2008 - 2009 roster was way better. That roster healthy is actually a close call to this years roster. Brooks/Lowry TMac/Wafer Artest/Battier Scola/Landry Yao/Mutombo Reserves: Brian Cook, Brent Barry, Chuck Hayes The depth on that team was insane...we were 2 deep at every position.
T-Mac of 05 was on another level, by this time he had lost a step even though the team was better overall.
It doesn't matter if T Mac was in his highest level in 04-05. The 08-09 roster and this year's roster are better than that 04-05 roster. This shouldn't even be a discussion.
Agreed. The supporting cast around Yao and T-mac was just horrid. CD was a decent GM, but he put a TERRIBLE supporting cast around Yao and T-mac during their prime years. IMO, the best Rockets squad during the Yao-Tmac era was the one during that 22 game winning streak. A healthy Yao throughout that season with Scola, Landry, Lowry, Brooks, Dikembe was one to be reckoned with. If you compared that squad to this years upcoming squad, then you'd have a debate.
Wow, what a question? I take Yao so that team, man Sura! And in game 2 in Dallas is when Yao was breaking records, and officially showed us who YAO MING was...man him, and Sura those injuries haunt us ,and then well...sh%t happens. I really hope this team now succeeds though. Can't compare the two, and I will finally say his name Tracy was great that season, but decided to "take games off.". (was the word/slacked bc up 2-0) Harden is amazing and be happy we have two now. How crazy the last 2 summers/years have been "goin down in Houston"
This years Dwight is better than Yao in 05. 05 Tmac was better than harden last year, but that may change this year. Role players are better with this years squad. I'll take this year's team.
Starters: Lin >> Sura Harden >>> Wesley Parsons << McGrady Jones = Howard Howard = Yao Bench: Beverley >> James Garcia > Barry Casspi = Bowen Motie/Smith >> Weatherspoon/Padgett Asik > Mutombo Really, there is almost no competition.
04-05. people forget how good this team was, and t-mac was on another level and yao was healthy. this is the team that took the first 2 games in DALLAS to go up 2-0 only to choke the series away. that was the best squad we've had in recent memory. one of my favorite dunks of all time in that series <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/AKOCy9R-h2A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Harden < McGrady Howard < Yao (assuming its the Howard of last year) Parsons > Wesley Lin > Sura Asik = Mutombo Motiejunas/Jones/Smith < Howard/Padgett/Weatherspoon Beverley = James Delfino < Barry Garcia > Bowen
Of course numbers matter man, this is CF after all, where only numbers are relevant. 94-95-13-33-22 lotto anyone?
