Is the tide is turning ~ Rockets becoming Yao's team...

I think we should all enjoy Yao's rising numbers and looking real good. He looks like he's startin' 2 come around like we ALL expected!

 

Obviously from the very beginning this is the Yao Ming we all hoped for. I don't think Tracy McGrady is of the Kobe Bryant persuasion that this team is his no matter what dominant force exists in the paint. If by next season Yao is putting up 25/12 while T-mac is contributing 20-22 ppg I'd say we have a great chance of taking that next step as a team... as long as Alston continues to distribute the ball and we find a couple of guys who can knock down the open shots.

 

dare i say KG for tmac...i know KG is a little older but tmac health problems arent going to get better with age and KG hasnt ever had a real serious injury....a frontcourt of yao and KG would be nice and we can fill in serviceable perimeter players...

 

Of course, the team is CENTERed around Yao. What other position does he play?

Seriously, don't get carried away, at least not yet. TMac is in a slump and might be hurting. But to say that this is Yao's team is premature. Besides, who cares? I don't think either Yao or TMac cares. What they want is winning. Both of them can dominate.

 

Agreed. A lot of people say that TMac is not as good as Kobe because he doesn't has Kobe's "fire." Well, if you look at it on the flip side. Kobe's "fire" ran Shaq out of town. TMac would never do that to Yao.

Some might say, Kobe allowed Shaq to coexist long enough to win 3 rings. TMac hasn't won anything with Yao. Yao is not Shaq yet. But looks like Yao has a chance to dominate like Shaq, relatively speaking. The only thing that worries me about TMac is his health.

 

I think it is a false question, they have and will continue to coexist, a kind of pardnership. Their egos will not clash like Shaq and Kobe. On a particular night one may perform better than the other, and hopefully in the playoffs they will play equally well. Besides, Ming would not want that.

 

Well said! Let's come back to this topic after we make this year's playoff first. It means nothing for both of them to become the leader of a lottery team.

 

I been telling ya'll this for a while

Rocket River

 

i can't believe these type of threads. one player is having a tough period so we have to trade him?? remember all those threads about trading yao when he wasn't doing so hot?? i say we just stick to what we have now. and i doubt the team will be centered around yao, mcgrady is still a more expericenced player.

 

For the Rockets' best, this is Yao & T-Mac's team. When They both dominate and we have some good shooters, we are tough to beat.

 

Ever since 2002!!!

 

This is such a juvenile question? THis is Les Alexander's team- as far I am concerned this is Houston's team.

 

hopefully our rookies develop much over the summer. Especially Luther Head. If he can consistenlty knock down open 3's, lets sign him to the max and give him a 7 year deal.

 

Yao can be considered one of the best in the league considering there is only 5 total people averaging a double double if i am not mistaken. That's some pretty elite company.

 

And when Yao "kicks the bucket" he will walk up to the bucket and kick it.

 

C'mon guys, don't get carried away here. Yes Yao is playing great, if not the best in his career, but its absurd to think this will be Yao's team with a player of T-Mac calibre. We are talking about a Kobe equivalent player here when healthy and he's ony 26 yrs old. I promise you, he will be back to his old form. He's goin through some tough time metally and physically as does all super-star. I don't think Yao could accept this as his team anyway. As T-Mac said, the offense runs through him and Yao. This is Yao and T-Mac's team all the way until the very end.

 

i don't think mcgrady cares about this matter. the team was already meant to build around yao right after he was drafted. he just needed time to grow.