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Rocket playoff failures, McGrady and Scottie Pippen join forces

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Jan 2, 2017.

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Which one led the Rockets to a playoff series victory?

  1. Not McGrady

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    28.6%
  2. Not Quitten

    20 vote(s)
    71.4%
  1. daywalker02

    daywalker02 Member

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    Not really. A simple response.

    Sure. Why didn't the organization gave McGrady the Dmo treatment earlier?

    Pass the physical for this, pass the physical for that.

    They got smarter from the Yao and Grady days. There is no going back.

    You could blame someone for putting too much trust in the abilities and glass bodies of both Yao and Tracy.

    Nobody is romanticizing anything, you can only LEARN by making mistakes.

    Les and Morey live by their mistakes, and they did learn from some of them.

    It just took couple of decades.

    Y'all need to learn to appreciate athletes that want to play for Houston bad, no matter how good or bad of a player they turn out to be.

    Bosh and Co. don't even want to be in Houston when they had their Miami days.

    Harden delivers actually for now, you should be happy.
     
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  2. don grahamleone

    don grahamleone Contributing Member

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    The strength in your argument is amazing. Not Harden amazing, but it's so... so... strong. You win.

    (Please feel free to explain what "Not really." means for you.)
     
  3. daywalker02

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    Maybe you might be overthinking this.

    As bad as his Rockets tenure was I don't feel the hate here.

    From the standpoint of rating him, he was a SF and not a SG, a position, I admit, he covered yet was not his natural position.

    There were not many HOF worthy SFs in Rockets history.

    Not really means, I just chime in, make a short remark or two. And I am done with argumenting. I am not building a crying river for you.
     
  4. Tha_Dude

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    The amount of bs in what you just posted is simply off the charts. I always took you for a Dubs fan though so it shouldn't be too surprising.
     
  5. daywalker02

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    For sure, you are not as entertaining and fun as advertised yourself.
     
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  6. tinman

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    Pippen was signed as free agent to Max Salary, it was more about the money than the Rockets.
    McGrady was traded to Houston for Steve Francis and Cutino Mobley.

    Your tangent about players wanting to play for the Rockets has nothing to do with these two players.
     
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    tinman Contributing Member
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    He missed the part where McGrady got surgery without telling the Rockets and then getting angry at Coach Rick for limiting his minutes and then demanding a trade. Also missed the part where McGrady is telling the media the Lakers would beat the Rockets, when he was still getting paid 20 million a year by the Rockets.
     
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  8. Tha_Dude

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    No, I'm cool but you can't post bs like that, man. I mean, you're basically pulling a BBholic here by bringing Dmo into this. The bottom line is that Morey brought in two free agents over the summer who were both injury prone. So, the notion that they have a "beef" against physicals or that they got "smarter" is not a rational line of thought.

    As for Bosh, he picked Miami only because of his wife. Dude thanks her too, because him coming here would have been a nightmare considering his health conditions.
     
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  9. Dr. Morbid

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    T-Mac is GOAT SG and great analyst! :3
     
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  10. RiceRockets

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    "Carried" suggests we went from one place to another.. but I don't remember going past step 1 which was first round...

    I don't blame or hate McGrady but let's not talk about him carrying us to anything!
     
  11. Dr. Morbid

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    Say T-Mac thanks for carried these trash teams to playoffs))
     
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  12. nickb492

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    He was the reason we were in the playoffs. He had some of the worse rosters when he went against Dallas and the Jazz. And still managed to get that team 50+ plus wins.
     
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