The series was 3-1 and then, the Pistons found a way to stop him, all the team stopped. He was the only guy is the team. Us not getting past the first round isnt T-Mac s fault.
star doesn't mean a better player or a more dominant player. grant hill was a more dominant player at the time and the ball would always be in his hands (note the high scoring and assist #s). if grant hill was healthy, tracy would have been a 2nd option.
No reason to believe it. First, Yao has not been taking more shots than T-Mac. Second, Yao may not be tough enough but he is tougher than T-Mac.
Focusing all the attnetion and criticism of this team's performance on T-mac is just as irresponsible as T-mac saying he needs more shots. The truth is, they need to get tougher all around... Yao needs to be more assertive night-in and night-out, Artest needs to stop worrying about his free agency (which he totally is... and its almost as sickening as T-mac's injury status), Adelman needs to set stricter guidelines and stop babying this team (obviously, the laid-back approach is not working), and they need to all start playing with more of a sense of urgency. Its fun to have a scapegoat (JVG, T-mac), but as history has proven time and time again... it never is just about one guy in a team sport. This team, as they're playing now, has major flaws without T-mac. Focusing all your attention/time on criticizing him isn't helping anything... execpt deflecting the attention away from this team's other faults.
As I said, Hill was mr triple double. He liked to pass the ball while Carter liked being the scorer and finisher. Mcgrady couldn't get along with his cousin and was a cancer his time up there. Mcgrady has always whined when he played with talented teammates. He likes being the focal point in the offense and he likes being a martyr carrying a team fulll of scrubs. He doesn't play well when he has talent around him and becomes a cancer when he does.
great post here and i completely agree. rick's soft handling of the situation (being a players' coach) is the reason tracy can play whenever he wants, ron can worry more about his free agency than the team, and shane can shut it down anytime he wants. rick really has got to say to the team: who can play and can play every game right now, raise your hands. then play those guys. the other guys, tell them to sit until they are ready to play.
I was going to say that aswell. There is no quote at all, just some guys mention Tracy in a column. Offcourse, most of the people here have to jump on it.
Looked like he was pretty motivated the last game I watched. Seemed like he played within the system too. So makes your last statement a bit puzzling.
You heard the interview with Lamar Mcgrady on youtube. He basically said the same thing about not being the focal point and taking the most shots. What's not to believe. He just throw Yao under the bus, the rest is the same.
This is why I said that this news is made up after that video. Why would T-Mac blame Yao when Yao isnt even taking lot of shots and when T-Mac is the one who passes him the ball the most in the team?
Great post...this is exactly what was done with JVG. I remember how people threw him under the bus and played him for our playoff failures...now Rick Adelman has the same team plus more talent and still is struggling to match JVG's legacy. Just amazing. Now it's T-mac's turn. Next will be Yao of course. And the wheel keeps turning.
Well, I still cant believe that we have many poster that bash McGrady for things that he hasnt even done.
