@derekdorch1630]

I’m really getting tired of hearing about Quinn cooks high school team

[@chinoparatodo]

T mac house looks like he is struggling financially lol

[@papi-sauce]

200M is only 1/6th of their population haha

[@adamjuarez6498]

poor man's shaq and Kobe

[@JoeyBaguez]

Basketball wives love video bombing @ 1:31. Come on ladies. Hey babe, I’m doing a livestream with All That Smoke at 9:00am so everyone needs to be ghost. No problem, baby. Yeah, right, smh

[@flytii]

Yao was way better than shaq. he picked up the game late, was from a culture that was against disrespecting opponents, the list goes on. he would've been considered one of the best if it weren't for injuries.

[@zes3813]

wrr

[@420boxingnetwork7]

Too bad china wore him down before he came to the nba

[@trenttubman7779]

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[@chall5711]

I think it's time to be real with ourselves. Yao was trash. He was too slow to defend the paint, he was too weak to control the boards. I remember when they played Dallas in 05 and Diop and Dampier were KILLING him down low. He was nice to see because he was big as hell but very overrated and tmac's career would have been better off staying in Orlando

[@jiechou2078]

Dampier killing Yao down low? Yao vs Dampier career head to head :19.9 points to 6.4 points.Yao was never too slow to defend paint. Rockets was always a top defensive team when Yao's healthy. Yao was one of the best man to man defender in the paint, centers who didn't have an outside shot like Dwight Howard always got destroyed by Yao. Infact Yao was one of the most underrated players of all time. His impact on both ends of the floor are bigger than his regular stats shows. In advanced stats, his career PER is 24th all time in NBA, his win shares per 48 minutes is 23rd all time in NBA.

[@Hot33333333]

Yao was soft and moved slow. Nothing special in my opinion. He was overhyped at first because they thought there was finally a big to stop shaq. He didn’t live up to it

[@jiechou2078]

Yao was the only center after Hakeem who played Shaq to a draw after his rookie year. Yao was slow but not soft once he beefed up in his 3rd year. He drew automatic double teams more than anybody else (including Shaq) when he was healthy. Shaq was the only center who regularly played Yao one on one and not getting destroyed. Again your statement shows how underrated Yao was.

[@tonychen3368]

Both Yao and The Dream have lived up to it, you just didn't watch their first match up when Yao had the time to stop Shaq with only six blocks, on the same game, sometimes he stood his ground still.

[@peacenlove81989]

google the definition of soft

[@Eaaatlife]

Yao was not soft, you only think he soft cause he got yellow skin.

[@angeredjudge]

You are wrong bro