If he doesn't look to score enough，why did he left Orlando for Huston. There is no Yao at Orlando，he could score 50+ every night if he want.
I agree I'm not LeBron fan but he made it happen last year and I seriously don't think his teammates are better than the Rockets Rocket river
He left Orlando cause his GM Called him out for being soft and like the peice of charmin that he is . .he wilted, pouted, b*tched and moan for a trade Rocket River
I agree with this completely, I think T-Mac is one of the best in the league at hitting the jumper off a curl, but there's a reason it doesn't happen much. The rest of the team doesn't pass well enough. Rafer can only run those plays against bad defenses or if he's hitting his shot and his man has to play up on him. Steve, Head, and James just can't run those plays at all. Other than that, the only players that we have that are above average passers for their position are Chuck and Scola, and that just doesn't help McGrady much.
What do you think Lebron, Kobe or DWade would have done there. I believe all of them would have attacked the basket hard and gotten two and possibly three points. That is the difference. (Oh, BTW, did you notice that all three have been to the finals and two of the three have rings?)
I agree with the article and can't really refute any of the author's points but for some reason, and maybe I'm being a homer, I don't really get the sense that Tmac doesn't share the rock. Watching the rockets play and watching other teams w/ elite swingmen, it seems Tmac shares more than those other players, but I'm not sure why I get that feeling.
I seriously see Kobe take outside shots quite often down the stretch. You find scola, hayes, yao, and head do this. the other stand b/c an open 3 point shot is coming soon. So they "sit" and wait for the play to develop to have that open shot. Just my observations though.
You want the team to shoot more as a squad? that's easy, cut T-Mac's minutes down to 30 min per game. Let someone come off the bench for high energy minutes.
The truest thing he said about T-Mac is that he ALWAYS seems to be coasting to some degree. Two things that show this: when he suddenly turns it on 100%, like in the Detroit game when he got smacked at the top of the key and got angry and made that monster dunk; and when he consistently plays far worse at home than away, which shows me there's a big mental aspect to his game. He has to be up for the game. In reality, he is only up to 100% commitment during certain moments of a game. I love T-Mac but he doesn't play with the drive of Kobe or LeBron or Jordan or Nash or KG. . . .
I thought this was an interesting article, and the author makes some valid points. What he doesn't seem to realize is that if T-Mac doesn't dominate the ball, the Rockets fall apart. He is the ONLY playmaker on this team. Is that T-Mac's fault? I don't see how it could be. I do think that we need to get Yao more touches, particularly after he's made a couple in a row and starting to feel good about himself. As far as who is a better passer, Bron or T-Mac. That's a tough one. Both have phenomenal court vision. I'd be interested to know what the FG% is of the players that log significant minutes with LeBron. McGrady would easily be averaging at least 1 more assist per game if the guys who he sets up for wide-open shots would make one every now and then. I'd like to see the shot distribution as follows: Yao: 25-30% McGrady: 20-25% Everyone else: the rest.
I think the article is correct on the most part, except about TMac is a worse passer than James. TMac has a great court version and is a very good passer, but he doesn't have a pass-first mentality, which is fine for a SG or SF. The problem is that he dominates the ball so much, that non-PG mentality hurts the team over the long run. People talk about the great passes TMac made, but forgot that he often takes quick shots, ill-advised forced shots, while ignores the offense and his open teammates. We need to have a PG who can run the offense, take the ball away from TMac's hands when it's needed, so the entire team can function, instead of being just a two-men team with three others watch. Don't blame the role players too much on this one, it's hard for anyone to get in the offensive mood if you don't know when and where the ball will come.
Not by much. T-Mac is shooting .450 this season and Kobe is shooting .457. Shouldn't Kobe be shooting much better since he attacks the rim so much? And why is T-Mac shooting that well. He should be shooting under 40% because all he does is take jump shots............
Agreed, James has looked bad and Francis did not help very much in the two games he started. In fact, I think that is one of the reasons we looked so bad in those two games(you know which ones). I enjoy playing point guard too and I am wondering if you think Rafer's ability to hit Tmac in rhythm is important to a player like him. When Francis or James are in they throw it to Tmac's shoulder or something and he is out of sync. Yes, he can still make a play out of it but I think Rafer's passes aid Tmac when he is free of his man. It would be interesting to see if you or any other guys on the board that like to play PG and pass, what they think about Rafer's ability to hit guys where they like it.
the article is on point. t-mac might be the least efficient superstar in the league. t-mac is our best playmaker, but hes also one of the reasons for our lack of ball movement, simply b/c he doesnt move AT ALL when he doesnt have the ball. and lebron is a much better passer than t-mac. hes much more versatile with his passing.
DHoward, ORL 0.92 Kevin Martin, SAC 0.60 R. Jefferson, NJN 0.59 Dwade Wade MIA 0.57 LeBron James, CLE 0.52 Manu Ginobili, SAS 0.51 Allen Iverson, DEN 0.51 Stoudemire, PHO 0.49 Paul Pierce, BOS 0.48 Michael Redd, MIL 0.44 Yao Ming, HOU 0.43 Dirk Nowitzki, DAL 0.43 Kobe Bryant, LAL 0.43 Josh Howard, DAL 0.37 C. Anthony, DEN 0.37 Kevin Durant, SEA 0.37 D. Williams, UTH 0.35 Baron Davis, GSW 0.33 McGrady, HOU 0.33 Chris Paul, NOR 0.32 Tony Parker, SAS 0.32 Carlos Boozer, UTH 0.29 A. Jamison, WAS 0.29 Caron Butler, WAS 0.28 Joe Johnson, ATL 0.25 This is a list that compare the FT attempts to FG attempts of all the players averaging over 20 points a game. All the players behind Tmac are point guards except for Boozer and Jamison. We all know Jamison is soft. I don't know how Boozer doesn't get more FT attempts. But the point I'm making is this number combined with the fact he attempts 20 shots a game proves that he is a chucker that is soft as charmin tissue.
The bottomline is: We're not going anywhere with Tmac leading the offensive end. He needs to score whenever the team needs to score, NOT when he wants to score.
Not flopping or whining to the refs enough? BTW, Caron Butler is a PG? Anyways, T-mac is in the group of J. Howard, Anthony, and Durant. They only differ in less then a tenth of a percentage point. Also, Tony Parker is notorious in attacking the basket. How come he doesn't get a ton of ft?
