text: who would you rather have t-mac or yao? it's a tricky question to me because they're both injured i'm huge rockets fan, and this questions comes up all of the time.  but i would go with yao, because he is harder to replace than t-mac, there are alot of great shooting guard/small forwards in the league.  with a trade or draft, you easily find a guard or forward who could put up 20-25 pts. a game.  while a yao couldn't be replaced with a few seasons.    naturally, it's easier to build around centers than smaller players.