[Yahoo] It's Not Yao's Fault

Tracy doesn't get it. If the Rockets are going to be a contender, Tracy needs to first worry about what he's doing. Run hard, play defense, attack the basket. Give us those three things, Tracy, and everything else will fall into place.

 

Exactly. I really don't care when or if he comes back.

It's almost like he's saying, "What they're doing is cute, but when I get back I am going to dominate the ball and play my game."

 

Why do people still think Alston is a knucklehead?

I guess the offseason crap lawsuits didn't help. Alston has been nothing but a standup guy ever since he got to Houston. I can't even remember the last time he got a tech.

 

I don't know if guys like waiting around, setting up for a long jump shot all day. There's certainly a time and place for it, but some guys have demonstrated that they can be effective doing more then that. Brooks, Alston, Scola, and Bonzi have all shown that they can penetrate and create opportunities inside. Tmac has to trust them to do that. It will only make it that much easier for Tmac to score at will. It can't be Tmac dribbling, drawing a double, and kicking it out for a 3 all day.

 

What if he’s physically incapable of providing the team with this????

 

Well, I think the onus is on Adelman here to integrate T-Mac into the new offense properly. If he comes in and goes back to the old habits of dominating the ball, then coach A hasn't done his job.

Honestly, I think it's more of another case of T-Mac not being a good politician/wordsmith. What he probably meant to say was, "guys are going to find it much easier to score because my presence in the game attracts extra defensive attention", which is true even when running the motion offense. T-Mac is still going to attract double teams and draw extra defenders when he drives to the basket/comes around screens, so the shots the role players are getting now will be more wide open than before and they ought to find it much easier to score.

One thing is for sure -- T-Mac is never going to run for public office.

 

Roger! The problem with tracy is HE SELDOM RUN. The offense stops with the ball at his hand. When the ball is in yao's hand, what Tmac does is STAND and WATCH.

 

Then we don't contend for a championship. Probably don't even get out of the first round.

 

Yeah, that's another point I forgot to mention. We can't have anymore of this team waiting and reacting on what Tmac does. The ENTIRE team has to keep the ball moving around. We've seen a lot of plays w/ 4-5 passes recently. No more of this Tmac trying to create and then one pass for a jump shot and hope for the best. Tmac has to trust his teammates and let others intiate.

 

If that's the case, it just add one more reason for him not to pretend he is the leader of this team.

Given his health, it is better to trade him when he still has some trading value left. We can't win it all this year. All the champaignship teams took several year to get there, they will need to play several meaningful playoff series and get enough experiences, look at Bulls, Lakers, Spurs, they all went through such expericens. Heat is an exception to this, but don't expect to be like that. It is very unlikely.

In another 2 or 3 years, T-Mac's health can only get worse. Do you think he is actually getting healthier? I don't think so.

 

well, if tmac thinks guys like to stand around and shoot jumpers all day long, because tmac and yao attracts so much attentions. Then, Tmac you are playing with bunch of wrong guys.

-alston is better when attacking the basket, as we can see in his last few games
-wells is obiously an attacker.
-head somewhat of an attacker too
-shane, too many suprise. he does have an inside game. he can attack too.
...etc

guess what, unless we have guys like JJ reddick who has the best form when it comes to shooting, we got no players that are efficient at stand and shoot.

Tmac you need to stop playing and thinking like a superstar and get with the program.

 

Seems like his attitude doesn't want to change.He thinks guy's should just knock down shots when they are open after he has done shot the last 5-10 shots and now when they get the ball this one posession they are supposed to be in rythym automaticlly and make the shots. These guy's are playing better now because everyone feels like they are involved, the ball is touching everybody's hands,no one is being impatient and everybody feels a togetherness.



Dude has a vibe of separatist,Like he is elite and above the rest of the team,like he is waay better than everyone else and they must meet up to his standards of making the shots when they get the ball 5 or 6 times in 48 minutes of play. He needs to understand rythym and moving the defense,not just passing the ball to open targets,But moving the defense around so they can't just lock on Him or Yao ming. Ball movement, not passing out of double teams and collapse defenses.




He has a lot of subconscious MEISM, He needs to learn WE and TEAM.

 

Real talk

 

I think now that other players like Alston, Head, Bonzi, Scola, and Brooks are playing much better, It'll be easier when T-Mac gets back. He won't have to have the ball in his hands the whole 24 seconds. Instead, It'll be like that Laker game in the beginning of the season.

 

If you still buy that, then you must not live in North America.

 

I know a lot of people live in US buy that. So I dont see your point.

 

"Don't change your game when I'm out there," McGrady says. "At the same time, when I'm not out there, they have to play this style because they don't have a guy on the perimeter who's going to attract much attention. I draw so much attention all they have to do is sit out there wide-open and knock down shots. Guys like that."

Uhhh news flash T-Mac. The team has moved on without you. If you want to continue to play Gundyball, well he's gone. You will be riding the pine so fast it'll make your head swim if you don't get your butt in gear and run Adleman's offense. Yeah, you're right you command attention and so does Kobe. Does Kobe stand around on the perimeter waiting for the double teams and or does he move around in the triangle offense.

Get it through your skull. Run the hard cuts and move your feet. Draw the defenders to you and kick it out to your wide open teammates in the lane for easy 2 ptrs. HIGH PERCENTAGE SHOTS not 3 ptrs.

 

Tmac talks like he is a permanent superstar for the rest of his career, he does not know that for him to get and keep this title he has to hustle day in and day out, I guess he thinks that there are other guys on the team to do that.