T-Mac down in every statistical category since last season

All will be forgiven/forgotten if he gets out of the 1st round.

 

Didn't Rick Adelman say before the season that for the team to get better, McGrady's individual stats might have to drop. He said the same thing happened with Clyde Drexler, if I remember.

 

yeah he isn't doing the rockets any favors. the rockets should have shut him down for the season a long time ago. i know we would have eclipsed the lakers consecutive win streak record if he wasn't holding this team back.

 

even if t-mac plays out of his mind, it won't mean anything if we dont get out of the first round. Someone besides tmac is going to have to step up huge in the playoffs..

 

The only stat that concerns me is T-Mac's FG% - 42.6 FG% & 30.3 3P%. Another below career shooting average season for T-Mac. T-Mac really needs to work at his shootings this season if he really means to win a championship.

 

If it weren't for him this team would not have won over 50 games this season. Something this team has now done three times since he's been here.

They had not done that since 1997.

 

and your point? yao's stats are all down from last year too if you look at it.

it's more of a team now. but tmac could be better with his consistency.

 

That analysis is purely statistical. If you watch the games, you can see the impact he has by looking at how much attention he draws on the offensive end. While this might not lead directly to assists, his presence helps open up the offense for others.

 

Nelly said it all.

 

hhhmmmmm . .. interesting

Rocket River

 

people who hate on t mac are r****ds and need to shut the **** up, we are 3 games out of first in the best western conference ever, all this without yao

 

the referees agree with ehsan. by the numbers, tmac is no longer a superstar allstar player in the nba.
when he penetrates, he gets a call like 10% of the time. its ridiculous.

 

I want to start by saying that I don't believe that Tmac is a selfish player. The guy seems to genuinely want to win with no regard for his own stats. He is the most willing passer at the SG position I can remember watching and happens to be the best "drive and kick" guy in the league.

The problem is that he has to dominate the ball to be in rhythm. If he isn't handling the ball the majority of the time and getting his own shot off his entire game suffers. Not sure why but that is the way it is. Look at how he plays when Yao goes down or when he is on a less talented team. Certainly, you expect more points from him and maybe more assists due to him having the ball so much but his shooting percentage and defensive intensity also get better. It has to be a mental issue for him because there is no reason for him to shoot worse and defend less when he should be getting easier shots and have more energy to expend on defense.

 

This one is good for the team. Actually I like to see more drop on his FGA. However, fewer FGA didn't lead to to a higher FG%. That is weird.

 

i think what u said is quite interesting and right. From my standpoint, he's done his best in spite of the drop of his stats.

 

Does it matter?

This is gonna be the most wins in a season for T-Mac

 

Anybody notice we're missing our best player? our best post player?

That usually hurts all of the perimeter players' field goal percentages.

Tmac has certainly been worse than in past years but we all know he's been declining. If you're trying to insinuate that this team would even be in the playoffs without yao or tmac then you need to put down the pipe.

Yes we have won with team ball. No he isn't an mvp candidate but without yao he is the most important piece to this rockets team and he make more plays and scoring more than anyone else.

So, i don't know what you mean by 'favor' but yes he is a big help