The reality is . .TMAC is a front runner If he sees that winning will take EFFORT . . he shuts it down use to things being easy. He will always take the safe bet He will take the path of least resistance Rocket River
The silver lining to all this is that it's almost certain now that tracy will not show up for any of our games........after 1560 vivisected his mental carcass tonight he will surely be too chicken to show up and face the chorus of boos at Toy Center
he shouldnt have said that publicly. right now he just a fan just like us. of course winner mentality wouldve been appreciated. it shouldve even be said that we can take it all. now it has hit CF and everyone is havin contractions. half of the posters are pretending to be mad. seriously. i hope to god we can beat them but being realistic, this season, we got ass raped by the lakers..god knows i hate kobe but you cant deny his talent. i wonder how different it wouldve been if yao said it. agreed. MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY and these teams have recently been to finals and won titles most of the posters thinks it, but when tmac says it, its a problem. and if you said u didnt think it then you are a liar.
I think some of you are missing the point. How do I have more faith in the Rockets than Tracy. Even if youre scared the Rockets are going to finally get out of the first round without you and are visibly better without you. Lie. Lie Tracy.
If we can manage to make it past the first round I think we will play like a mad bull on steroids and make a deep run.........but Kobe & the Refs will make sure that we don't get past the Lakers.
Keep making a fool of yourself. You are quite good at it and getting better. You've contradicted yourself multiple times, but it matters not, because it is (gasp) you. You say I am not here for discussion, which would be hilarious, except for the window the remark creates into your psyche. You say you are "trying to be civil," and three sentences later call me a moron. You clearly know nothing about me or my history on this BBS, being too busy trying to boost that fragile ego. Want proof? Your continual blather that I don't think you are a fan, that I'm "not willing to concede even the fact that I'm a fan." The problem is that it assumes two things... that I've ever thought about whether you are a fan, or that I've thought about you at all, prior to this thread. I don't know why you are so insecure. You clearly believe that you can read minds... Tracy McGrady's, in this instance. You should be on top of the world, burning vast areas of the GARM with your napalm-like wit and wisdom. You really should try to relax more. This must be exhausting for you.
Man, do you think there is a possibility that Tmac is just being reasonable and normal? If you ask me, I would say the same. Man I hope we can win it all, but I just don't picture us beating the lakers in a 7 game series. Though the cliche goes "everything is possible", the possibility is really slim.
Hey, such guys praised Tmac can understand what the formor Rox leader garbage is. If you are one of the teammates, can you say that? Evev you were the team's leader!! JVG left here several years, but he also wishes Rox can win. What T-Lady are doing?? Cuse on ROX?? Try to beat ROX' confidence?? Omygod.... Discard it as soon as you can,Moorey....PLEASE!!
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If only someone could count all the "But you're missing the point.." when every other posts pretty much says the point that the poster was trying to make.
When you're on a team you simply don't say what McGrady did. If the rumors are true that Yao and Artest don't like him and Battier hates his guts. The coaching staff should pin up T-Mac's remarks in the locker room to serve as motivation.
Honest? or lack of confidence and aggressiveness? As a Rocket player or fan, you have to trust on the team, even though it means a miracle. sadly, there are so many basketball fans in this forum instead of Rocket fans.
Just one comment on Tmac - he is stupid to accept this interview this time the year and has said so. Period. -STFU when you can't fully support your current team, at least you won't discourage your teammates.
misleading thread title... I also think its funny that after one game, we are already in the second round. We usually go up 2-0 in the playoffs. See Mavs in 05, see utah when we went up 2-0 and lost in 7. We have a long long way to go before this portland series is over, even if we go up 2-0 on their homecourt.
Put me down as someone who thinks T-Mac was dumb for taking the interview, or at least answering the question. He could have just ignored it or talked around it. If Kevin Garnett was asked that same question, you think he's going to say he picks the Cavs in the finals. Hell no!
Why? Let me ask you this, if Bill Worrell, Clyde Drexler, or Matt Bullard was asked that question, and they said that the Lakers would win the Finals... how many people would be mad at them? My guess would be not many.
