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[10th ANNIVERSARY] Tracy McGrady: 13 points in 35 seconds 12/9/2004

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by SwoLy-D, Dec 9, 2014.

  1. chenjy9

    chenjy9 Numbers Don't Lie
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    Better than what he had as a Rocket, which included the same player that T-Mac was passed on for by the Bulls after all that talking T-Mac did.
     
  2. tinman

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    The raptors played a classic semi finals without tmac against iverson and the Sixers.
    The magic rebuilt with dwight and made the finals. But tmac has no patience and loyalty unlike paul pierce who stayed with the Celtics and won a title.
     
  3. swyyyguy

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    were you upset when hakeem left for the raptors?
     
  4. tinman

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    Were you asking your dad why morey dumped tmac?
     
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    tinmac STAYS ducking questions, lol!
     
  6. tinman

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    Sitting Courtside is what he did really well in the years with the rockets
     
  7. don grahamleone

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    That was the best moment, but it killed us too. After that game, I remember thinking and believing we could win any game where we were down. I stopped caring how we were playing early because I knew TMac could bring us back with his "will". Unfortunately, we played too much bad basketball after that and we couldn't just "will" victories. It seems like the same issue we had in this early season. Put in the work early, you don't have to come back on a miracle. You just win.
     
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    Sorry for the necro bump, but had to post this. :)

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  10. swyyyguy

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    t-mac owns. i'm so glad he was a rocket. what a treat for our city and our team.
     
  11. tinman

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    I'm so glad because of those first round playoff exits, we could watch real superstars like Tim Duncan and Kobe and LeBron and realize how much missed a true superstar like Hakeem Olajuwon.

    Also thanks to Tracy, we know that Harden is better than him, way better
     
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    Dwitth takes the sting off Stacy and Quitten, because Dwight turned out to be an even bigger loser in many ways. Never will respect any of these guys, as they all visibly quit IN GAME. I think Steve did a better job representing Houston. At worst there was still a leave it on the floor effort for HOUSTON.
     
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    Difference between Tmac and Harden is Tmac was actually fun to watch. You are just upset with Tmac because he never led to the team to its full potential, but there was actually hope that we could win a championship back then. Eventhough Tmac played with a bunch of scrubs.

    With Harden, I have never felt that we had a shot to win it all. Especially now that we lost Dwight and GSW have the greatest super team ever assembled. Rockets overachieved one year. And were soo bad last year I finally cut my cable. I have no problem watching us lose with effort. (Scola, Lowry, Brooks Years). But last year was a complete joke. There is nothing entertaining about watching Harden loaf around and not care.

    If you honestly believe Harden is better than Tmac you are delusional.
     
  14. RudyTBag

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    McGrady SHOULD have been the greatest player that ever walked on the planet. He had that kind of talent.

    But he was a soft loser that consistently threw guys like Shane Battier, Chuck Hayes, Yao Ming and Luis Scola under the bus, and they did ALL HIS DIRTY WORK.
     
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    Difference between Tmac and Harden is Tmac had Yao... Hence, he had a shot to win a ring. He squandered his time with Yao because he had a losers mentality or as JVG described him, he was good with being good enough which prevented him from achieving greatness.

    Put Yao at his peak next to Harden and they are contender every year.

    What knote32 said about T-Mac right above this post is spot on.
     
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    We gonna have this tired ass discussion again??
     
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    Yao was at his peak for what, 1 and a half seasons? It was Yao who failed to deliver in the Playoffs (outplayed by Okur/Boozer) more often than not. He did have a good series against Portland but T-mac was injured.

    Check T-Mac's playoffs stats with us and you will see that this man was elite.
     
  18. tinman

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    I checked , there seems to be nothing for the 2nd, conference finals, nba finals

    in 6 seasons, he played 20 playoff games with the Rockets.

    but i do remember him jacking up lots of 3s, it was great
     
  19. daywalker02

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    tinman will have his annual anniversary
     
  20. swyyyguy

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    carlos boozer absolutely SHYTTED on yao's soul lolol
     

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