YAO-SHAQ.....YAO-SHAQ VIII, I THINK: Yao won the battle but lost the war. The continuing replacement of Yaomania with Lebronomania still seems premature to me--as much as LeBron is supposed to be better than people thought he was (I'll leave that up to other people to judge, I haven't seen that many Cavs games) Yao is much, much better than people thought he was. The Rockets just need to swing a Steve Francis trade; Stevie's talented and all but he's a bit more interested in his clothing line than basketball, methinks.