Yeah, he's a bit overrated. He can score, sure. But he needs to put up a ton of shots to get to his average.
The thing I hate about Yap is that he relies too much on his superstar status. He doesn't seem to work hard enough to improve his game. SanMig has a lot of scorers in their team but Yap still has a shoot first mentality. His passing never improved. If you watch their games, you'll notice that Tim Cone designs more isolation plays for Simon than Yap. Yap only sees the basket kasi when he has the ball. He's like Kobe in terms of shooting. But Kobe can switch to facilitator mode and still have the same impact. Jame Yap can't do that.
Spot on ..... Yap is nothing more than a volume shooter; needs to take a ton of shots to get his points.
I've long considered Simon as much better than Yap.
The superstar-entitlement can be blamed on Yap himself and many others ....... since he was in HS, Yap was already being courted by many NCR collegiate squads (Bong Tan won the bidding).
Add the fact that Yap was coached by the very inept Ryan Gregorio - IMO the 2nd worst coach ever in the history of the PBA ......... Gregorio is a speech-maker who has the thinnest playbook in all of pro basketball; that is, GIVE THE BALL TO THE SCORER, EVERYBODY ELSE PLAY SAFETY and/or CRASH THE BOARD.
Sayang, I've seen him play and I think he can work on his passing ability much like the Aerial Voyager, Vergel Meneses who has very good passing ability.
Meneses was indeed a great passer ...... which was mostly an offshoot of his very underrated back-to-the-basket game.
People remember Meneses for his high-flying forays to the basket ...... his post game is hardly remembered, but it was very effective ...... when he had his back to the basket, it usually leads to his patented "banda" shot or an assist to a streaking teammate.
I've always believed that passing is a natural skill ....... many guys have always had it, even during their early years ...... rare are those who 'learn' to pass late in their careers.
For current SG's, it's either you have the passing/setup skills (e.g. Baguio, R.Reyes, Arana, etc.) or you dont (e.g. Yap, David, Caguioa, etc.).
