How do you feel about Tmac's play since he came back from injury

as tmac gets healthier (u can see he's not with him missing 2 dunks tonight), this team can only get better.

i think we still can reach one more gear as we head down the stretch and another one in the playoffs when tmac goes all out.

 

i know this is just a little thing to whine about but...
he needs to get rid of his heat check shots. Why check your heat when you still have NOT secure the victory?
otherwise. I am very happy with his performance recently

 

I think the way he's been playing is great. I haven't seen him do much "heat checks" or take many other questionable shots. He's passing more and we're starting to gel as a team now.

 

I believe Tmac can lead us to victory in the playoffs.....I would like to see him be more aggresive in the 1st quarter. All he does is look to pass and when he realizes he hasnt shot the ball yet he fires up a hard 3 pointer. I think he needs to immediatly bring it to the basket and go for some fouls to create some foul trouble. Once he works on this his outside game will open up. He needs to get 5-7 shots of I believe in the 1st quarter so we can get him going.

 

A lot of the credit has to go to the teammates also. They have learned to be more aggressive even when Tmac is playing i.e. Scola isn't passing up chances to score.

But, I can also tell that there's a little more fluidity in Tmac's game. He's reacting quicker, not dominating the ball as much, and mentally has realized that he's not on a JVG team anymore.

 

exactly, scola has been our best offensive player in the first quarter in the past 3 games it appears (minny, cavs, and now hawks).

this team is better not b/c of yao or tracy, but b/c of the development of the role players.

 

Plainly and simply:

Only flagrant haters believe that trading McGrady will help the team in any way at this point.

 

The play's OK.
Not outstanding, but OK.
Just meets the basic requirements for a star player.
If judging him with the standards for normal players, he played well.

 

We're 10-1 since hes been back, and I think hes playing great basketball.

 

He played better, but far from the level in Magic, the level Rockets need for a championship.

 

u want that guy - that guy was playing for us earlier in the season. so he still has that. u saw that he couldn't finish off those 2 dunks tonight so obviously his explosion and quickness aren't there yet. but as long as we win and tmac can get himself into shape (he does look out of shape or not as fit as he was to start the season), then we'll be in great shape.

for us to be a true championship contender, tmac must play like he did to start the year and the rest of the team to play like they are now.

 

Obviously he's not full strength. But he hasn't taken a single early-in-the-shot-clock, 22-24ft jump shot off a high screen that I can remember in our past few games. That's good. He's not shooting well still, but at least his shots are open for the most part, so it will come around. In the games he has shot well, he has bailed us out badly.

I do think he's saving something for the playoffs, namely his penetrating ability. We will be very dangerous when we get there.

 

pointless...

He is not playing consistently, sometimes wonderful, sometimes fine, sometimes horrible.

 

He is integrating with the rest of the team better than before which is encouraging but he does need to shoot better and get to the FT line more often.His passing is good and defensively he is getting better too.
It remains to be seen how much better he can do without taking away opportunities from the other players.
I don't think of him as a selfish guy. When a player has a high skill level it's natural to feel that you can do a much better job than anyone else. Tracy is going to struggle with that and we will always need him to take us over the hump along with Yao but as long as the team keeps on improving the easier it's going to get for the team and also for him as well.
I'll give him a B so far since he came back from injury.

 

now we will have all the i love tmac threads this is the second one lets see what we can get it to fellas. I am really tired of the i jump on and off the bandwagon people around here. just because the wagon has a flat doesn't mean you go sale it or trade it you change the tire and keep on moving on down the road

 

I say "no change is needed" because Tmac's court vision has always been ready for this offense. The team as a whole is just getting better at Adleman's offense. Tmac hasn't changed, its just the team getting better at moving without the ball, getting good looks.

Remember long ago Magic Johnson highly praised Tmac for his playmaking skills. His team-playing skills have been there for YEARS, it just took the right coach to get the rest of the team adjusted to exploit his skills correctly correctly.

People complain because a lot of times he'll look to score first.. think about that. Him and Yao are our first scoring options, its expected of him to get his attempts.

 

wow i said "correctly" twice, its gettin close to my bedtime