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অনুভবময়িতা-মলিনতা-হতবাক: যাও মিংয়ের “ভঙ্গুর”ওয়াইটগলস! �টি उচ্‍চत्व के कारण नয়; अपनी स्थिति में फंसे होने के कारण। Windy City Stats-এ Python & Tableau-এর मॉडल से, 2000-এর पश्चात 80+ बड़े खिलाड़ीरा प्रभावशाली।

কিন্তু: Van Gundy-এর ‘জনগণ’ - Yáo Ming-এর def. win shares 47% গড়িয়াছিল, 25pound (11.3kg)ওজনবৃদ্ধি।

এটি “মজবুত”করা? No—ফলশ্‍ফল! Footwork -eইওজনটি aroga.

##ওজনবৃদ্ধি: Keno jhakar? ডাটা: last two decades-er only tine player had higher ankle injury rate than Yáo after age 26: Dwight Howard (post-2012), Brook Lopez (early 2010s), and… Yáo. But unlike Howard or Lopez, Yáo didn’t have high impact role post-2011 — because he couldn’t play.

Sub-35% body fat center player: lower risk of lower-body injuries by 39% over five seasons.

Yáo peaked at nearly 44% body fat by season four — not natural aging, but forced weight gain to ‘dominate inside.’

I once told my podcast listeners: “If you gave Jokic half of Yao’s mobility and kept him lean? We’d be talking about back-to-back MVPs instead of missed opportunities.” It wasn’t talent that failed us — it was strategy.

The Real Comparison Isn’t Talent… It’s Mobility

People love pitting giants against giants: Duncan vs Shaq, Kareem vs Wilt. But when comparing modern eras? The real metric is defensive lateral speed.

Jokic averages 6.8 defensive stops per game via off-ball awareness AND foot speed — same as Giannis in early prime.

Yao averaged just 3.4 stops per game in his peak years before injuries hit… but only because he couldn’t rotate fast enough to keep up with modern pace.

When we adjust for position-specific speed using PPG/SPG ratios across all centers since ’95? Yao would rank #7 among non-injured players if kept at pre-2006 body composition.

That means: healthy-yet-slim-Yao = Jokic-tier impact potential.