Given the time difference, even if it was broadcasted, it would be difficult for him to watch. Yao is a busy guy. He is in school, owns a basketball team and many more business ventures. Doubt it is easy for him to watch a game at around 8 AM his time. He did say that he has been following the Rockets online (maybe he reads CF? ).
Yao without tmac = 2nd round tmac without Yao = no playoff wins. I dont hate tmac, but saying that "real rocket fans" realized that, is dumb. If Yao was healthy against the Lakers, we could have beat them, and advance to the Conference Finals.
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The only time Yao and the Rockets have played in the second round of playoffs in the last 10 years or so was when.... McGrady was at home.....on his couch...picking his nose....fresh off of throwing his teammates under the bus. Real Rockets fans know a loser when they see one.
Stop repeating this garbage over and over, and get over it. The crying gets old. The reality is: Yao's inability to match up with the Jazz cost us two series and: Adding McGrady to that 2nd round team and we win the title. This team wasnt going anywhere without Yao and it wasn't going anywhere without McGrady.
Man I miss those days too. McGrady and Yao were special when they were both healthy playing together.
Yeah, all three games it seems like. Those two could never collectively sustain their health at the same time.
Bit of an oversimplification since McGrady never had the help Yao had that year. Yao was better for us in no small part because of his mental fortitude (although McGrady was more talented), but McGrady could have gotten us to the second round against an even tougher team the year before if he had a point guard, a healthy Battier, or another consistent scoring option (like Ron Artest or even an 09 Brooks or Scola). ... *sigh* I don't like digging up these bad memories.
Real Rockets fans thank him for giving an amazing run. We thank him for the 13 in 35, the dunk on Bradley, helping with the 22 game win streak. Watching him play was amazing as he did it so effortlessly and watching him alongside Yao was just a beauty to watch but we also remember when he gave up in Toronto, the countless times your heard back spasms and his name in the same sentence, the countless times he wasn't on the floor... Interpret how you want it, I loved this guy when he played for us. I miss it you could only imagine would could have been if they were healthy......(and Rafer wasn't our Point Guard)
Errr... I think a lot of the McGrady first-round hate is stupid, but you realize that they only lost one Jazz series with Yao, right? That was in 07. In 08 when we played the Jazz again, Yao was out with another stress fracture. I 70% agree with your last statement, but the 30% disagreement is because I believe the Rockets could well have taken it all in 09 even without McGrady if Yao and Mutombo could have stayed healthy. We would have beaten the Fakers, most likely the Nuggets, too, and we would have crapped all over the Magic. Still, if those two could have stayed healthy together... man. We'd have at LEAST two more championship banners hanging from the rafters at TC right now. Spilt milk, I guess.
Quit making up stuff. Adding McGrady, that's what a bunch of teams did, not only the Rockets with the same results. Look, this thread was alright until the TOF started to address the "real Rockets fans" so a real fan, Zboy replied: Zboy was speaking the truth. stop hating the truth.
This sentence doesn't make sense. I imagine stuff all the time, I don't miss imagining things cause I can do that anytime. You don't miss things if IT DIDN'T HAPPENED. Let me give you an example. I miss Hakeem Olajuwon winning Finals MVPs. That happened, not this missing 'it you could only imagine would'... crap
Zboy is real fan. He pointed out to you that the Rockets won a playoff series. Apparently that means nothing to you. You are a TOF. Oh, how many games did Tracy play in that 22 games?
Uh... I don't get it. Is that a joke? McGrady played in 21 of those games... And played pretty damn well in most of them.
I was around for REGULAR SEASON win streak...the same streak where McGrady was getting his ass kicked by Kobe Bryant (as usual if I might say) in the Lakers game and it took Rafer Alston's threes (go figure) to save the Rockets. I guess you weren't around for 7 (count it, SEVEN) first round exits by your role-model (you coulnd not have picked a better one). I guess you weren't around when the midget Derek Fisher of the Utah Jazz held McGrady to 39% FG in the playoffs. I can keep playing this game if you want me to....
Look dude, you know what I'm getting at. The 22 game winning streak is by the Houston Rockets under Rick Adelman where there were lots of contributors to the winning besides Yao/Tmac. That's why they hired Rick to make offense more than just 2 players. but that's not the point that the TOF wanted to point out. Look, there's nothing wrong with what Tmac said . It's only his jungalow followers going on here pleading for the real fans to worship him like they do. 22 game winning streak is a team effort. You know the Rockets won 15 in a row in 93-94 right? It has ALWAYs been a Rockets winning streak credited to the whole team. But that was a time when Tracy fans didn't exist. A great time.
Tmac was nearly a great when he was on. I mean alltime great potential at times shined through. It was sad injuries cut him and Yao's career short.
