Should Rockets be a playoff team without T-mac? And why? I keep reading from posters here that we're playoff team w/o t-mac? Last year 8th seed in the WC had 44 wins. So a team with Yao, Hayes, Battier, Head and Alston would win 44 wins? Hayes: He can't make a layup to save his life. ZERO offense. Foul machine Head: Cant make a good pass to save his life. No mid-range jumper. Battier: No offensive game. Alston: Do you want me to say more? Seriously, can Nash make this group of players to look good in offence? and he's the best play maker in the league. Yao is a scorer but not a play maker. He can only do so much by himself. T-mac and Yao are both our superstar. No t-mac or Yao is like losing 30% of our power. Do some of you really think 70% of the our full power is already better than the half of the WC teams? Like Spurs, Phoenix, Dallas, Denver, Utah, Lakers, Clipper? With the starters like Alston, Head, Battier and Hayes? I just think some of you are either over-rating our role players or you think Yao is the most dominant player ever. I just hope we can have an average guard like Mobley so we would win at least half of those last few games we lost.
this team can't make it to the playoffs without tmac. there is NO fire pwer outside of yao. it's a WEAK offensive team, and whats wrose, it's being coached by a WEAK offensive coach. if we had any one of: stackhouse, mobley, maggetty, m.miller, r.davis, james, crawford, or finley. this team could still make the playoffs coached by JVG. if we had any one of those players with tmac we could be a contender with JVG. main problem: the rockets are not a talented team outside of yao and tmac.
The question isn't ARE THEY . .the question is SHOULD THEY the answer is a resounding YES Yao Alone is good for 35~40 wins If Yao was just the main cog .. we should be able to beat most Eastern teams I think Bonzi and Battier should contribute to making this at least a 45 win team If this team is not a playoff team with out TMAC IMO that is 100% Coaching Rocket River I'm not saying champions. .but definately playoffs
Here's the problem: We're playing like we expect TMac back. We need to stop that. Move on. Anything we get from Tmac is gravy. I voted yes.
If Snyder is healthy, Bonzi plays well, this team should be in the playoff, but exit after 1st round. Snyder can penetrate and has size, so defensively, he is much better than Head. Offensively, he can penetrate, so he is better.
Snyder can penetrate but I don't like his game. He can't knock down his shots, and when he attacks the basket he gets fouled and misses his freethrows. As for a better defender than head....he could be. He has the tools, but he really isn't. They both aren't great defenders.
